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  Thousands flout Covid rules during Sidhu’s installation ceremony, FIR lodged

  India | July 24, 2021 14:18 IST

  The case was lodged against unidentified persons who came from different districts of Punjab and assembled at Punjab Congress Bhawan.

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  US hospital donates COVID-related medical equipment to India

  World | July 24, 2021 7:01 IST

  Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and two continuous positive airway pressure therapy (CPAP) machines for COVID-19 relief was sent to India by a US hospital.

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  67.6 % population above 6 yrs found to have Covid antibodies in 4th serosurvey, Lok Sabha told

  India | July 23, 2021 14:58 IST

  The fourth round of the survey covered 36,227 individuals to estimate seroprevalence among children aged 6-17 years, adults and healthcare workers.

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  Over 2.75 crore unutilised vaccine doses still available with states, private hospitals: Govt

  India | July 23, 2021 12:17 IST

  The total consumption including wastage is 41,12,30,353 doses.

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  India reports 41,383 new Covid-19 cases, 507 fatalities in 24 hours; death toll at 418,987

  India | July 22, 2021 10:04 IST

  With 38,652 people discharged in the last 24 hours, the number of recoveries now stands at 30429339 across the country.

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  Assam: Woman doctor infected with Alpha, Delta variants of COVID simultaneously

  India | July 21, 2021 14:04 IST

  The doctor, despite being fully vaccinated, got infected with both Alpha and Delta variants of SARS-CoV-2, and the RMRC lab detected the double infection in the patient in May.

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  No deaths due to lack of oxygen reported by states during second Covid wave: Govt

  India | July 20, 2021 18:05 IST

  The government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that no states or union territories reported any deaths due to shortage of oxygen during the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic.

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  Rs 40,000 cr approved to deal with COVID-19 pandemic, to ramp up of health infra

  India | July 20, 2021 14:10 IST

  In addition to funds allocated under the National Health Mission, the Centre has approved nearly Rs 40,000 crore for prevention of COVID-19.

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  Over 150 children found COVID-positive as Mizoram reports highest daily cases

  India | July 20, 2021 12:45 IST

  On the fresh infections, 234 cases were confirmed at the RT-PCR laboratory in Zoram Medical College (ZMC).

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  Karnataka government eases COVID-19 restrictions, allows cinema theatres to operate

  India | July 18, 2021 14:58 IST

  Higher educational institutions like colleges and universities were also given the nod to start from July 26.

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  PM Modi praises retired army officer for supporting destitute animals amid COVID-19

  India | July 18, 2021 14:19 IST

  As per Prime Minister's Office, during the lockdown in Corona, Major (Retired) Pramila Singh, along with her father Shyamveer Singh, took care of the helpless and destitute animals, understood their pain and came forward to help them.

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  Over 41.69 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses so far provided to states/UTs: Centre

  India | July 17, 2021 14:49 IST

  Of this, the total consumption, including wastage, is 38,94,87,442 doses, according to data available at 8 am Saturday.

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  Mizoram reimposes total lockdown in AMC area as COVID-19 cases rise

  India | July 17, 2021 11:25 IST

  Lockdown or other stringent restrictions may be imposed in other parts of the state by deputy commissioners depending on the coronavirus situation.

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  Kerala: Congress to start Covid death count campaign, says govt list fudged

  India | July 16, 2021 14:35 IST

  Congress MP, Benny Behanan said the figures provided by Vijayan in his daily statement on Thursday show 15,025 Covid deaths.

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  India pulled back global supply of COVAX due to surge of cases inside the country: USAID admin

  World | July 16, 2021 6:32 IST

  The shortage is going to end soon because the United States has purchased Pfizer’s vaccine which will start to come online in August, said USAID Administrator Samantha Power.

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  Lockdown in Puducherry extended till July 31

  India | July 15, 2021 21:23 IST

  The territorial government has extended the lockdown triggered by COVID-19 till midnight of this month.

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  37 arrested from top Kolkata hotel for partying amid COVID restrictions

  India | July 11, 2021 10:45 IST

  At least 37 people were arrested in the early hours of Sunday from a five-star hotel in Kolkata for partying, defying the COVID-related restrictions.

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  COVID-19: Tourists throng Kasauli despite third wave warnings

  India | July 11, 2021 10:05 IST

  Despite several warnings from experts about a possible third COVID-19 wave, a large number of tourists have reached Kasauli to recover from lockdown blues.

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  COVID: Global caseload tops 185.9 million

  India | July 10, 2021 9:40 IST

  In its latest update on Saturday morning, University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering revealed that current global caseload, death toll and the total number of vaccine doses administered stood at 185,972,770, 4,017,196 and 3,387,882,504, respectively.

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  Risks of severe illness, death due to COVID-19 in children very low, UK study finds

  India | July 09, 2021 13:23 IST

  The risk of severe illness and death from SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is extremely low in children and teenagers, according to a comprehensive analyses of public health data in the UK.