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Indias drug regulator controversially approved Bharat Biotechs Covaxin for emergency use in early January without efficacy data. (Representational Image: AFP)

India to miss end-July vaccination target as Bharat Biotech lags

The government had been counting on deliveries of 60 million to 70 million Covaxin doses monthly from July or August

27 July 2021 6:53 AM IST

A health worker administers the Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive against COVID-19 in Hyderabad. (Photo:AP)

Kerala facing severe vaccine shortage, says Health Minister

Health Minister Veena George said the state requires 60 lakh doses of vaccine for August

27 July 2021 12:32 AM IST

Kerala High Court

Kerala HC seeks response from Centre on repatriating Nimisha living in...

Fatima's mother has demanded the repatriation of her daughter and her four-year-old grand daughter said the court

26 July 2021 10:43 PM IST

Representative Image. (Photo:ANI)

Kerala reports 3 more Zika virus cases, tally touches 51

The first case of the mosquito-borne viral infection in the state was confirmed on July 8 in a 24-year-old pregnant...

26 July 2021 10:34 PM IST

Sunanda Pushkar (left) with Congress MP Shashi Tharoor. (Photo:ANI)

Delhi court likely to pronounce order in Sunanda Pushkar death case...

Pushkar was found dead in a suite of a luxury hotel in the city on the night of January 17, 2014

26 July 2021 10:30 PM IST

Suspension of scheduled international passenger flights extended till Sept 30. (PTI Photo)

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

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

26 July 2021 4:13 PM IST

This photograph provided by Indias National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows NDRF personnel recovering the body of a landslide victim at Ratnagiri in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Sunday, July 25, 2021. (AP)

Maharashtra monsoon mayhem: Death toll rises to 164, 100 missing

So far, 2,29,074 persons have been evacuated from the affected areas, the government said in a statement

26 July 2021 2:26 PM IST

Terming as somewhat vague the definition of a terrorist act under the stringent UAPA law and warning against its use in a cavalier manner , the high court set aside the trial court orders rejecting bail to JNU students Natasha Narwal and Devangana Kalita and Jamias Asif Iqbal Tanha, allowing their appeals and admitting them to regular bail. PTI

PIL in HC seeks separate toilets for transgenders, court asks Delhi...

The petition filed by Jasmine Kaur Chhabra said the Centre has released funds but no separate toilets have been made for...

26 July 2021 1:52 PM IST

Police escort arrested Bollywood star Shilpa Shettys husband Raj Kundra. (AFP)

Mumbai Crime Branch seizes Raj Kundra's bank accounts in Kanpur

As many crores of Rupees had been deposited in these two bank accounts, said the SBI officials

26 July 2021 1:14 PM IST

I have brought farmers message to Parliament. They (The government) are suppressing the voices of farmers and not letting a discussion take place in Parliament, Rahul said. (ANI/Twitter)

Rahul Gandhi drives tractor to Parliament to protest Farm Laws

Gandhi was accompanied by Congress MPs, who raised slogans against the farm laws and the Centre

26 July 2021 11:52 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger entering the city at a railway station in Ahmedabad, Friday, July 23, 2021. (AP/Ajit Solanki)

India records 39,361 new COVID-19 cases, 416 deaths

For 34 consecutive days till yesterday, the daily positivity rate in the country was less than 3 per cent

26 July 2021 11:29 AM IST

In this handout photo taken on July 23, 2021, by the Indian Navy shows areas inundated with flood water after heavy monsoon rains in Raigad district of Maharashtra (Indian Navy/ AFP)

Maharashtra Navnirman Sena asks Bollywood stars to help flood-affected...

In 2019 too, the MNS had blasted the Bollywood starts for turning their back' to the plight of flood victims in the...

26 July 2021 9:16 AM IST