Coronavirus

Ahmedabad: With only 152 oxygen beds available at hospitals, the civic body in Gujarat's Ahmedabad city has appealed to citizens to avoid stepping out of their homes unless absolutely necessary, an official said Wednesday. The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) had doubled the overall bed capacity...

Bengaluru: Amid surging COVID-19 cases in the state, Karnataka Revenue Minister R Ashoka claimed Wednesday most infected people have switched off their phones and about 3,000 of them  who have gone 'missing' from Bengaluru are spreading the disease. Police have been asked to trace them,...

Amethi (UP): The police have booked a man here under the Epidemic Act, accusing him of creating fear among the people after he went on Twitter asking for an oxygen cylinder for his 88-year-old relative. "Need oxygen cylinder, ASAP," Shashank Yadav had tweeted on Monday,...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday suggested to the Uttar Pradesh government that Kerala journalist Siddique Kappan, arrested last year on way to Hathras where a young Dalit woman had died after being gang raped, can be shifted for better medical outside the state. A...

New Delhi: Over one crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are available with states and union territories and they will receive an additional 57,70,000 doses within the next three days, the Union health ministry said Wednesday. The central government has so far provided 15,95,96,140 vaccine doses to...

Washington: The US is rushing a whole series of help, including life-saving drugs and machinery, that India needs to combat the massive surge in COVID-19 cases, President Joe Biden has said, as he again recalled New Delhi's assistance to America when it was in a...

Sydney: Australia Adam Zampa said that the bio-bubble for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is the most vulnerable one he has been in so far due to the COVID-19 situation in India. "We've been in a few (bubbles) now, and I feel like this...

New Delhi: India saw a record single-day rise of 3,60,960 coronavirus cases, which pushed the total tally to 1,79,97,267, while the death toll crossed two lakh following 3,293 fresh fatalities, according to Union health ministry data updated on Wednesday. The number of people who have...

Washington: In a show of solidarity, CEOs of some 40 top American companies have come together to create a global task force to mobilise resources to help India fight the battle against COVID-19. A collective initiative of the US-India Business Council of the US Chambers...

New Delhi: The Centre has refuted suggestions that nothing was done after the first wave of coronavirus pandemic and it was caught unawares by the second surge, asserting that all-out efforts are being made on a war footing to make available enough oxygen to hospitals...