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COVID vaccination: Centre says 122 crore doses needed to inoculate 59 crore people in 18-45 age group

NEW DELHI: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that a total of 122 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine would be required to vaccinate...

Government may incentivise medical, nursing students for joining COVID-19 duty

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday reviewed various measures to augment human resources for effective management of the COVID-19 situation and possible...

‘Quitting this space’, declares Prashant Kishor despite TMC’s massive projected win

KOLKATA: Election strategist Prashant Kishor, who had claimed back in December that the BJP will struggle to cross double digits in the West Bengal...

BJP has met its match in Bengal and lost: Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor on Sunday hailed Mamata Banerjee for her "spectacular victory" in the West Bengal Assembly polls and said...

COVID-19: India records highest-ever 4,01,993 new cases, 3,523 deaths

New Delhi: Coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high with over 4 lakh new infections being reported in the last 24 hours,...

Few weeks’ lockdown in India may break chain of transmission: Top US COVID expert Anthony Fauci

NEW DELHI: Top US epidemiologist Anthony Fauci has suggested a lockdown for a few weeks in India as an immediate step to contain the...

Hospitals should learn from present experience and set up oxygen plants: HC

NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Saturday said hospitals should learn from their experiences regarding oxygen scarcity during the prevailing Covid-19 pandemic and...

Supply 490 MT allocated oxygen to Delhi or face contempt: HC warns Centre

NEW DELHI: Anguished by the deaths of eight COVID-19 patients, including a doctor, at the Batra Hospital here due to a shortage of oxygen,...

India records 3,86,452 new cases in 24 hrs pushing tally past 31-lakh mark

New Delhi: India saw 3,86,452 new coronavirus infections in a span of 24 hours, the highest single-day rise so far, pushing the total tally...

Over 2.45 crore register for Phase 3 of COVID-19 vaccination on Co-WIN platform

NEW DELHI: More than 2.45 crore beneficiaries have registered themselves on the Co-WIN digital platform ahead of the Phase-3 of the COVID-19 vaccination for...

Higher body weight linked with severe COVID-19 risk: Lancet study

New Delhi: Being overweight is associated with an increased risk of worse outcomes from COVID-19, including higher ICU admissions, according to a study published...

Telangana government allowed Covid-19 Vaccines delivery by drones

NEW DELHI: Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption for drone deployment to the Government...

India adds record 3,79,257 COVID-19 cases and 3,645 fatalities in single day

NEW DELHI: India saw a record single day rise of 3,79,257 new coronavirus infections pushing the total tally of COVID-19 cases to 1,83,76,524, while...

Former PM Manmohan Singh discharged from AIIMS

NEW DELHI: Former prime minister Manmohan Singh was on Thursday discharged from the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here. He was admitted to the...

Blocked hashtag calling for PM Narendra Modi’s resignation by mistake: Facebook

NEW DELHI: Social media giant Facebook on Thursday said it had temporarily blocked a hashtag calling for the Prime Minister's resignation "by mistake" and...

IIT Bombay offers solution to convert nitrogen plant into oxygen generator

NEW DELHI: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has come up with a creative and ingenious solution to addressing the shortage of medical...

India adds over 3.60 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases in single day

New Delhi: India saw a record single-day rise of 3,60,960 coronavirus cases, which pushed the total tally to 1,79,97,267, while the death toll crossed...

One in four people experience mild side effects from Covishield Covid-19 vaccine: Lancet study

NEW DELHI: One in four people experience mild, short-lived systemic side effects after receiving either the Covid-19 preventive by Pfizer or AstraZeneca vaccine --...

India adds 3,23,144 fresh COVID-19 cases and 2,771 deaths in single day

NEW DELHI: With 3,23,144 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day India's total tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 1,76,36,307, while...

Millions of Remdesivir may have been exported, citizens here suffering due to its shortage: HC

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday said that millions of vials of Remdesivir, used in treatment of COVID-19, may have been exported...

ICMR advises against NSAIDs, says some painkillers found to worsen COVID

New Delhi: Some painkillers like Ibuprofen are found to worsen COVID-19, known to be harmful to heart failure patients and may increase risk of...

Covishield, Covaxin effective against ‘Indian strain’ of coronavirus, study suggests

New Delhi: Covishield and Covaxin—the two coronavirus vaccines currently in use in India—have efficacy against the ‘Indian strain’ and show “milder” illness in case...

India records biggest single-day spike with 352,991 fresh Covid-19 cases

NEW DELHI: With 3,52,991 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, the highest so far, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases has...

Oxygen Express with 70 tonnes of oxygen to reach Delhi by Monday night: Railways

New Delhi: The first Oxygen Express train for Delhi carrying around 70 tonnes of the life-saving gas will depart from Jindal Steel Works plant...

Second wave of COVID has shaken country; we will soon come out of crisis: PM Modi

NEW DELHI: Noting that the second wave of COVID-19 is testing people's patience and their capacity to endure pain, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said...

Govt asks Twitter, other social media platforms to remove misleading posts around COVID

New Delhi: The government has asked social media platforms, including Twitter and Facebook, to remove content and posts that were spreading misinformation and public...

System has failed, important to do ‘Jan ki baat’, Rahul Gandhi says on Modi’s Mann ki Baat day

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday alleged that the “system has failed” and it is the duty of the party to provide...

India fastest to administer 14 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine: Health Ministry

NEW DELHI: India has administered 14 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine in just 99 days, the fastest in the world, the Health Ministry said...

COVID-19: SCBA urges CJI to advance summer vacations, wants holidays from April 26

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Bar Association on Sunday requested Chief Justice N V Ramana to advance the summer vacations in the wake of...

India records 3,46,786 new Covid-19 cases, 2,624 deaths in a day

New Delhi: A record single-day rise of 3,46,786 coronavirus cases pushed India’s tally of infection to 1,66,10,481, while active cases crossed the 25-lakh mark,...

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