Coronavirus

New Delhi: India is moving ‘very rapidly’ on the path of recovery. With the dawn of the New Year, the industry and entrepreneurs will lead India out of the pandemic gloom into a golden era of economic growth and prosperity, Union Minister Piyush Goyal said...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry cautioned Wednesday people against downloading and sharing personal information on some apps named Co-WIN. Health Ministry officials said that these apps have been created by unscrupulous elements. These similar sounding apps have nothing to do with the government app...

Amsterdam: The European Union’s (EU) medicines agency gave the green light Wednesday to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. It is a decision that gives the 27-nation bloc a second vaccine to use in the desperate battle to tame the virus rampaging across the continent. Now along with...

New Delhi: The Central government Wednesday said that a total of 73 persons have been detected with the new ‘more transmissible’ UK coronavirus mutant strain, and they are being kept in physical isolation in health facilities. Out of these total cases, eight have been detected...

Sydney: Fans attending this week’s third Test between Australia and India at the Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG) will have to wear masks at all times. They can open their masks only when eating or drinking, New South Wales Health Minister Brad Hazzard said Wednesday. The...

New Delhi: Publishing in India saw several challenges in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  However, focus on online sales and making best use of various digital platforms helped in promotion of books. It also helped keep authors in the public eye, publishers said. Book...

New Delhi: Aadhaar authentication and SMS confirming vaccination in at least 12 languages are some of the features of the CoWIN app that India is developing. The CoWin app will be the main system to inoculate millions of people against COVID-19. The CoWIN app is...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry said Tuesday it is prepared to roll out COVID-19 vaccine within about a week. However, the Health Ministry said that a final decision regarding the launch date will be taken by the government. In any case there is every...

London: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke Tuesday to his counterpart Narendra Modi. He expressed his regret over not being able to visit India as planned for Republic Day, January 26. Boris Johnson said that the growing crisis created by the new variant of coronavirus...

New Delhi: The Health Ministry said Tuesday it is prepared to roll out COVID-19 vaccine within 10 days from date of emergency use authorization. The authorisation for the COVID-19 vaccines was issued January 3. However, the Health Ministry stated that the final decision lies with...