The Delhi government has set up a three-member technical expert committee (TEC) to prevent the indiscriminate use of Tocilizumab injection and to establish a transparent and efficient system of distribution of this drug to the needy and hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

As the deadly third wave of the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Pakistan, the Primary and Secondary Healthcare Department has uploaded a fresh study that says the country and its Punjab province has been facing circulation of multiple strains of coronavirus with visible dominance of the UK variant. The study was carried out by virologists, health and medical experts at the Punjab Public Health Reference Laboratory (PPHRL), reported Dawn.

The NHRC on Friday issued an advisory to the Centre and all states and union territories in which it laid out a range of recommendations for protecting the dignity and the rights of the dead...

At a time when country battles with the second wave of coronavirus, the first batch of 10,000 doses of 2DG medicine for curing COVID-19 patients would be launched early next week and will be given...

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The BMC on Friday informed that there will be no vaccination drive against coronavirus in Mumbai on Saturday and Sunday (May 15 and 16). Taking to Twitter, BMC wrote, Please note that there will be NO...

Delhi recorded as many as 8,506 fresh coronavirus cases on Friday. With this, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the national capital has reached 13,80,981, while the death toll mounted to 20,907. As many as 289...

To contain the massive spread of COVID-19 infection in the state, the Kerala government on Friday announced that the total lockdown being enforced in the state from May 8 to May 16 will be extended till May 23.

The Delhi government on Friday announced to provide free education to kids who have lost their parents to Covid-19. Along with providing free education, the government will also bear the necessary expenditure for the upbringing...

Sputnik V Light, Russia's single-dose vaccine for Covid19 is expected to be launched in India soon, informed Russia Direct Investment Fund CEO Kirill Dmitriev on Friday.

A bomb ripped through a mosque in northern Kabul during Friday prayers and killed 12 worshippers, Afghan police said.

The finance ministry on Friday asked state governments to accord priority to employees of banks and insurance companies for COVID-19 vaccination, saying they are exposed to high risks during these difficult times.

An earthquake measuring 6.7 on the Richter scaled rocked Indonesia's North Sumatra province on Friday, but did not have the potential to trigger a tsunami, the meteorology and geophysics agency said.

Budget carrier GoAir has rebranded itself into ultra-low cost airline Go First.

The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country is nearly 18 crore. COVID-19 vaccination drive has successfully completed 118 days wherein 17.89 crore doses have been administered to the identified beneficiaries through...

The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) said on Friday that it has not taken any decision yet on class 12 board exams even as a section of students and parents have been demanding cancellation...

Drug firm Dr Reddy's Laboratories on Friday said as part of a limited pilot, the soft launch of the COVID vaccine Sputnik V has commenced and the first dose of the vaccine was administered in Hyderabad.

Delhi Health Minister SatyendarJain on Thursday said that if there is a need for global tenders for procurement of Covid-19 vaccines, then the central government should float it instead of the state

The IIT Alumni Council-founded Megalab has secured a Rs 300-crore seed funding and is developing a two-dose Ayurveda-based coronavirus vaccine that can stop the spread of the deadly virus and prevent infection within a few...

Former Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Rajouri Garden Jarnail Singh passed away on Friday morning. He was 48. Singh was suffering from COVID-19 induced complications and was undergoing treatment at a hospital for the last...

The Gujarat government has suspended the Covid-19 vaccination drive for three days for those above 45. The drive will remain suspended from May 14 to 16.

India recorded 3,43,144 new Covid-19 infections on Friday, taking the caseload tally to 2,40,46,809, according to Health Ministry. India has also logged 4,000 deaths for a third day in a row, following which now total...

Biovet Pvt Ltd, an associate firm of Bharat Biotech, is confident of making a plant at Manjari in Pune fully functional for vaccine production by August-end, a senior administrative official has said.

Niti Aayog has lauded the test-and-track model for oxygen transportation launched by the Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh. The state government has launched a drive to ensure medical oxygen is made available to all Covid-19 patients who are undergoing treatment at their homes. The drive is aimed at especially helping people living in rural areas.

