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Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal. (PTI Photo)

States blame Centre for shortage of vaccine

Since the 3rd phase of vaccination began amidst a ferocious 2nd wave of Covid-19, India has been facing acute shortage...

12 May 2021 8:11 AM IST

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a public meeting, in Cooch Behar district. (Photo: PTI)

X-category security given to 77 BJP MLAs

There has been tension between the Centre, governor and Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal ever since she came...

12 May 2021 8:08 AM IST

The man opened a fake account on Facebook and posted objectionable photographs of the woman on it. (Photo: Representational)

Telangana Civic polls claim lives of five teachers

The government teachers, two from Warangal, two from Nalgonda, and one from Khamman passed away after contracting...

12 May 2021 12:16 AM IST

Dr Maria Van Kerkhove, COVID-19 Technical Lead at the WHO. (Twitter Screenshot)

WHO classifies B1617 COVID-19 variant, first identified in India, as...

'There is need for more information on the epidemiologic studies that are underway, the studies that are evaluating...

11 May 2021 12:50 PM IST

A health worker collects a nasal sample from a woman for COVID-19 Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) test, at old Civil Hospital in Gurugram. PTI photo

Telangana closes border with Maharashtra due to Covid

Covid-19 cases increased abnormally in Telangana state, especially the districts of Kamareddy and Nizamabad which border...

11 May 2021 7:57 AM IST

View of a vial of Indias COVAXIN vaccine against COVID-19. (AFP)

Differential vaccine pricing is right, Centre tells Supreme Court

Government defends move, says it is to incentivise vaccine makers

11 May 2021 7:54 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample for a Rapid Antigen Testing (RAT) at a roadside market following restrictions imposed by the state government amidst rising Covid-19 coronavirus cases, in Mumbai on April 6, 2021. (Indranil Muukherjee / AFP)

Covid+ test report not mandatory for admission to health facility:...

The directive comes following heavy criticism after serious patients were denied medical attention by hospitals owing to...

9 May 2021 12:34 AM IST

The drug comes in powder form in a sachet which is taken orally by dissolving it in water. PTI

DCGI approves use of 2-DG for treatment of Covid patients

Higher proportion of patients treated with 2-DG showed RT-PCR negative conversion in Covid patients

9 May 2021 12:32 AM IST

Now, the cases heard by the Supreme Court have anywhere between two and 30 parties. Who decides who will be unmuted? (PTI)

SC steps in, sets up 12-member National Task Force to manage O2,...

'Union government shall act on Task Force's recommendations, including on allocation of oxygen'

8 May 2021 10:28 PM IST

Sonia Gandhi has suggested a blanket 30 per cent cut in expenditure. (File photo: PTI)

Sonia asks PM to call all-party meet on Covid

Referring to the letters written to Modi by Dr Manmohan Singh and by Rahul Gandhi, Sonia said all these had fallen on...

8 May 2021 9:35 AM IST

A man carries a basket of bangles over his head as he walks on a street during the second day of the two-day state-imposed lockdown as a preventive measure against the surge in COVID-19 coronavirus cases in Siliguri. PTI Photo

Single-day Covid cases scale another height, sprint past 4-lak mark

Two days ago Dr Raghavan had said the third wave was inevitable given the high levels at which this virus is...

8 May 2021 9:33 AM IST

Construction work underway as part of the Central Vista Redevelopment Project, at Rajpath in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

SC rejects plea against delay in hearing on central vista

The apex court asked senior advocate Siddharth Luthra to mention the matter before the High Court for urgent listing on...

8 May 2021 12:11 AM IST