Coronavirus

Washington: Four top Republicans Senator Friday urged US President Joe Biden not to accept a proposal by India and South Africa to the World Trade Organisation to waive anti-Covid vaccine patents to boost its supply. “India, South Africa and other countries are presenting a proposal...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court, which is hearing cases through video-conferencing since March last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will commence hybrid physical hearing from March 15. The apex court has issued the standard operating procedure (SOP) for the hybrid physical hearings. The top...

Dharamsala: Appealing to get themselves vaccinated, Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, who is revered as a 'living god', Saturday took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in a state-run hospital near his residence here in Himachal Pradesh, doctors said. After getting the jab,...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,11,92,088 with over 18,000 fresh cases being reported in a span of 24 hours in the country after 36 days, while active cases registered an increase for the fourth consecutive day and were recorded at 1,80,304, according to the...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Friday granted time to the Centre, AAP government and the police to respond to a plea seeking reopening of the Nizamuddin Markaz which has been locked since March 31 last year after several people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally has climbed to 1,11,73,761 with 16,838 fresh cases reported in a day, while the number of patients who have recuperated from the disease has surged to 1,08,39,894, the Union health ministry said Friday. The death toll due to the viral...

Washington: The total number of global COVID-19 cases has topped 115.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.56 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Friday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed...

New Delhi: A group of African, Caribbean, and Pacific countries have supported India for supplying COVID-19 vaccines to different developing and least developed nations. During a discussion at the WTO (World Trade Organisation), a group of Latin American member states including  Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador,...

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court asked Thursday the Centre to explain the rationale behind keeping strict control over class of persons who can be vaccinated against COVID-19. Currently the government has said those above the age of 60 years or with comorbidities can receive...

New Delhi: The Employees Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) announced Thursday that the interest rate on provident fund deposits will remain unchanged at 8.5 per cent for the financial year 2021-21. This decision was taken by the EPFO’s central board of trustees at a meeting in...