Coronavirus

New Delhi: The daily coronavirus infections fell below 14,000 for the second time this month taking India's COVID-19 caseload to 1,05,71,773, while 145 new fatalities were recorded, the lowest in around eight months, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Monday. A total of 13,788 infections have been...

Washington: In yet another grim milestone, the total number of global coronavirus cases has topped the 95 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.02 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center...

New Delhi: World Champion shuttler PV Sindhu was disappointed when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed last year, but she utilised the free time to work on rectifying her mistakes. Ace Indian shuttler PV Sindhu recently returned to the court at the Thailand Open but crashed...

New Delhi: India's COVID-19 tally of cases climbed to 1,05,57,985 with 15,144 new cases in a day, while 1,01,96,885 people have recuperated so far pushing the national recovery rate to 96.58 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Sunday. There are 2,08,826...

London:  The UK's National Health Service Saturday said that it has teamed up with law enforcement and security agencies to warn the public not to fall victim to con artists trying to exploit the coronavirus vaccine campaign. England's senior doctors have joined hands with Action...

United Nations: As the world crossed a "heart-wrenching milestone" of two million deaths from COVID-19, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres lamented that the deadly impact of the pandemic has worsened due to the absence of a global coordinated effort and said that "vaccinationalism" by governments is...

New Delhi: With a reputation as the 'pharmacy of the world', India's inoculation drive, dubbed the world's largest and most ambitious, has been anchored on two home-grown vaccine makers who took a huge gamble once the pandemic began to unfold, overhauling assembly line and sacrificing...

Beijing:  China Saturday finished building a 1,500-room hospital for COVID-19 patients in five days to fight a surge in infections in a city south of Beijing, state media reported. The hospital is one of six with a total of 6,500 rooms being built in Nangong...

New Delhi: Amid the rollout of the world's largest Covid-19 vaccination programme by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, here are a few things that you need to know about the two vaccines -- 'Covaxin' and 'Covishield' -- selected by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI)....

Wilmington: Getting 100 million shots into Americans' arms in his first 100 days is only the beginning of his coronavirus plan, President-elect Joe Biden has declared. Lasting impact, he said, will come from uniting the nation in a new effort grounded in science and fueled...