Covid 19 Second Wave
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Covid-19 cases spike in India: Follow these 5 home remedies to boost immunity and protect yourself
Health | Jun 02, 2025, 04:20 PM ISTIndia sees a surge in Covid-19 cases. Boost your immunity with these 5 powerful home remedies. Know natural ways to protect yourself and stay healthy with immunity-boosting foods, herbs, and tips.
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Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya holds review meeting amid COVID Outbreak in China
News | Dec 21, 2022, 12:58 PM ISTUnion Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chairs a meeting with health officials over the COVID-19 situation
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PM Modi's fixation with 'Namaste Trump' event led to COVID-19 spread in country: Nawab Malik
India | Feb 08, 2022, 12:11 PM ISTOn Monday, Prime Minister Modi in the Lok Sabha had said that the Congress "crossed all limits" during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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From devastating second wave to massive vaccination drive - How India tackled Covid threat
India | Dec 28, 2021, 11:37 PM ISTMore than a year after the onset of the coronavirus in India, in April 2021 the country saw the pandemic go worse, something that was unimaginable and was deemed as impossible.
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Delhi COVID: Sarojini Nagar market to operate on odd-even basis on December 25, 26
India | Dec 25, 2021, 08:36 AM ISTThe shops, street vendors in Sarojini Market have been asked to follow the odd-even rule over this weekend.
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Rahul targets govt over Namami Gange chief's admission that bodies dumped in rivers in 2nd wave
India | Dec 24, 2021, 03:05 PM ISTIn his new book, Namami Gange chief added that the problem was between Kannauj and Baliya. “…the bodies found in Bihar were also those floating from UP."
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Chandigarh announces Rs 50,000 ex gratia to kin of those who died of COVID-19
India | Dec 10, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTthe Health Secretary said that a total of 1,076 people have died due to the COVID-19 virus in Chandigarh so far
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Proteins in Covid19 virus that damage blood vessels found, says researchers
Health | Nov 09, 2021, 08:18 AM ISTResearchers identified five proteins from a total of 29 different proteins that make up the novel coronavirus. When the coronavirus enters the body, it begins to produce 29 proteins. In the process of infection and protein development, the blood vessels turn from opaque tubes into kind of permeable nets or pieces of cloth, and in parallel, there is an increase in blood clotting.
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COVID-19's global death toll tops 5 million in under 2 years
World | Nov 01, 2021, 05:11 PM ISTTogether, the United States, the European Union, Britain and Brazil — all upper-middle- or high-income countries — account for one-eighth of the world's population but nearly half of all reported deaths. The U.S. alone has recorded over 740,000 lives lost, more than any other nation.
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Term insurance premium set to rise up to 40% from December 2021 | Know why
Business | Nov 27, 2021, 03:33 PM ISTCovid-19 death claims in Q1 were higher than the cumulative claims in the entire FY21, resulting hike in term insurance policy premiums.
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COVID-19: Europe, parts of Asia witness significant rise in fresh cases
World | Oct 22, 2021, 07:41 PM ISTAccording to the latest update by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the highest numbers of new cases were reported from the UK (283,756 new cases; a 14 percent increase) and Russia (217,322 new cases; a 15 percent increase)
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Still in midst of Covid second wave even though cases are declining: Centre
India | Sep 23, 2021, 05:35 PM ISTUnion Health Ministry on Thursday said that the second wave of the COVID-19 disease has not subsided yet even as cases are declining.
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COVID-19: Delhi reports 20 fresh cases, zero deaths
India | Sep 20, 2021, 05:37 PM ISTThe Test Positivity Rate (TPR) in the national capital was recorded at 0.04 percent. The capital has recorded only three fatalities due to the infection in September so far.
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COVID-19: China reports 43 fresh locally transmitted cases
India | Sep 19, 2021, 03:46 PM ISTAlso reported were 23 new imported cases -- nine in Yunnan, three each in Hubei, Guangxi and Sichuan, two each in Shanghai and Guangdong, and one in Tianjin, reports Xinhua news agency.
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UK to roll out life-saving COVID-19 treatment which was given to Donald Trump
World | Sep 18, 2021, 06:54 PM ISTA combination of two monoclonal antibodies, Ronapreve, will be targeted initially at those in hospital who have not mounted an antibody response against the coronavirus.
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Long term effect on heart health post Covid vaccination
Health | Sep 08, 2021, 10:38 PM ISTHeart patients have been living in the constant fear of sudden deaths and severe infections. Over the past one year, we have witnessed a spike in the number of deaths due to cardiac arrest, post Covid infections.
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Can’t presume that all Covid deaths during second wave were due to negligence: Supreme Court
India | Sep 08, 2021, 12:48 PM ISTA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Vikram Nath and Hima Kohli asked the petitioner Deepak Raj Singh to approach the competent authorities with his suggestions.
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After dropping below one, Covid R-value rises sharply to 1.17 in second half of August
India | Sep 03, 2021, 07:58 PM ISTThe R-value calculated between August 24-29 stood at 1.17 as against 0.89 between August 14-17, according to the researchers at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai.
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Surgical masks more effective at curbing Covid spread than cloth: Study
Science | Sep 03, 2021, 06:45 PM ISTResearchers from Yale University, US, tracked more than 340,000 adults across 600 villages in rural Bangladesh. The findings, published as a preprint, showed that mask-wearing can have a significant impact on limiting the spread of symptomatic Covid-19, the Washington Post reported.
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70% of Nepal's population developed Covid antibodies, finds study
World | Aug 29, 2021, 08:35 PM ISTThough just 14.2 percent population is fully vaccinated and 17.7 percent population has received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine, it is estimated that the rest of the population has been infected with Covid-19.