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India got 5.3 lakh Remdesivir vials, 13,496 oxygen cylinders as foreign aid: Centre

NEW DELHI: The Union health ministry on Sunday said 11,058 oxygen concentrators, 13,496 oxygen cylinders, 19 oxygen generation plants and about 5.3 lakh Remdesivir...

PM Modi reviews Covid-19 situation, orders immediate audit of installation, operation of ventilators

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday called for augmenting healthcare resources in rural areas to focus on door to door testing and...

India adds 3.26 lakh new COVID-19 cases, 3,890 fresh fatalities

NEW DELHI: India in a day recorded 3,26,098 COVID-19 cases that took the tally to 2,43,72,907, while 3,890 new fatalities pushed the death toll...

Azad writes to PM, suggests measures to ramp up vaccine manufacturing, health infra

NEW DELHI: Former Union health minister and senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Saturday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, suggesting measures to...

Depression Over Arabian Sea Intensifies Into Cyclone Tauktae: IMD

New Delhi: The deep depression over the Arabian Sea has intensified into cyclonic storm Tauktae and is likely to cross the Gujarat coast between...

85 per cent of COVID-19 cases from 10 states: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI: Ten states account for 85 per cent of the total novel coronavirus cases in the country, the Union Health Ministry said on...

India needs proper vaccine strategy, govt’s ‘disastrous policy’ will ensure third wave: Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday called for a national vaccine strategy and claimed that the government's "disastrous" inoculation policy will "ensure...

Delhi Police arrests 15 people, lodges 17 FIRs over posters criticising Modi

New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered 17 FIRs and arrested 15 people for allegedly pasting posters critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in connection...

COVID-19: India sees record 4,205 fatalities in single day, 3.48 lakh fresh cases detected

NEW DELHI: India saw a record rise in COVID-19 deaths with 4,205 fresh fatalities taking the country's death toll to 2,54,197, while 3,48,421 new...

Nursing staff at forefront of fighting COVID-19: PM Modi

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the nursing staff on International Nurses Day on Wednesday, saying their sense of duty, compassion and commitment...

How long will Indians bear Centre’s cruelty in this pandemic? asks Rahul Gandhi

NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday asked how long will Indians continue to bear the cruelty of the Centre as the basic...

Over 84 per cent vaccine doses sent abroad due to commercial, licensing liabilities: BJP

NEW DELHI: The ruling BJP accused the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday of spreading misinformation on India's vaccination programme and...

COVID -19: Parliamentary panel had asked govt in March to ramp up vaccine production capacity

NEW DELHI: A parliamentary standing committee had in March suggested ramping up of production capacity of the two COVID vaccines manufactured in India for...

SC dismisses bail plea of activist Gautam Navlakha in Bhima Koregaon case

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea of activist Gautam Navlakha, seeking bail in the Elgar Parishad-Maoist link case of Bhima...

India records 3.29 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 3,876 fatalities

NEW DELHI: The single day rise in new coronavirus infections in India fell to 3.29 lakh after 14 days taking the total tally of...

States to receive 7 lakh additional COVID-19 vaccine doses within next three days: Centre

NEW DELHI: More than 90 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs which will receive over 7 lakh additional doses...

India conducting 18-20 lakh COVID tests a day: ICMR

New Delhi: India is conducting 18-20 lakh tests for detection of COVID-19 per day, the ICMR chief said on Tuesday underlining that despite infection...

Prioritise vaccinating those due for second dose of COVID-19 vaccine: Centre to states

New Delhi: The Centre appealed to states on Tuesday to prioritise vaccinating those due for second dose of COVID-19 vaccine and reserve at least...

Eli Lilly inks pacts for Baricitinib for COVID-19 treatment in India

New Delhi: Drug firm Eli Lilly and Company on Monday said it has inked voluntary licensing agreements with Indian drug firms -- Sun Pharma,...

COVID-19: India records 3,66,161 fresh cases, 3,754 more fatalities take death toll near 2.5 lakh mark

NEW DELHI: After recording over four lakh fresh cases for four consecutive days, India witnessed a single-day rise of 3,66,161 COVID-19 cases on Monday,...

34 teachers die due to Covid in 18 days at AMU ICMR to study ‘variant’

Aligarh (UP): After 34 deaths among teachers and retired colleagues due to COVID and COVID-like symptoms, the AMU vice-chancellor wrote to the ICMR on...

India fastest country globally to administer 17 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses

New Delhi: India is the fastest country globally to administer 17 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses, the Union Health Ministry said on Monday. China took 119...

India records over four lakh COVID cases for fourth consecutive day, 4,092 succumb to the virus

NEW DELHI: India recorded 4,03,738 fresh COVID-19 cases in a day, which pushed the tally to 2,22,96,414, according to the Union health ministry data...

Over 72 lakh COVID vaccine doses still available with states, UTs: Govt

New Delhi: More than 72 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories, while over 46 lakh doses will be...

After cities, now villages are in the hands of god: Rahul Gandhi on Covid surge

NEW DELHI: Hitting out at the Centre for continuing the construction work for the Central Vista redevelopment project amid the raging COVID-19 pandemic, Congress...

Oxygen Express: Nearly 4,200 MT of liquid medical oxygen delivered across India

NEW DELHI: The Railways has delivered nearly 4,200 tonnes of liquid medical oxygen in more than 268 tankers to various states since April 19,...

Mallikarjun Kharge urges PM to convene all-party meeting to collectively tackle COVID

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge on Sunday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately convene an all-party meeting to collectively forge a...

Political parties, civil society should unitedly defeat Covid-19: Jitendra Singh

NEW DELHI: Union minister Jitendra Singh on Sunday said political parties and members of the civil society should rise above differences and unitedly defeat...

Record high 4,187 COVID-19 deaths in India, 4.01 lakh new cases

NEW DELHI: India saw a record 4,187 fatalities due to COVID-19 in a single day, taking the country's death toll to 2,38,270, while 4,01,078...

No fresh coronavirus cases in 180 districts in a week: Govt

New Delhi: No fresh COVID-19 cases have been detected in 180 districts in the country in the last seven days, Union Health Minister Harsh...

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