SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): In April, when the Covid-19 outbreaks in the United States and United Kingdom were 10 times worse than Singapore's, both places felt numbers were good enough to loosen restrictions and allow people to mingle more.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting on Tuesday evening regarding the Central Board of Secondary Education’s Class 12 examinations, according to government sources. He will be briefed on all possible options, following discussions with all States and other stakeholders, sources said.
Hours before he retired, former Chief Secretary of West Bengal Alapan Bandyopadhyay was served a show cause notice by the Union Home Ministry under Section 51 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, punishable by an imprisonment of up to two years or a fine or both.
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) expects more rain in the monsoon months of June-September than its previous estimate in April. On Tuesday, it said monsoon rains would be 101% of the Long Period Average (LPA) of 88 cm. On April 16, it said the rain would be 98% of the LPA. In the agency’s parlance, this still constitutes ‘normal’ rainfall which is anywhere from 96-104% of the LPA.
Former Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition Siddaramaiah (74) was admitted to Manipal Hospital on Tuesday (June 1) for evaluation of fever. He was tested for COVID-19, which is negative at present,
INDIANAPOLIS â The 2020-21 flu season will go down as one of the mildest in recent history, although not necessarily the mildest ever.
Flu activity in Indiana never rose above âlowâ levels and the state recorded just five deaths attributable to flu, well below the typical annual average.
That trend wasnât just seen in Indiana but nationwide as health officials contribute a year of public health precautions linked to stemming the spread of COVID-19 as a main driver for severely suppressing flu activity.
Going into this flu season there were expectations of a very mild impact after southern hemisphere nations, which have their winter during the northâs summer months, had minor flu impact during the initial onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-2020.