The counselling process for admission to undergraduate courses in medical colleges will begin on January 19. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that the registration process for NEET counselling will begin from January 19, Wednesday at mcc.nic.in.
The announcement came after the undergraduate students had raised concerns and started online protest demanding counselling dates. The counselling process for NEET PG has already begun.
India’s Omicron tally has mounted to 5,488. Meanwhile, India reported over 2 lakh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, said the Union health ministry on Thursday.
With numbers from Tripura yet to come, Wednesday had already seen 2,46,443 new infections. The final count is likely to exceed 2.47 lakh. The previous highest increase in cases in a single day was a jump of 43,196 recorded on April 27, 2021, when the second wave was nearing its peak. The day also saw 203 deaths (excluding Tripura) reported from across the country, the daily toll having crossed the 200 mark for the first time since October 27.
Singer Lata Mangeshkar, who tested Covid-19 positive, is still in the ICU ward but there has been a slight improvement in her health: Dr Pratit Samdani.
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At least 65 students from Jammu and Kashmir have tested positive for Covid-19. They were going to participate in winter games in Gulmarg.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in a meeting with chief ministers, said that close to 1.5 lakh oxygen ICU and high dependency unit beds were being prepared and more than 5,000 ambulances and 950 medical oxygen storage tanks have been adde.
“Several such steps have been taken to improve such emergency infrastructure and we must continue doing the same,” he said.
At least four compartments of the Guwahati-bound Bikaner Express has derailed at Maynaguri in West Bengal. The train had departed from Patna. More details regarding deaths or injuries awaited.
BJP MLA Vinay Shakya quits party. "Swami Prasad Maurya is the voice of the downtrodden and he is our leader. I am with him," Shakya writes in his resignation letter to the party.
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"Hospital admission rate has stabilised, which indicates coronavirus cases may go down soon," said Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain, adding that, "Delhi is expected to see around 27,500 COVID-19 cases today."
The Congress has nominated the mother of the Unnao rape victim, as a contestant in the UP Assembly polls.
Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal asks people of Punjab to decide on chief ministerial face, launches phone number for suggestions.
Many organs of the minor deaf and mute girl gangraped in Rajasthan's Alwar have been damaged as a sharp-edged object was inserted in her body, officials confirmed.
A team of five doctors performed a surgery for 2.5 hours, Dr Arvind Shukla said. Her rectum was injured and she was bleeding when brought to the hospital.
At least 48 police personnel, including senior officials, have tested positive for Covid-19 in Bhopal in the past one and a half week, officials said.
According to Bhopal Police, majority of the Covid positive personnel are from special armed forces. Of them, seven are serving in district police force and two are Additional Commissioner of Police (ACPs) of the traffic department.
Samsung on Thursday announced the launch of Galaxy Tab A8 with expanded 10.5-inch screen, slim bezel and 16:10 common aspect ratio, in India that starts from Rs 17,999. Galaxy Tab A8 will be available in three colours -- gray, silver and pink gold, starting January 17.
The spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and the subsequent restrictions imposed by the state government have affected the kite business ahead of Makar Sankranti in Jaipur this year.
Chief Justice of India Justice NV Ramana offered prayers at the ancient hill shrine of Lord Venkateswara at nearby Tirumala on the occasion of Vaikunta Ekadasi on Thursday, a temple official said.
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) cancels permission given to Congress for a programme that was to be held in Bengaluru, Karnataka to end the Mekedatu Padayatra on January 19
Shiv Sena will not be part of any alliance in UP. We have ideological differences with Samajwadi Party but we want a change in the state. We have been working for a long time in UP but didn’t contest elections because we didn’t want to hurt BJP, said Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with the chief ministers of all states today at 4:30 pm via video conferencing on the Covid-19 situation.
30 BSF personnel, deployed on election duty in Uttarakhand's Kotdwar assembly constituency, have tested positive for Covid-19 and have been quarantined.