Coronavirus

Mumbai: Actress Tisca Chopra is doing her bit to help transgenders and widows, who have been affected by the Covid pandemic. The actress has started an initiative with chef Vikas Khanna called #IndiaForMothers, to help support these groups deal with the crises. "When Vikas Khanna...

Pune: Congress leader and Rajya Sabha member Rajeev Satav breathed his last Sunday. The demise of Rajeev Satav came days after he recovered from the coronavirus infection, hospital sources said. Satav (46) was undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Pune after he tested positive...

Mumbai: Ashok Khondare is a 39-year-old vegetable seller in the western Indian city of Pune. He had already borrowed money to pay for his sister’s treatment when she died in a private hospital two weeks after being infected with Covid-19. Khondare not only had to...

Mumbai: Megastar Amitabh Bachchan said Sunday he has received the second and final dose of the novel coronavirus vaccine.   The 78-year-old star had taken the first jab last month. Amitabh Bachchan took to Instagram to give an update to fans and followers. “Dusara bhi ho...

New Delhi: India has reported 3.11 lakh new coronavirus infections in the last 24 hours. It is the lowest rise in the last 25 days the Union Health Ministry data said. The death toll in Indian rose to 2,70,284 with 4,077 new fatalities, the Health...

Kolkata: On a day when the state announced a nearly-lockdown condition to fight the spike in covid cases in the state for the next 15 days, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost her younger brother who was battling for life in a private hospital for the...

Mumbai: Popular Marathi actress Priya Bapat has donated blood for Covid patients, after recovering from the coronavirus. "Everyone who can donate should donate. There is no two ways about it. We as a nation are facing the worst crisis ever. We are losing lives like...

New Delhi: A sore injection site, pain in the injected arm, mild fever, moderate fatigue, headaches, chills, and even diarrhoea are symptoms commonly seen after administration of the Covid-19 vaccine. While one may have taken the right step towards protection from the virus, doctors say...

New Delhi: Covid patients in home isolation will be provided oxygen concentrators at their homes with recommendation of doctors in the national capital. To ensure each Covid patient in home isolation gets oxygen cylinders delivered at home, the Delhi government has set up an 'oxygen...

Beijing: China has approved one more inactivated Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, according to an announcement by the developer of the jab. Shenzhen Kangtai Biological Products Co., Ltd., the developer, said Friday that the vaccine it developed has started related work for Phase III clinical...