Coronavirus

Gaya (Bihar): Amid a raging global pandemic, a large number of people in this Bihar holy city organised an occult ceremony (tantric puja) Saturday to expedite the end to Coronavirus. The rituals were held at the Ma Kali temple in Gaya district. Acharya Hanumant, one...

New York: More investigation is needed to determine the origin of the Covid-19 pandemic, say a team of 18 scientists from Universities in the US, Canada, the UK and Switzerland. "Theories of accidental release from a lab and zoonotic spillover both remain viable," they wrote...

Bangalore: The 2-DG drug developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) could be a game-changer in the fight against Covid-19, Karnataka Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said Friday. “The 2-DG drug developed by DRDO is a big breakthrough and could be a game-changer...

New Delhi: Hours after Delhi Police Crime Branch officers visited the office of the Indian Youth Congress, former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi Friday slammed the government saying the rescuer is always greater than the one who kills. In a tweet in Hindi, Rahul Gandhi said,...

London: When London’s Science Museum reopens next week, it will have some new artifacts. They are empty vaccine vials, testing kits and other items collected during the Covid-19 pandemic. These artifacts will be displayed in a new Covid-19 exhibition. The fact however, is that Britain...

Panaji: Thirteen Covid patients died at Goa's apex government hospital, the Goa Medical College, in the early hours of Friday owing to oxygen mismanagement, even as the death toll of patients who died between 2 am and 6 am at the premier facility reached 75...

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech said Friday it has dispatched Covaxin to various states like Gujarat, Assam, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Odisha. Bharat Biotech, the Hyderabad-based vaccine major has recently come under fire from the Delhi government over supply-related issues. It said it has also dispatched...

New Delhi: At a time when the whole world is seeking solution to get rid of the Covid pandemic, former Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat said the virus is a "living organism and it deserves to live". Rawat's unusual video statement went viral on...

New Delhi: We face an unprecedented and exponential tsunami of Covid-19 positive, leading to a near-collapse of our healthcare system. Mortality due to the infection is mostly due to severe injury to the lungs causing respiratory failure. With the current shortage of oxygen faced in...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi released Friday the eighth installment of over Rs 20,000 crore to more than 9.5 crore farmer beneficiaries. This funds were released under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) scheme via video-conferencing. This incidentally was the first installment for...