In the biggest indication that the United States is fast returning to pre-pandemic life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said fully vaccinated people are no longer required to wear masks.

KP Sharma Oli, in his capacity as leader of the largest political party in Nepal's Parliament, was reappointed as Prime Minister on Thursday after the Opposition parties, riddled by factionalism, failed to secure majority seats...

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The weather department has predicted heavy rains in Kerala for the next couple of days following which authorities have sounded a red alert.

As states grapple with a shortage of coronavirus vaccines, the Centre on Thursday said that over two billion doses will be made available in the country in five months between August and December, enough to...

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday visited post-poll violence-affected areas in Dinhata, Cooch Behar invited a sharp backlash from the ruling Trinamool Congress. Dhankhar was shown black flags and had to face sloganeering during...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be interacting with District Magistrates (DMs) of regions having high Covid caseload, as country fights the second wave of coronavirus.

After scores of decomposed and half burnt bodies were found floating in the Ganga river, former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Prasad has targeted the government over the issue.

As India battles with the second wave of coronavirus, NITI Aayog member VK Paul on Thursday said that the Sputnik V vaccine will be available in the market by next week.

Two units are being set up at the government medical colleges at Bhopal and Jabalpur to treat cases of mucormycosis or black fungus, an infection affecting COVID-19 patients, in Madhya Pradesh, a state minister said on Thursday.

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation in India (NTAGI) on Thursday stated that those having laboratory test proven SARS-CoV-2 illness should defer COVID-19 vaccination for six months after recovery, the sources said.

The Centre on Thursday said that the gap between two doses of Covishield Covid vaccine can be increased from 12-16 weeks. The decision to extend between the first and second dose was taken on the recommendation of COVID Working Group chaired by Dr NK Arora.

The Bihar government has extended complete lockdown in the state till May 25 amid the deteriorating situation of COVID-19 pandemic.

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested a drug peddler in Mumbai. The arrested man has been identified as Okeke Liunes Okechikwe. He is a Nigerian national.

The UPSC Prelims 2021 has been postponed by the Union Public Service Commission, amid the second wave of Covid-19. The UPSC Prelims 2021 wasscheduled for June 27, 2021.

The Centre will release the next installment of Rs 2,000 under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-Kisan) scheme on Friday. The government will transfer over Rs 19,000 crore to the bank accounts of more than 9.5 crore farmers. This will be the 8th installment since the launch of the scheme in 2019.

The national capital has reported 10,400 new Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest since April 20, when the city had reported 28,395 cases, health officials said here on Thursday.

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday visited Aligarh Muslim University to take stock of Covid-19 situation, news agency ANI reported. From here, Adityanath will go to the Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College Hospital in the city where he will chair a high-level meeting. The meeting will be attended by senior destrict administration officials.

The Maharashtra government on Thursday extended the lockdown-like restrictions in the state till June 1 to break the chain of COVID-19.Chief Secretary Sitaram Kunte in an order said the curbs will remain in force till 7 am on June 1.

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Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla has promised Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to deliver 1.5 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine Covishield to Maharashtra after May 20, said health minister Rajesh Tope on Wednesday. The...

The Madhya Pradesh government on Thursday announced that Rs 5,000 per month pension will be provided to children who have lost their parents due to Covid-19. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also said that the...

Bharat Biotech's Joint Managing Director Suchitra Ella's tweet saying 50 of their employees tested positive for COVID received bouquets and brickbats from netizens with some saying Covaxin was saving lives while a few questioned as...

The Uttar Pradesh government has expanded the list of documents that will be accepted for the Covid-19 vaccination. The decision was taken amid fears that many people in the migrant hub like Noida and Ghaziabad...

US President Joe Biden says that Israel has a right to defend itself amid a barrage of rockets fired by Hamas and other Palestinian groups from Gaza. Biden says he spoke with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin...

U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday, just as expected new guidelines say its OK for people of any age to get the shot at the same time as other needed vaccinations.