Coronavirus

New Delhi: Air India brought 328 oxygen concentrators to India on its New York-Delhi flight Monday, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said. Various hospitals across the country continue to grapple with a severe shortage of medical oxygen Monday even after receiving emergency supplies. Saturday,...

Chennai: The Madras High Court Monday lashed out against the Election Commission and said ‘it is the most irresponsible institution in the country’ who have done nothing to prevent political parties from breaching COVID-19 protocol. The first bench of Chief Justice Sanjib Banerjee and Justice...

Melbourne: Australia will send oxygen, ventilators and personal protective equipment to India as part of an immediate support package to the country which is battling with the latest surge of the COVID-19 cases, Health Minister Greg Hunt said Monday. The federal government was in the...

New Delhi: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Monday said all citizens should get COVID vaccines for free and the country should not be made a ‘victim of the BJP's system’. India's vaccination campaign is all set to get a major boost from May 1 when everyone...

Beijing: China's state-run Sichuan Airlines has suspended all its cargo flights to India for 15 days, causing major disruption to private traders' efforts to procure the much-needed oxygen concentrators and other medical supplies from China despite Beijing offering ‘support and assistance’ to the country to...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday requested the AAP government to set up more testing centres in view of the rise in COVID-19 cases in the national capital which is recording over 24,000 fresh infections for the last few days. A bench of Chief...

Washington: The US has assured India that it will immediately provide the specific raw materials required for manufacturing the Covishield vaccine, with a top White House official saying that the Biden administration was ‘working around the clock’ to deploy all resources and supplies to bolster...

Houston: Google CEO Sundar Pichai and his Microsoft counterpart Satya Nadella have assured help to India as the country grapples with a ravaging coronavirus crisis that has put enormous pressure on its hospitals due to a shortage of beds, oxygen and medical supplies. India logged...

New Delhi: The Union Government has advised States and Union Territories (UTs) to take intensive actions in well defined Geographies (cities/districts/areas) with more than 10 per cent test positivity or 60 per cent bed occupancy. The Centre said that prompt and targeted action needs to...

New Delhi: With 3,52,991 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, the highest so far, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases has climbed to 1,73,13,163 while active cases have crossed the 28-lakh mark, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Monday. The death toll increased to 1,95,123 with a...