Coronavirus

Mumbai: Actor Sonu Sood arranged for a critically-ill Covid patient to be airlifted from Jhansi to Hyderabad after doctors at the local hospital said treatment wouldn't be possible in Jhansi any longer. The patient, Kailash Agarwal's CT score was just a point below the highest...

Srinagar: The Covid situation slipped from bad to worse on Monday in J&K after 3,733 new cases and 51 deaths were reported during the last 24 hours. Officials said that the new fatalities comprised 35 from the Jammu division and 16 from the Kashmir division,...

Jammu: In a shocking incident, parents of a 2-month-old dead Covid positive baby abandoned the body at a hospital in Jammu district and fled, an official said Monday. S.M.G.S. Hospital Medical Superintendent, Dr Dara Singh, said the parents ran away from the hospital. "The baby...

Patna: As Bihar reels under the Covid-19 pandemic, the facilities announced by the state government in hospitals are far from reality. The Bihar government recently declared the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), Patna, as a Covid-dedicated hospital with 500 beds. Besides, 75 per...

Agartala: The Tripura government has removed West Tripura District Magistrate and Collector Shailesh Kumar Yadav for his alleged "high handedness" in dealing with the people in two marriage halls in Agartala recently amidst the night curfew imposed to curb the alarming rise in Covid-19 cases,...

New Delhi: A COVID-19 outbreak left the Indian Premier League (IPL) on tenterhooks as Varun Chakravarthy and Sandeep Warrier of Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) tested positive for the dreaded virus. This development has forced the IPL governing body to cancel the match between KKR and...

New Delhi: The Health Ministry Monday said that 100 per cent advance of Rs 1732.50 crore was released to the Serum Institute of India on April 28 for 11 crore doses of Covishield vaccine during May, June and July. The amount, which after TDS was...

New Delhi: Delhi government has sought help from the Centre to depute Armed Forces in the national capital to set up and operationalise the COVID-19 facilities. Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia made the appeal through a letter written Sunday to Defence Minister Rajnath Singh...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen Monday Exchanged views on the COVID-19 situation in India and the European Union, a statement said. India's ongoing efforts to contain the pandemic's second wave was discussed. Modi expressed his appreciation...

Bhubaneswar: Odisha formally launched the third phase of COVID-19 vaccination for people in the 18-44 age group here Monday, with beneficiaries being administered the first dose of Covaxin, a health department official said. The drive is underway at all government hospitals in the state capital....