NEW DELHI, May 10 Amid a devastating second wave of coronavirus in India, the Japanese Government and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have partnered to provide oxygen generation plants to the North Eastern Region in India. While taking to ..

NEW DELHI, May 9 As many as 4,03,738 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to 2,22,96,414, said the Union Health Ministry on Sunday morning.The daily tally has only seen a slight increase when compared to Saturday. However, the country has seen over 4 lakh cases for five consecutive days now.New fatalities saw a minimal dip in the last 24 hours with 4,092 more people succumbing to the disease. The cumulative death toll now stands at 2,42,362.The ..

New Delhi, May 9 Before Dr Anil Kumar Rawat was put on a ventilator at Delhi’s Saroj Hospital, he told a colleague: “I will come out of this. I have been vaccinated, I will come out.” On Saturday morning, the 58-year-old surgeon succumbe..

New Delhi, May 8The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the emergency use of drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) as an adjunct therapy in moderate to severe Covid-19 patients.The Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (INMAS), a lab..

New Delhi, May 7 India on Friday recorded a new high of 4,14,188 new Covid-19 cases, taking the caseload to 2,14,91,598, according to the Union Health Ministry, amid growing calls from several quarters for a National lockdown.Health Ministry numbers showe..

NEW DELHI, May 6 India on Thursday reported 4,12,262 new Covid-19 cases and 3,980 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, both highest so far. The country's tally has now surged past the 2.1 crore mark. Maximum casualties were reported in Maharashtra (920), followed by Uttar Pradesh with 353 deaths.India had become the first country in the world to register over 4 lakh cases in a single day on April 30, when it reported 4.08 lakh infections.The top five ..

NEW DELHI, May 6 The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has discovered N440K variant, that might be responsible for creating havoc in Visakhapatnam and other parts of the State, experts said. However it is too early to conclude that the new ..

New Delhi, May 5 India has reported 3,82,315 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the country's overall caseload to 2,06,65,148. With fresh infections, the total active coronavirus cases in the country has mounted to 34,87,229, according to th..

New Delhi, May 4All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Director Dr Randeep Guleria said on Tuesday that India may see a third wave of the coronavirus pandemic if the virus continues to evolve further and develops an immune escape mechanism. Randeep Guleria also rejected the night curfews and weekend lockdowns that some States have imposed to bring down the Covid-19 cases, saying they hardly work.When asked if a Nationwide shutdown is the only option left in view of the Covid emergency in ..

NEW DELHI, May 3 Concerned over the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, the Supreme Court said the Centre and State Governments may consider imposing a "lockdown to curb the virus in the second wave in the interest of public welfare".However, the apex Court put a caveat before them saying if they decide to go for lockdown then arrangements must be made beforehand to cater to the needs of the poor people.A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud, in its order passed in the suo motu case for ensuring ..

New Delhi, May 3 The daily COVID-19 cases in India showed a slight dip with 3,68,147 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, taking the total tally of cases to 1,99,25,604, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday.The deat..

NEW DELHI, MAy 3 Serum Institute of India Chief Executive Officer Adar Poonawalla has said that India’s Covid-19 vaccine shortage would continue through July, reported The Financial Times. Poonawalla said that the production of the vaccines is expec..

NEW DELHI, May 2India reported its highest single-day Covid death toll on Saturday, with more than 3,700 people succumbing to the virus in the last 24 hours. The day's case count dropped marginally from Friday's record tally of over 4 lakh to 3.92 lakh.As many as 3,728 fatalities were reported on Saturday. The previous highest toll was 3,596 recorded on Wednesday. This was the third time this week that daily fatalities had crossed 3,500 in India.As many as 14 States recorded 100-plus deaths on Saturday, ..

Ghy/Kol, Apr 29 The exit polls conducted by India Today-Axis My India on Thursday suggested the BJP-led alliance win in Assam.India Today-Axis My India has given 75-85 seats to the BJP-led alliance and 40-50 seats to the Congress-led grand alliance in the..

New Delhi, Apr 28Serum Institute of India's Covishield will cost States Rs 300 instead of Rs 400, CEO Adar Poonawalla tweeted today, calling it a "philanthropic gesture"."As a philanthropic gesture on behalf of Serum Institute of India, I hereby reduce th..

New Delhi, Apr 27The Election Commission of India has banned all victory processions on the day of--or even after--counting of votes (May 2) polled to the five States in the past few weeks amid a COVID-19 surge. Legislative Assembly polls were scheduled in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, and Puducherry in eight phases, beginning March 27 and ending April 29."Not more than two persons shall be allowed to accompany the winning candidate or his/her authorised representative receive the certificate ..

NEW DELHI, Apr 26 The Centre on Monday said it's time people started wearing masks inside their homes as well to keep the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) at bay as the country is battling the second wave of the pandemic."It's time people start wearing masks inside their homes as well," said Dr VK Paul, Niti Aayog’s member (health), while briefing the press. The statement comes at a time when India is dealing with the deadlier, more infectious new wave of the pandemic, with hospitals in several ..

