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Besides strong winds, the cyclone is also expected to bring heavy rains. The IMD has issued red alert for coastal and north interior Tamilnadu, Puducherry and Karaikal for November 25.

Strategies to be adopted at the field level, including identifying people to be vaccinated on a priority basis in the states and distribution methods, were discussed, according to officials.

Such a move will not just send a positive signal to the international tourists about India being ready and prepared to receive them but will also allow inbound tour operators to plan ahead for 2021, IATO said in a statement.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold virtual meetings with chief ministers and other representatives of states and union territories on Tuesday to review the Covid-19 situation and discuss vaccine distribution strategy.

The cyclonic storm is expected to blow winds with up to speeds of 100 -110 kmph and also gusting up to 120 kmph. The depression's cone of uncertainty has been plotted over north Tamil Nadu, Rayalaseema and a small portion of southeast Karnataka.

There was no major change in day temperatures over the state. They were appreciably below normal in Gorakhpur, Jhansi divisions; below normal in Varanasi, Ayodhya, Prayagraj, Kanpur, Lucknow, Bareilly, Agra, Meerut divisions and normal elsewhere in the st...

A ‘smoker’ is anyone who consumes nicotine in any sort of form – cigarettes, cigars, gutka, beedi, khaini, flavoured paan masala or even nicotine patch or gum.

Coal India Ltd, the world's largest coal miner, said on Monday it would invest 56.50 billion rupees ($763 million) by March 2024 to build 14 solar projects to help power its mining operations and cut costs.

The process, which used to take 10 years to produce vaccines, is now done in almost 10 months, Vardhan said while addressing the Boston Center of Excellence (BoCE) for Health and Human Development through video conference.

Taking stock of the pandemic situation in the state, which has so far reported 1,93,044 cases including 1,798 infections on Sunday, Chouhan pointed out crowding in urban areas for the spike.

Officials said recovery of the mobile phones with GPS and radio sets gave security forces leads about the route that the four alleged Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) terrorists took to infiltrate. Investigation suggests they walked for four kilometers from the mou...

The trials were proposed to start at the state-run College of Medicine and Sagore Dutta Hospital (CMSDH) in North 24 Parganas district adjoining Kolkata later this week along with six other centres in different parts of the country.

Demanding that the order be withdrawn, the IMA urged the Central Council of Indian Medicine (CCIM), a statutory body under the AYUSH Ministry, to develop their own surgical disciplines from their own ancient texts and not claim the surgical disciplines of...

The city's 24-hour average AQI was 274 on Sunday It was 251 on Saturday, 296 on Friday, 283 on Thursday and 211 on Wednesday.

UP Chief Secretary RK Tiwari said that people coming from Delhi via flight, bus or train will be tested for Covid-19 as there is a surge in the number of coronavirus cases in the national capital.

Under its influence, on November 25, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry and Karikkal regions are likely to witness rainfall at most places with heavy to very heavy showers at a few places and extremely heavy rains at isolated places.