Coronavirus

Carbis Bay: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson greeted world leaders on a wooden boardwalk on the freshly raked sand of Carbis Bay to open the Group of Seven summit Friday, offering elbow bumps to dignitaries gathering for the first time since the onset of the...

Hyderabad: In a setback to Bharat Biotech''s COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, the US Food and Drug Administration has ‘recommended’ Ocugen Inc, the US partner of the Indian vaccine maker, to go for Biologics Licence Application (BLA) route with additional data, nixing hopes of Emergency Use Authorisation....

New Delhi: A huge debate is raging over whether the Centre’s decision to provide free Covid-19 vaccine to all above 18 years was triggered by the Supreme Court’s recent remarks on the jab policy. Amid it, class V student of Kerala, Lidwina Joseph, has written...

New Delhi: The government is hopeful that the Monsoon Session of Parliament will begin on its normal schedule in July, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said Tuesday amid the second wave of Covid-19. Since the pandemic began, three sessions of Parliament were curtailed and the...

New Delhi: The Centre said Tuesday it has placed orders for 44 crore doses of Covishield and Covaxin. This announcement came a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre would take over the state procurement quota. It will also provide free jabs...

Mumbai: Even as job cuts and a rising unemployment rate rose in 2020, a report said that 2021 looks promising on the hiring front. This is because nearly 60 per cent of the companies surveyed are looking to hire talent for new positions. Recruitment managers...

London: The Indian team management has decided to give a three-week break to its players after the World Test Championship (WTC) final. This will be done to address the mental fatigue that might be triggered by lengthy spells in a bio-bubble for the players. The...

New Delhi: Use of non-transferable electronic vouchers approved by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) will be encouraged to enable people to financially support Covid-19 inoculation of economically weaker sections at private centres, according to the revised guidelines issued Tuesday by the Centre. The Co-WIN...

Naypyitaw (Myanmar): Myanmar’s military junta will begin presenting its case against deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi in court next Monday. This information was given by lawyers of Suu Kyi here, Tuesday.  The military arrested Suu Kyi in February when it overthrew her elected government....

New Delhi: India Sunday logged 1,14,460 new Covid infections in 24 hours, the lowest since April 6 when the country saw a rise of 1,15,736 cases in a day. During the same time span, 2,677 more people succumbed to the pandemic, the Union Health and...