Coronavirus

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik Friday sought 95 per cent vaccine allocation for the state during a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The Prime Minister today held a discussion with the Chief Ministers of six states including Odisha where the test positivity...

New Delhi: Health and citizens’ right to life is paramount, the Supreme Court said Friday as it asked the Uttar Pradesh government to re-consider holding even a ‘symbolic’ Kanwar Yatra. The Supreme Court had earlier said that the religious festival should be avoided due to...

New Delhi: The Covid-19 third wave may hit India at the end of August. However, it will not be as dangerous and deadly as the second wave, according to Dr Samiran Panda. Dr Panda is the head of epidemiology and infectious diseases at the Indian...

United Nations/Geneva: The Delta variant is ripping around the world at a scorching pace, driving a new spike in cases and deaths, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said, warning that the variant, now in over 104 countries, is expected to soon be the dominant...

New Delhi: The NEET-PG exam will be held September 11, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced on Tuesday. In view of a spike in Covid-19 cases, the National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test-Post Graduate (NEET-PG) which was scheduled to be held April 18 was postponed. “We...

New Delhi: The Centre said Tuesday that it is worried due to the ‘gross violations’ of Covid-appropriate behaviour by people in India. It also expressed surprise at the casual way people are talking about the third wave of Covid-19. The Centre said that such attitude...

New Delhi: In the year-long crackdown on tax evasion, the GST authorities have unearthed over Rs 35,000 crore of tax fraud. This tax fraud has been committed by misuse of input tax credit provision under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. During the 2020-21...

New Delhi: The production of Covishield has been ramped up to around 110 million doses this month. This information was provided by sources at the Serum Institute of India (SII) here Tuesday. India at present is seeking aggressive inoculation of people to prevent the impending...

New Delhi: Former Finance Minister and senior Congress leader P Chidambaram Tuesday alleged that the government assertion of vaccinating the entire adult population by December 31 was an ‘empty boast’ as several states have flagged vaccine shortage. Chidambaram claimed 24 out of 30 districts in...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed concern Tuesday over people crowding at hill stations and markets. He observed they were without wearing masks or observing social distancing norms. Narendra Modi urged all to guard against complacency to prevent a third wave of the coronavirus...