New Delhi, Apr 25 Noting that the second wave of COVID-19 is testing people's patience and their capacity to endure pain, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that this "toofan" (storm) has shaken the country after it was full of enthusiasm and self-confidence after successfully tackling the first wave.In his monthly Mann Ki Baat broadcast, Modi spoke to doctors, nurses and frontline workers, who shared their experience and views on the disease, and expressed confidence that people will soon ..

NEW DELHI, Apr 25 : Environmental campaigner Greta Thunberg on Saturday said the ongoing coronavirus crisis in India is "heartbreaking". The climate change activist also appealed to the global community to come forward and help India out of the crisis."He..

Mumbai, Apr 24 : A research report by the State Bank of India (SBI) suggests that India’s Covid second wave peak may happen in the third week of May. The report said that recovery rate across countries continues to improve in different peaks. But in..

NEW DELHI, Apr 23More than a dozen lawmakers from Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) have taken shelter in India’s Mizoram State even as the country’s junta forces have attacked villagers using drones and RPGs in certain ethni..

NEW DELHI, Apr 20 India, the country currently being hit hardest by the pandemic, on Tuesday reported its worst daily death toll, with large parts of the country now under lockdown amid a fast-rising second wave of infections.The Health Ministry said 1,76..

New Delhi, Apr 19Vaccinations will be widened to everyone above 18 in the next stage beginning May 1, the Government announced today after Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a series of meetings today.All adults will be vaccinated in "a liberalised and acc..

NEW DELHI , Apr 19 India’s COVID-19 cases tally crossed the 1.5 crore mark on April 18. The country has so far reported a total of 1,50,58,019 cases and 1,78,793 deaths.The country registered 2,75,196 new COVID-19 cases as of 11.30 p.m. on April 18,..

New Delhi, Apr 17 Eleven States and Union Territories, in a meeting with the Centre, on Saturday raised demands of increased supply of oxygen cylinders, vaccine doses and Remde-sivir for hospitals that are grappling with the spurt in coronavirus cases. A high-level meeting was chaired by Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan to review measures taken by them for prevention, containment and manage-ment of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases, where the States, including Maharash-tra, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, ..

New Delhi, Apr 16 India logged in a record 2,17,353 daily coronavirus cases as many States grappled with shortages of hospital beds, oxygen, medicines and vaccine doses. The fresh cases in the deadly second wave took the total caseload to over 1.42 c..

New Delhi, Apr 15 India has reported over 2 lakh Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. With fresh cases at 2,00,739, the positive case tally in the country has mounted to 1,40,74,564, according to the data provided by the Ministry of Health and Family..

New Delhi, Apr 14 India reported 1,84,372 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, its highest-ever single-day spike since the outbreak of the pandemic last year. Meanwhile, the country reported 1,027 deaths in the same time span.The continuous spike in..

NEW DELHI, Apr 12 India has reported a record 168,912 COVID-19 infections overnight, data from the Health Ministry showed, overtaking Brazil to become the second-most affected country globally by the coronavirus.Deaths in India stood at 904, taking the total to 170,179, data showed on Monday.India’s overall tally reached 13.53 million, while John Hopkins University put the total number of cases in Brazil at 13.48 million. The United States leads the global tally with 31.2 million cases.India ..

New Delhi, Apr 11India, in the last 24 hours, added 1,52,879 fresh Covid-19 infections, setting another grim one-day record as the country’s tally reached over 1.33 crore cases. As many as 839 deaths in the last 24 hours pushed the toll to 1.69 lakh.This comes on a day when the country kicked off a 4-day-long “Tika Utsav” or vaccine festival to inoculate maximum number of eligible people against the coronavirus. It is being held following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s appeal ..

NEW DELHI, Apr 9 As many as 1,31,968 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative tally to 1,30,60,542, said the Union Health Ministry on Friday.This is the third day in the row that the number of positive cases has crossed the 1 lakh mark since April 7.This is the biggest jump in new infections the country has reported since the outbreak of the disease. The last biggest jump was of 1,26,789 new cases on Thursday.The Central Government had stated on Thursday ..

NEW DELHI, Apr 7India detected 115,736 new cases of the novel coronavirus on Tuesday, the highest so far. Of the total, Maharashtra reported 55,469 cases while Chhattisgarh scaled a new peak of 9,921 cases. Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi reported more..

NEW DELHI, Apr 5 (PTI) Coronavirus cases in India hit a record daily high since the outbreak of the pandemic with 1,03,558 new infections pushing the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,25,89,067, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Apr..

NEW DELHI, Apr 4At least 22 security personnel were killed, 32 injured and one jawan was reportedly missing in a four-hour-long encounter with Maoist that took place on Saturday afternoon near Jonaguda village which falls under Jagargunda police station a..

