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CoWin system collapsed several times on the day it opened for public registration.

Covid-19 vaccine website crashes

The CoWIN site is getting almost 27 lakh hits a minute. More Appointment slots will soon be offered, said government...

29 April 2021 1:02 AM IST

Vaccine manufacturers have been asked to supply 50 per cent of their stock to the Centre, and split the rest 50 per cent between state governments and the open market. (Photo: AP)

Serum Institute cuts vaccine price for states to Rs 300/dose

Bharat Biotech which priced its Covaxin shots at â‚¹600 for states and â‚¹1,200 for private hospitals is yet to announce...

29 April 2021 1:00 AM IST

A woman collects water from a tap near a collapsed wall at an apartment building in Guwahati on April 28, 2021, after a strong earthquake hit Assam in northeastern India, damaging buildings, but there were no immediate reports of casualties. (AFP)

Series of earthquakes jolt Assam and most of the Northeast

The impact was felt in almost the entire Northeastern region, parts of West Bengal, Bhutan and Bangladesh

28 April 2021 3:01 PM IST

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute for Allergy and Infectious Diseases, testifies before a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP)

India's Covaxin found to neutralise 617 variant of COVID-19: Dr Fauci

'So, despite the real difficulty that we're seeing in India, vaccination could be a very, very important antidote...

28 April 2021 1:24 PM IST

Multiple funeral pyres of those who died of COVID-19 burn at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for the mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India. India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday, April 28, 2021 of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse. (AP)

With 3,293 fresh fatalities today, India marks a grim milestone of two...

The country saw a record single-day rise of 3.6L cases, while the case fatality rate stands at 1.12 per cent

28 April 2021 1:07 PM IST

Four cryogenic oxygen containers have arrived in India at Panagarh Air Base from Singapore. The containers were air lifted in an IAF C-17 aircraft from at Changi airport, Singapore. (PTI)

IAF airlifts 9 cryogenic oxygen containers from Dubai, Singapore

IAF has been airlifting empty oxygen tankers and containers to various filling stations to speed up the distribution of...

28 April 2021 9:29 AM IST

Election Commission bans victory rallies on May 2

Election Commission bans victory rallies on May 2

A recent media survey on Tuesday showed the steep spike in Covid-19 cases in the poll-bound states

28 April 2021 6:50 AM IST

French President Emmanuel Macron looks on as he speaks to the press with the Estonian prime minister following their meeting at the Elysee Palace in Paris, on October 28, 2020. (AFP)

COVID-19: France to send oxygen generators, containers to India

Several other countries as well as the WHO and the EU have also announced urgent medical assistance to India

27 April 2021 2:41 PM IST

Why is the Narendra Modi government sending letters to the states that they should have strict enforcement of crowd control when Mr Modi is himself holding giant rallies. (PTI)

Plea in Delhi HC for action against political leaders for violating...

The plea also sought directions to 'ensure compulsory home quarantine of persons who campaigned in the last one week of...

27 April 2021 2:12 PM IST

The first Oxygen Express train for Delhi carrying around 70 tonnes of the life-saving gas reaches Delhi Cantt, Tuesday early morning, April 27, 2021. (PTI/Vijay Verma)

Oxygen Express with 70 tonnes of oxygen reaches Delhi

This oxygen will now be disbursed by the Delhi government to various hospitals, officials said

27 April 2021 9:21 AM IST

Foreign ministry spokesman Arindam Bagchi tweeted photos of the equipment being unloaded from a German Lufthansa aircraft in New Delhi. (Image credit: Twitter/@MEAIndia)

First shipment of UK COVID-19 medical aid arrives in India: Govt

Britain, one of several countries to announce sending help as India's health care system buckles under a huge surge in...

27 April 2021 9:12 AM IST

Voters wait in queues to cast votes at a polling station during the 7th phase of West Bengal Assembly elections at a village near Balurghat in South Dinajpur district, Monday, April 26, 2021. (PTI)

Bengal records 75% voting in seventh phase of polling

Four hot seats -- Bhowanipore, Rasbehari, Ballygunge and Kolkata Port -- in South Kolkata clocked only 59.91 per cent...

27 April 2021 6:58 AM IST