Coronavirus

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi Monday took on the opposition parties for criticising the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and said India has proved wrong all those who raised apprehensions. Replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President's Address, Modi said there...

New Delhi: India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,38,194, with 11,831 new infections being reported in a day, while the daily death count fell below 100 for the fourth time this month, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Monday. The death toll increased...

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has topped 106 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.31 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that...

London: The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and produced by AstraZeneca has shown efficacy against the UK variant of the coronavirus. This is according to an ongoing study by researchers. Oxford University scientists who developed the ChAdOx1-nCoV19 vaccine have found that it remains effective...

London: The COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and produced by AstraZeneca has shown efficacy against the UK variant of the coronavirus, according to an ongoing study by researchers. Oxford University scientists who developed the ChAdOx1-nCoV19 vaccine have found that it remains effective against at...

New Delhi: India's tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 1,08,26,363 with 12,059 new infections being reported in a day, while the daily deaths fell below 100 for the third time this month, according to Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. The death toll increased to...

New Delhi:  With coronavirus cases still climbing, Honduras got tired of waiting to get vaccines through a United Nations programme, so the small Central American country struck out on its own, securing the shots through a private deal. Honduras “cannot wait on bureaucratic processes or...

Kathmandu: China has announced that it will provide half a million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Nepal. During a phone call with his Nepali counterpart Pradeep Kumar Gyawali on Friday evening, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi announced that Beijing will provide the 500,000 doses...

Cuttack: Odisha DGP Abhay was the first to receive the COVID-19 vaccine jab Saturday as the second phase of the vaccination drive commenced across the state. The vaccination programme for police personnel was inaugurated at Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium in Cuttack at 9:30 am. As...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 infection tally climbed to 1,08,14,304 with 11,713 new cases in a day, while 1,05,10,796 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 97.19 per cent Saturday, according to Union Health Ministry data. There are 1,48,590 active cases of...