Bengaluru: The Karnataka government has kick-started the mega Covid-19 vaccination drive for about 31.75 lakh beneficiaries belonging to 15 to 18 years on Monday. The authorities have set a target of 6 lakh children and youth on the first day. The Covid vaccination drive will...
New Delhi: Oxfam India said the government's decision to refuse renewal of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA) registration will severely affect the organisation's ongoing crucial humanitarian and social work in 16 states across the country. This includes setting up of oxygen plants, providing lifesaving medical...
Jammu: Twelve people were killed and 14 injured Saturday in a stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. Officials of the shrine said the stampede occurred when a large number of devotees entered the Mata Vaishno Devi Bhawan without...
New Delhi: There is no science behind night curfews when it comes to tackling the spread of Covid variants, WHO Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan has stressed. In a TV media interview, she said that countries like India must formulate science-based policies for curbing the spread...
New Delhi: The Centre Thursday wrote letters to eight states and union territories (UTs) over the rise in number of new Covid cases. The letter has been addressed to those states reporting increased numbers of Covid and Omicron variant cases. The letter has been written...
New Delhi: Omicron is gradually spreading in the community and the new, fast-spreading variant of concern has been found in 46 per cent of the latest samples analysed in the national capital, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said Thursday. He said stringent curbs have been...
New Delhi: A Covid-19 tracker, developed by UK's University of Cambridge, has predicted that India may soon see an intense but short-lived virus wave "within days", even as the highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid is spreading like wildfire in the country with over 780...
New Delhi: The resident doctors Wednesday continued their protest in support of their demands, including the withdrawal of the FIRs filed against them. The meeting between a delegation of the protesting doctors and the Union Health Minister Tuesday had failed to make any headway. The...
New Delhi: India’s richest man Mukesh Ambani mentioned Tuesday about leadership transition at his energy-to-retail conglomerate. Mukesh Ambani said he wants the process to be accelerated with seniors, including him, yielding to the younger generation. Ambani, 64, has previously not spoken about succession plans at...
New Delhi: Expanding India’s vaccine basket, the Central Drug Authority has approved the Serum Institute of India’s Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covovax’, Biological E’s jab ‘Corbevax’ and anti-Covid pill ‘Molnupiravir’ for restricted use in emergency situation. The announcement by Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya came Tuesday. It...
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