Thiruvananthapuram,Dec 19 (PTI): As Kerala reported 115 fresh COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours taking the total active cases of the virus in the state to 1,749, the Health Department on Tuesday said there was no need to be worried. According to data on the Union Health Ministry’s website, of the 142 COVID cases reported in the country till 8 am on Tuesday, 115 were from Kerala. Kerala Health Minister Veena George, in a statement, said there was nothing to be worried about as the state was well prepared to handle the virus infection. She said that there was

In a surprising turn of events during the ongoing Winter Session of Parliament, a total of 92 Opposition Members of Parliament (MPs) have faced suspension from both the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha. As the session approachs the conclusion in four days, the count is just eight short of reaching a significant century. The recent wave of suspensions saw 34 Rajya Sabha members barred from participating in the remaining session on Monday. Additionally, the names of 11 other members were referred to the Privileges Committee, leading to their suspension pending the committee’s report. The reason behind the suspension of 47

New Delhi [India], December 18 (ANI): India’s COVID-19 situation remains under control, with an active caseload of 1,828 as of Monday. However, one death was reported in Kerala, where the JN.1 subvariant of the coronavirus was recently detected. Dr NK Arora, the chief of INSACOG, a network of genomic laboratories that tracks genomic variants of the virus, said that the death was not caused by the subvariant alone but by multiple underlying health conditions. “The deceased had severe comorbidities like heart, lung, and kidney diseases. The primary cause of death was attributed to these conditions, not solely to the JN.1