New Delhi, Apr 3India on Saturday recorded 89,129 new daily COVID-19 cases, the highest daily rise in around six-and-half-months, taking the Nationwide tally of infections to over 1.23 crore, according to the Union Health Ministry data on Saturday.The death toll increased to 1,64,110 with 714 more fatalities in a day, also the highest since October 21.The jump in cases reported on Saturday was the highest since September 20 last year, when 92,605 new infections were recorded in a span of 24 hours.Correspon..

New Delhi, Apr 2As Myanmar's army continued crackdown on civilians protesting against the February 1 coup, India condemned any use of violence and said it stands for the restoration of democracy in the country.At a media briefing, spokesperson in the Mini..

NEW DELHI, Apr 1 As many as 72,330 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, taking the cumulative caseload to 1,22,21,665, said Union health Ministry on Thursday.This is the biggest jump in the daily infections the country has seen i..

New Delhi, Mar 31 India's coronavirus disease tally went up to 12,149,335 on Wednesday after 53,480 new cases were recorded in the last 24 hours, the data from Union Health Ministry showed.The number of active cases went up by 11,846, and currently stand at 5,52,566, the Ministry's data showed.The disease also killed 354 people, which pushed the death toll to 1,62,468. The number of patients who have been discharged from hospitals in the last 24 hours is reported to be 41,280.Covid-19 situation ..

NEW DELHI, Mar 27While India this week has seen the sharpest rise in weekly covid-19 cases and fatalities since May 2020, at 7.7% and 5.1%, respectively, almost 90% of the deaths continue to be in the category of those aged above 45 years.Amidst resurgence of covid-19 cases in the country, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Saturday chaired a high-level review meeting with Additional Chief Secretaries, Principal Secretaries and Secretaries (Health and Family Welfare) of 12 States and municipal ..

NEW DELHI, Mar 25 India recorded 53,476 new Covid-19 cases in a span of 24 hours, the highest single-day rise so far this year, taking the Nationwide coronavirus tally to 1,17,87,534, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.Now, India has over 1.17 cro..

New Delhi, Mar 23People who are 45 and older can be vaccinated from April 1, the Government said today, ramping up the Nationwide inoculation drive at a time Covid cases have surged in many States. “I appeal to every citizen who is 45 or above to re..

New Delhi, Mar 22 As India stares at the second Covid wave, 46,951 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours - biggest single-day jump since November 7-took the country's tally to 1,16,46,081 total infections, the Government data this morning showed. Of these, over 1.11 crore people have recovered so far, and 1,59,967 total deaths have been recorded. In the last one week, India has seen the sharpest surge in fresh infections in nearly four months after the spread of virus had seemed to slow down. ..

New Delhi, Mar 21 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the "Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain" campaign on the World Water Day on Monday.The historic MoU to implement the Ken Betwa Link Project, the first project of the National perspective plan fo..

Kolkata, Mar 21The BJP on Sunday unveiled its manifesto for the West Bengal elections, promising to build a "Sonar Bangla" by providing employment, strengthening social security schemes and vowing to clear the implementation of the Citizenship Amendment Act in the first cabinet meeting of the new government.Unveiling the "Sonar Bangla Sankalpa Patra" at EZCC in Salt Lake, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said that BJP will ensure the implementation of the Ayushman Bharat healthcare scheme and the PM-Kisan ..

New Delhi, Mar 19Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan today said the COVID-19 vaccination drive will be extended in the coming days and assured that there should not be any misconceptions about the two Indian vaccines being administered in in the country.D..

New Delhi, Mar 18The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed the discharge of Senior Superintendent of Police Mahesh Bhardwaj in the NHRC from the SIT probing alleged fake encounters in Manipur.Bhardwaj has been promoted as DIG in his parent AGMU cadre.Senior ..

NEW DELHI, Mar 17A Rajya Sabha member from the Mizo National Front (MNF) said on Tuesday that more than 300 people who have entered Mizoram from Myanmar fearing the military crackdown in that country include pregnant women and children.K Vanlalvena told The Hindu that the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) was indulging in doublespeak as the Chief Minister had been assured recently that no one will be deported but on the other hand, the Ministry sent letter to the State Governments of Nagaland, Arunachal ..

New Delhi, Mar 10 The Supreme Court said on Wednesday it would hear on March 17 a plea filed by the NHRC seeking release of its Senior Superintendent of Police Mahesh Bhardwaj, who has been promoted as DIG in his parent cadre, from the SIT probing alleged..

Kolkata, Mar 7 The Union Home Ministry has asked the paramilitary Assam Rifles to prevent any Myanmar National from crossing into Indian territory and push back any one found attempting to cross over.The Assam Rifles guards the India-Myammar border in the Northeast, while the BSF guards the border with Bangladesh.Top sources in the paramilitary force said that the "instructions from the top" was clear and unambiguous -- no Myanmar National should be allowed to enter India without valid visa or travel ..

New Delhi, Mar 6Authorities in Myanmar have asked India to return several police officers who sought refuge to avoid taking orders from a military junta that seized power in the Southeast Asian country last month, an official in northeast India said on Sa..