• 

  Rajasthan becomes 4th state to inoculate over 2 crore people

  India | June 17, 2021 11:48 IST

  State Health Minister Raghu Sharma congratulated officers and employees associated with vaccination on administration of 2 crore vaccination doses in the state under Covid-19 vaccination programme. 

• 

  Pfizer, AstraZeneca vaccines protect against Delta variant: Lancet study

  World | June 15, 2021 13:52 IST

  Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines provide good protection against Delta variant, says a study published in The Lancet journal.

• 

  COVID-19 vaccination drive for transgender community held in Bhubaneswar

  India | June 15, 2021 8:55 IST

  A group of the transgender community was vaccinated on Monday after a special vaccination drive was launched for the community by Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC).

• 

  Positivity rate in Jammu district drops to 1 %, recovery rate touches 95 %: DC

  India | June 15, 2021 8:33 IST

  The Covid positivity rate in Jammu district has dropped to one per cent and the recovery rate has touched 95 per cent, Deputy Commissioner Anshul Garg said on Monday.

• 

  Chinese researchers find batch of new coronaviruses in bats: Report

  Science | June 13, 2021 8:21 IST

  Chinese researchers said they had found a batch of new coronaviruses in bats.

• 

  Maharashtra reports 10,891 new Covid cases, 295 fatalities

  India | June 08, 2021 19:59 IST

  Maharashtra recorded as many as 10,891 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, taking the tally of infections in the state to 58,52,891, the death toll increased to 1,01,172 with 295 new fatalities.   

• 

  With 10,219 new Covid cases, Maharashtra logs lowest count in 24 hours

  India | June 07, 2021 20:35 IST

  Maharashtra on Monday recorded as many as 10,219 new coronavirus cases, the lowest since March 10, taking the tally of infections in the state to 58,42,000, the death toll increased to 1,00,470 with 154 new fatalities. 

• 

  US lawmakers and governors push for more Covid vaccines to India

  World | June 07, 2021 8:47 IST

  Several lawmakers and governors have urged the Biden administration to ensure India receives Covid vaccines and medical aid.

• 

  With 381 new Covid cases, Delhi reports lowest daily count since mid-March

  India | June 06, 2021 16:13 IST

  Delhi on Sunday reported 381 new coronavirus cases, the lowest since March 15. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached over 14.29 lakh, while the death toll mounted to 24,591.

• 

  Unlock: Mumbai at level 3; local trains yet off-limits for common people

  India | June 06, 2021 11:54 IST

  Restaurants, shops selling non-essential items and public places are set to reopen from Monday in Mumbai which is categorised under level 3 of the 'unlock' plan.

• 

  Vitamin D may not protect against COVID: Study

  World | June 05, 2021 22:54 IST

  According to the researchers, including Guillaume Butler-Laporte from McGill University, vitamin D supplementation as a public health measure to improve outcomes is not supported by this study.

Advertisement
• 

  How Kolhapur model is aiding Mumbai to deal with Covid spurt, winning praise

  India | June 05, 2021 17:19 IST

  The Kolhapur district administration along with Manorama Infosolutions has developed a communicable disease management solution (CDMS) to tackle the Covid crisis.

• 

  Amid brutal case surge, Afghanistan hit by a vaccine delay

  World | June 05, 2021 12:20 IST

  3 million doses the country expected to receive by April won't be delivered until August, WHO told Afghanistan.

• 

  Wuhan lab head and US expert flagged Covid19 risk in 2015: Report

  Health | June 04, 2021 22:53 IST

  The head of China's Wuhan virology lab, also called as the 'bat woman', and an expert from the University of North Carolina in the US, had in a paper published in 2015 flagged the dangers of their gain-of-function experiment of a novel coronavirus which could infect human cells, media reports said.

• 

  Kangana Ranaut shares her Covid after-care story: 'It is a false recovery. I relapsed'

  Celebrities | June 04, 2021 21:23 IST

  Kangana Ranaut shared her journey of recovery from COVID19. She contracted the virus early last month and was later tested negative for it.

• 

  China re-imposes travel curbs on province after virus cases

  World | May 31, 2021 11:55 IST

  China on Monday re-imposed anti-coronavirus travel controls on its southern province of Guangdong, announcing anyone leaving the populous region must be tested for the virus following a spike in infections that has alarmed authorities.

• 

  COVID19: Lockdown makes people 40% less active, tripled depression risk, says researchers

  Health | May 31, 2021 9:19 IST

  A new study by German researchers says that Coronavirus-induced lockdown made people 40 per cent less active, and tripled the potential risk for depression.

• 

  COVID-19: First shipment from Ukraine carrying 184 oxygen concentrators arrives in India

  India | May 31, 2021 8:40 IST

  An aircraft carrying the first shipment of 184 oxygen concentrators arrived from Ukraine to India on Monday, as the country battles the second wave of coronavirus pandemic.

• 

  COVID19 India LIVE update: Vaccination recommendation for all 'lactating women'

  Health | May 31, 2021 23:32 IST

  According to latest update, the government had recommended that all the lactating mothers can get vaccinated.

• 

  Maharashtra reports 18,600 Covid cases, 22,532 recoveries in 24 hours

  India | May 30, 2021 21:58 IST

  Maharashtra recorded as many as 18,600 coronavirus cases on Sunday, taking the tally of infections in the state to 57,31,815, the death toll increased to 94,844 with 402 new fatalities.