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Medics from NMMC Health Department take swab samples of students for RT-PCR test at Shetkari Shikshan Sanstha School at Ghansoli, in Navi Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Virus gave Mumbai see-saw ride in 2021

On April 4, 2021, the city recorded 11,163 new cases, the highest-ever spike

23 Dec 2021 1:25 PM IST

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of World Health Organization (AFP)

Boosters may prolong COVID pandemic, warns WHO chief

Unrestrained end-of-year celebrations could still prove to be major source of new infections, the WHO warned

23 Dec 2021 12:21 PM IST

A healthcare volunteer inoculates an elderly man with COVID-19 vaccine dose at her home in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Over 60 per cent eligible population fully vaccinated against COVID:...

The Ministry said that the country administered 70,17,671 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours

23 Dec 2021 12:20 PM IST

A medical worker guides people as they wait for their coronavirus test at a makeshift testing site in Seoul, South Korea. (Photo: AP)

South Korea marks deadliest day of pandemic as omicron looms

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency said a record 109 people died in the last 24-hour period

23 Dec 2021 11:54 AM IST

A worker carries an oxygen concentrator inside the COVID-19 facility of Commonwealth Games Village in view of the rising Omicron cases in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. (PTI/Shahbaz Khan)

India records 236 Omicron cases; 7,495 new coronavirus infections

Maharashtra has recorded the maximum 65 cases of the Omicron variant followed by Delhi at 64, Telangana 24, Karnataka 19

23 Dec 2021 10:39 AM IST

Novavax says COVID vaccine triggers immune response to Omicron variant

Novavax said it is working on developing an Omicron-specific vaccine and expects to begin manufacturing its doses in...

23 Dec 2021 9:53 AM IST

Farmers sort tomatoes near a field before being be transported to other cities, during the nationwide lockdown imposed in wake of coronavirus pandemic, at Murbad Taluka in Thane. PTI photo

Prices of tomatoes down by 13 per cent in last one week, 24 per cent...

The latest price of tomatoes on Tuesday was Rs 47.25 per kg

23 Dec 2021 9:19 AM IST

Paramedics and policemen stand next to the body of a Kashmiri man at a hospital in Srinagar, in Kashmir on Wednesday, Dec 22, 2021. Suspected rebels shot and killed a civilian on Wednesday evening officials said. (AP /Mukhtar Khan)

Civilian, cop shot dead by terrorists in Kashmir

A 45-year-old resident, Rouf Ahmed Khan, was fatally shot by gunmen in Srinagar's Mirjanpora, Idgah area

23 Dec 2021 8:49 AM IST

Uttarakhand Congress Campaign Committee Chairman Harish Rawat (PTI)

Congress gets blow in Uttarakhand: Rawat alleges 'sabotage'

Former chief minister and campaign committee chief Harish Rawat hit out at his own party, alleging 'internal sabotage'

23 Dec 2021 7:41 AM IST

Defence Research and Development Organisation successfully conduct maiden flight test of indigenously developed surface-to-surface missile Pralay from Dr A P J Abdul Kalam Island off the coast of Odisha. (PTI)

India tests quasi-ballistic surface-to-surface missile

A quasi-ballistic missile is one that will not follow the typical ballistic missile trajectory and is manoeuvrable...

23 Dec 2021 7:24 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (PTI Photo)

PM Modi to hold meeting on COVID-19 situation on Thursday

Delhi, which has recorded 57 Omicron cases so far, has banned all gatherings to celebrate Christmas and New Year

23 Dec 2021 1:01 AM IST

Parliamentarians in the Rajya Sabha during the Winter Session of Parliament, in New Delhi, Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2021. Rajya Sabha was adjourned for the session ahead of schedule today. (RSTV/PTI Photo)

Opposition, new COVID fears cut short Parliament session

With the Opposition unrelenting and the new variant of Covid-19 slowly picking up pace, the government decided to end...

23 Dec 2021 12:51 AM IST