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India to cross 100cr vaccine mark today

If the vaccination continued at the current pace, India would cross the one billion mark on Wednesday

20 Oct 2021 3:51 AM

The Union Health Ministry had announced in June that the Biological E would supply 30 crore doses of Corbevax to India by December. (ANI)

Biological E to submit final data on its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax till November end

The Corbevax is the third made-in-India vaccine against coronavirus, the other two indigenous vaccines are Covaxin and ZyCoV-D

15 Oct 2021 2:23 AM

The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 1.56 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 40 days, it said. (AP Photo)

Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 206 days

The daily rise in new coronavirus cases has been below 30,000 for 15 straight days, the ministry said.

09 Oct 2021 11:04 AM

An estimated 115 million school-age children in India get mid-day meals when they attend classes, and the school closures in India continue to impact both learning and nutrition of children, which to an extent is in violation of the right to nutrition and life. (Representational Photo: Twitter)

A delay that violates the basic rights of children

The reopening of schools for in-person classes, mostly for Class 9 to Class 12 only, is one such action

26 Sep 2021 12:15 AM

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Was it cruel? Why Gavin had to go in Boris’ shuffle

Gavin Williamson then supported Boris Johnson for the leadership of the party and was rewarded by BoJo with the education portfolio

18 Sep 2021 2:20 AM

The only reason he could come up with was that Bully Bill would then get him to approve of being vaccinated. (AFP Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Why some still say no to jabs, forcing all into an unsafe place

I am one of the 80 per cent of people in Britain who have had at least one anti-Covid vaccination

04 Sep 2021 2:55 AM

The anxieties regarding exposing children to the epidemic will never be doused easily. (PTI File Photo)

AA Edit | Feasibility, agility key to successful school return

The threat from the virus may never fully recede, which means that education cannot be held up forever

03 Sep 2021 1:26 AM

The number of active cases has now increased to 3,59,775 which comprises 1.10 per cent of the total infections. (PTI Photo)

India records 46,759 COVID-19 cases, 509 deaths

The death toll has climbed to 4,37,370 with 509 more fatalities being recorded, according to the data updated at 8 am

28 Aug 2021 10:34 AM

Any violations in this regard shall be liable for penalty and also punishable under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code. (PTI photo)

COVID-19: Bengaluru corporation allows business establishments to operate

The employees should maintain proof of their vaccination status at their workplace and shall produce the same as and when enquired

26 Aug 2021 4:03 PM

The Medical Oxygen plant has been installed at B.P. Koirala Institute of Health Sciences. (ANI Photo)

COVID-19: India gifts medical oxygen plant to Nepal

The embassy said the Indian government will continue to stand with Nepal and its people in fighting the pandemic

26 Aug 2021 3:44 PM

A reduction of 7,942 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours. (AFP Photo)

India's active COVID-19 cases lowest in 152 days

The death toll has climbed to 4,34,367 with 403 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am

22 Aug 2021 10:53 AM

As per the ministry, India has also achieved the highest ever recovery rate, presently at 97.46 per cent. (PTI Photo)

COVID-19: India reports 40,120 fresh infections, active cases lowest since March 2020

The daily positivity rate is at 2.04 per cent also remains less than 3 per cent for the last 19 days

13 Aug 2021 10:32 AM

India's COVID-19 tally had crossed the 20 lakh-mark on August 7 last, 30 lakh on August 23, 40 lakh on September 5 and 50 lakh on September 16. (Photo: AP)

India sees single-day rise of 38,628 COVID-19 cases, 617 deaths

A decrease of 2,006 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

07 Aug 2021 12:27 PM

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,10,15,844 and the case fatality rate stands at 1.34 per cent, the data stated. (PTI Photo)

COVID-19: India logs 44,643 new cases, 464 fatalities

An increase of 3,083 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

06 Aug 2021 11:07 AM

Second, Kerala’s vaccination rate is equally far ahead of the rest of the country. (PTI Photo)

Karan Thapar | What Kerala did right and where India went wrong…

The subject that we know a lot about, albeit one-sidedly, is the Covid-19 situation in Kerala

06 Aug 2021 1:31 AM

Agarwal further said that a high number of COVID cases are being reported across the world and the pandemic is far from over. (Photo: AFP)

Covid 2nd wave not over yet, 'R number' high in 8 states: Centre

These eight states include Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep, Tamil Nadu, Mizoram, Karnataka, Puducherry, Kerala, he informed

03 Aug 2021 7:19 PM

In order to substantially augment the production of Remdesivir, the Drugs Controller General of India granted expeditious approval to 40 new manufacturing sites of licensed manufacturers of the drug. (PTI Photo)

India's Remdesivir prod'n capacity rises to 122.49 lakh vials per month in June: Govt

The MoHFW has also supplied around 29 lakh Remdesivir vials free of cost to states and UTs

03 Aug 2021 4:07 PM

India's Permanent Representative to the UN Ambassador T S Tirumurti speaks at the UNSC, in New York. (PTI Photo)

India as UNSC head to focus on peacekeeping and terror

India on Sunday took over the presidency of the United Nations Security Council for the month of August

01 Aug 2021 11:04 PM

Last month, the Canadian government also announced that it is extending the ban on incoming passenger flights from India for another month due to the Delta variant of COVID-19. (PTI Photo)

COVID-19: UAE extends ban on passenger flights from India to UAE till August 2

The date could be extended, depending on directions by the UAE authorities

26 Jul 2021 4:13 PM

In this file photo a man receives a dose of the Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine. (Photo:AFP)

Many now have immunity against COVID-19

Yet, don't lower guard, say experts; Third Wave likely anytime now

26 Jul 2021 12:22 AM

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