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There has been an unprecedented spur in the demand for plasma. (Photo: PTI)

Top medical experts welcome move to remove plasma therapy from...

Earlier, as per the ICMR advisory on April 22, Convalescent plasma (Off label) was considered only when certain criteria...

18 May 2021 12:54 PM IST

Bihar saw the maximum number of 78 deaths of medical practitioners. (Photo: File/PTI)

270 doctors have died of COVID in second wave of pandemic: IMA

The list of the deceased doctors includes former IMA president Dr K K Aggarwal

18 May 2021 12:42 PM IST

US President Joe Biden dialled up Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden tells Netanyahu he backs 'ceasefire' in Israel:...

Biden has so far resisted joining other world leaders and much of his own Democratic party in calling for an immediate...

18 May 2021 12:28 PM IST

Former TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee comes out of the CBI office, Nizam Palace, in Kolkata, early Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Calcutta High Court issued a stay order on the bail of the four All India Trinamool Congress leaders who were arrested Monday in the Narada sting case. (PTI)

Narada sting case: Arrested TMC MLA, former party leader admitted to...

The central agency had also apprehended two senior West Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee in...

18 May 2021 12:08 PM IST

Employees packing boxes with COVID-19 vaccine at the packaging and dispatch department in Pune, Maharashtra. (Photo: World Health Organisation)

WHO reminds Serum Institute of its COVAX commitments amidst soaring...

Earlier this month, Adar Poonawalla said it was not possible to ramp up production overnight

18 May 2021 11:18 AM IST

A health worker conducts Covid-19 testing at Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital in Lucknow.(Photo: PTI)

Record 4,329 COVID-19 fatalities in India in single day

The country reported 2,63,533 new cases in a span of 24 hours

18 May 2021 10:23 AM IST

A truck is stranded on a flooded highway near Diu on May 18, 2021, after Cyclone Tauktae blasted ashore in western India late May 17 with fierce winds and drenching rains that turned streets into rivers, disrupting the countrys response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

Cyclone Tauktae weakens after making landfall on Gujarat coast

The cyclone brought gusty winds and heavy rains on the entire coastal belt, uprooting trees in Junagadh, Amreli and...

18 May 2021 10:22 AM IST

West Bengal Chief minister Mamata Banerjee

CBI arrests 4 TMC men, Mamata storms agency office

The arrest of these four by the CBI, close on the heels of the TMC coming to power in the state, triggered a volcano of...

18 May 2021 9:34 AM IST

Earlier, in his monthly Mann ki Baat radio address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said a powerful positivity message needs to go out. (PTI)

Shashidhar Nanjundaiah | Positivity effect: Govt has to do things...

Rather than viewing criticism negatively, the criticism-averse govt can also help transform public perceptions by...

18 May 2021 7:27 AM IST

A medical worker inoculates a policeman with a Covishield Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at a vaccination camp, in Chennai. (AFP)

Aakar Patel | Govt needed to have grip' over Covid: That is what PM...

The reason we don't have enough vaccines is that we did not order them at the right time because we didn't think we...

18 May 2021 7:14 AM IST

A medical worker shows a vial of Covishield vaccine as she prepares to inoculate a medical staff at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, in New Delhi on January 19, 2021. (AFP)

Bleeding and blood clotting identified due to Covishield

Since the Covid-19 vaccination drive was initiated, more than 23,000 adverse events have been reported through the CoWin...

18 May 2021 1:49 AM IST

The main areas of focus were on the stiffness, hardness and frequency (sound) of the cricket bat. By arrangement

All sports need innovations : Bamboo bat researchers not losing hope

Currently bamboo cricket bats fail the MCC laws in 2 places

17 May 2021 11:16 PM IST