Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Friday will hear the suo motu case on COVID management across the country. The division bench of Justices DY Chandrachud, Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra Bhat is to hear the case in the afternoon. In its last hearing April 27,...

Chennai: The Election Commission of India (ECI) moved a plea Friday in the Madras High Court. In the plea, the Election Commission sought to refrain the media from reporting oral comments of judges. This move comes days after the high court pulled up the poll...

New Delhi: There seems to be no end to the spike in the number of new COVID-19 cases on a daily basis in India. Every day, the number is increasing with India registering new highs every day. Friday was no exception as the country reported 3,86,452...

New Delhi: Veteran lawyer, former Attorney General and Padma Vibhushan recipient Soli Sorabjee passed away Friday morning. Soli Sorabjee was suffering from coronavirus and other complications and was undergoing treatment at a private hospital here. He was 91. Sorabjee began his legal practice in 1953...

Jerusalem: A stampede broke out early Friday at a Jewish religious gathering attended by tens of thousands of people in northern Israel, leaving many killed and injured, authorities said. Israeli media reported that at least 40 people were killed and published photos of rows of...

New Delhi: The decision to administer Remdesivir or use any other investigational therapy must be taken by a medical professional and the drug must be administered only in a hospital setting, said the 'Revised guidelines for home isolation of mild/asymptomatic COVID-19 cases' issued by the Union...

New Delhi: The Indian Air Force (IAF) airlifted 13 empty cryogenic oxygen tankers from Bangkok, Singapore and Dubai to India Thursday. India is struggling with the second wave of the coronavirus infection as hospitals in several states are reeling under a shortage of medical oxygen...

Washington: The United States will be delivering COVID-19 relief materials worth over USD100 million to India in the coming days, the White House said as the first flight carrying urgent health supplies left for the country. The flight took off from the Travis Air Force...

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech Thursday announced a cut in the price of its COVID-19 vaccine 'Covaxin' it plans to sell to the states to Rs 400 per dose from the earlier Rs 600. This follows widespread criticism of its pricing policy as it sold Covaxin...

Jaunpur (UP): A 70-year-old man was compelled to carry the body of his wife, who died due to COVID-19, for cremation on his bicycle as nobody in his village offered any help fearing they might contract the deadly virus, police said Thursday. The heart-wrenching ordeal...