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India records 42,766 new cases, 1,206 deaths in last 24 hours: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI: India has logged 42,766 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally to 3,07,95,716, while the active cases have declined to 4,55,033, according...

Helpline for healthcare workers facing mental health issues launched

New Delhi: A number of associations of doctors and psychiatrists from around the world have joined hands to launch a dedicated helpline for healthcare...

Decision on emergency use listing of Covaxin likely in 4-6 weeks: WHO

New Delhi: The World Health Organization (WHO) is likely to take a decision on including Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin in the emergency use...

‘Serious matter’: SC agrees to hear plea against NGT order on use of plastic for packaging

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a petition challenging the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order, passed on a plea raising...

India records 43,393 new Covid cases, 911 more deaths

New Delhi: India logged 43,393 new coronavirus infections taking the total tally of Covid cases to 3,07,52,950, while the active cases have declined to...

PM Narendra Modi reviews progress of oxygen supply, availability across country

NEW DELHI: More than 1,500 PSA (Pressure Swing Adsorption) oxygen plants are coming up across the country, the government said on Friday as Prime...

SC refuses to entertain plea seeking clarification on declaration of loan accounts as NPA

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain a plea seeking clarification of its verdict of March 23 by which it had...

Those who live and work in India will have to abide by rules, says new IT minister on Twitter-govt standoff

New Delhi: All those who live and work in India will have to abide by the rules of the country, newly sworn-in Information and...

India records 45,892 new Covid cases, 817 deaths

New Delhi: India recorded a single-day rise of 45,892 new Covid cases, taking its infection tally to 3,07,09,557, while the count of active cases...

India’s education system has taken giant leap with introduction of NEP: Dharmendra Pradhan

NEW DELHI: India's education system has taken a giant leap with the introduction of the new National Education Policy (NEP), newly-appointed Education minister Dharmendra...

Global COVID-19 deaths hit 4 million amid rush to vaccinate

BALTIMORE: The global death toll from COVID-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly...

Indraprastha Apollo records 6 cases of cytomegalovirus infection in a month

New Delhi: Six persons have been diagnosed with cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals in Delhi within 20 to 30 days of testing...

Mankind Pharma gets DRDO nod to manufacture, market COVID drug 2-DG

New Delhi: Drug firm Mankind Pharma on Thursday said it has received licence from the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) to manufacture and...

SC expresses concern over lengthy arguments, says judicial system exists for ‘common man’

NEW DELHI: The judicial system exists for the "common man", the Supreme Court observed on Thursday while expressing concern over lengthy arguments by litigants...

India reports 43,733 new Covid cases, 930 deaths in last 24 hours: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI: India added 43,733 new cases of coronavirus taking the total infection tally to 3,06,63,665, while the active cases further declined to 4,59,920,...

Covid-19: Variants of Concern found in 174 districts

New Delhi: Variants of Concern of SARS-CoV2 have been found in 174 districts in 35 states and union territories in the country with the...

Over 1.67 crore Covid vaccine doses still available with states, pvt hospitals: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday said that more than 1.67 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with...

PM should hold ‘petrol ki baat’ instead of ‘Mann ki baat’: Mamata Banerjee

KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday slammed Prime Minister Narendra Modi for "making a mess of the country's economy" and urged...

SC asks Centre, states to file compliance report on its 2019 verdict to fill vacancies at CIC, SICs

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Centre and states to file status reports on compliance with its 2019 verdict for time-bound filling...

India sees around 35,000 new Covid cases, lowest in almost 4 months

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 34,703 coronavirus infections, the lowest in 111 days, taking the total tally of Covid cases to...

Recent evidence points to natural origin of Covid-19, scientists write in Lancet

New Delhi: There is no scientifically validated evidence to support the theory that the coronavirus leaked from a laboratory in China, and more recent,...

Shocking that people still booked under scrapped Section 66A of IT Act: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Monday said it is "amazing" and "shocking" that people are still being booked under Section 66A of the Information...

Govt has no option but to order joint parliamentary committee probe into Rafale deal: Cong

NEW DELHI: The Congress on Monday asserted that the government has no option but to order a JPC probe into the allegations of corruption...

India sees 723 more Covid deaths, lowest in 3 months 39,796 new Covid cases reported

New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 39,796 new Covid infections, which took the tally of cases to 3,05,85,229, while the death toll...

SC takes strict view on unruly behaviour of lawmakers in parliament, assemblies

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said on Monday that it has to take a “strict” view of unruly behaviour of lawmakers in Parliament and...

Pregnant women should be informed about benefits, risks and likely side-effects of Covid vaccine: Govt

Pregnant women should be informed about benefits, risks and likely side-effects of Covid-19 vaccine to help them make an informed decision on taking the...

ICMR-NICED proposes research on oral Covid vaccine

Kolkata-based ICMR-NICED has submitted a proposal to the Department of Biotechnology under the Union Ministry of Science and Technology for research on an oral...

PM Modi greets President Biden on 245th Independence Day of US

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi greeted President Joe Biden and the people of the United States on the country's 245th Independence Day on...

‘Why is Modi govt not ready for a JPC probe?’: Rahul Gandhi attacks Centre on Rafale deal

NEW DELHI: A day after the Congress demanded a JPC probe into the Rafale deal, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday put out an...

India records 43,071 new COVID-19 cases, 955 deaths

NEW DELHI: India saw a single-day rise of 43,071 COVID-19 infections, which took the tally of cases to 3,05,45,433, while active cases have declined...

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