Coronavirus

New Delhi: The Centre issued Monday the guidelines for the COVID-19 inoculation drive. Among them were vaccinating 100-200 people in each session per day and monitoring them for 30 minutes after administering the shots for any adverse event. Also only one beneficiary will be allowed...

New Delhi: Farmers are intensifying their protests against the newly enacted farm laws. However, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh asserted Monday that agriculture was a ‘mother sector’. So there is no question of taking any ‘retrograde steps’ against it ever. Rajnath Singh made the comment while...

New Delhi: The daily new COVID-19 cases fell below 30,000 for the third time this month taking India's virus caseload to 98.84 lakh, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 93.88 lakh, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Monday. The total coronavirus...

Washington: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, whose foundation has been part of the effort to develop and deliver COVID-19 vaccines, has warned that the next four to six months could be the worst of the coronavirus pandemic. In recent weeks, the US has been experiencing record...

Aizawl: Assam Rifles in collaboration with the Mizoram police seized heroin worth Rs 10 lakh from a village along the India-Myanmar border in Champhai district, an official said Sunday. One person was arrested in this connection, the official of the paramilitary force said. Acting on...

Washington: The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 72.2 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.61 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday, the University's Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that...

Washington: Director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Robert Redfield said he has signed the recommendation of a key CDC advisory group to use the COVID-19 vaccine of American drugmaker Pfizer in partnership with German company BioNTech. Initial COVID-19 vaccination is...

New Delhi: As India gets readied for a massive Covid vaccination programme, heath experts Sunday said that 21 days is an ideal gap between the first and the second booster dose, and those who get vaccinated have to maintain the same health hygiene as they...

New Delhi: Noted clinical scientist Gagandeep Kang has allayed apprehension of people over safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines. He said that COVID-19 vaccines are being developed in a short period of time. However, Gagandeep Kang asserted that there has been absolutely no compromise in...

New Delhi: Indians with heart ailments or diabetes are likely to be classified as those with comorbidities. They will be put on the list of those who will get a COVID-19 vaccine on a priority basis. This information was shared by an official involved in...