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Union Minister for Agriculture & Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Mansukh Mandaviya and Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting Anurag Singh Thakur, address a press conference on Cabinet decisions, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Covid-19 fight gets a Rs 23,123 crore boost

New ministers take charge, get down to business

9 July 2021 1:06 AM IST

The US embassy has decided to start an intensive two months of interviews starting July 1. (DC file photo)

US resumes visas for students

Parents will not be allowed to accompany the students to the US to help them settle as tourist (B1/B2) visas are still...

14 Jun 2021 8:34 AM IST

He said by mid-July and August more than one crore persons can be vaccinated per day. Representational image

Daily Covid-19 cases slip to 1.28 lakh, fatalites also drop

ICMR director general Dr Balram Bhargaw, warned states and UTs from rushing to open up restrictions saying unlocking has...

2 Jun 2021 10:40 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chairs a review meeting regarding the Class XII Board exams of CBSE, through video conferencing, in New Delhi. (Photo:PTI)

CBSE, ISC Class 12 exams cancelled

The CBSE will now compile Class 12 results as per a well defined objective criteria in a time-bound manner

2 Jun 2021 1:11 AM IST

A health worker collects swab sample of a passenger at a COVID-19 testing counter at New Delhi railway station, on May 25, 2021.

COVID cases, positivity rate take a dip in Delhi, but black fungus a...

The Centre said that India was the second country after the United States to cross 20 crore cumulative Covid-19...

27 May 2021 1:21 AM IST

In many other states, the third phase of the vaccination drive for the newly added age group commenced on May 1, as per schedule. (Representational Image/AFP)

Reporting of vaccination adverse effects made hugely difficult, going...

It is important for the government to take AEFI tracking more seriously and aggressively as it is doing for vaccination

23 May 2021 1:08 PM IST

A medical worker shows a vial of Covishield vaccine as she prepares to inoculate a medical staff at Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital, in New Delhi on January 19, 2021. (AFP)

India sees least Covishield vaccine bleeding, blood clotting

Since the Covid-19 vaccination drive was initiated, more than 23,000 adverse events have been reported through the CoWin...

18 May 2021 1:25 AM IST

This is the second time the gap between the two doses of COVISHIELD is increased after it was earlier permitted for 4-8 weeks of spacing. (Photo: AFP)

Gap for Covishield extended to 16 weeks

The decision for higher spacing between two shots comes amid speculation that it has been done in view of shortage of...

14 May 2021 1:16 AM IST

Government of India had approved the use of Covaxin as part of the vaccination drive as one under a clinical trial mode . This, it was learnt, was causing concern among potential recipients of this particular vaccine among some healthcare personnel in the state. (Representational Photo)

Govt ready to allow other companies to make Covaxin

The government has now engaged five Public Sector Undertakings to help increase production of Covaxin

14 May 2021 12:00 AM IST

Health workers conducting the covid test at Tummalapalli Kalakshetram in Vijayawada on Thursday. (DC Image)

Covid+ test report not mandatory for admission to health facility:...

The directive comes following heavy criticism after serious patients were denied medical attention by hospitals owing to...

8 May 2021 11:57 PM IST

Health workers and relatives carry the body of a COVID-19 victim for cremation in Jammu, India. India crossed a grim milestone Wednesday, April 28, 2021 of 200,000 people lost to the coronavirus as a devastating surge of new infections tears through dense cities and rural areas alike and overwhelms health care systems on the brink of collapse. (AP)

Third wave of the pandemic can be handled if stringent steps taken on...

Two days ago Dr Raghavan had said the third wave was inevitable given the high levels at which this virus is...

8 May 2021 9:30 AM IST

A Covid-19 coronavirus patient lies in an ambulance while waiting to get an admission in a hospital in New Delhi. (AFP)

India reports 3,92,488 new COVID-19 cases, 3,689 deaths

Hospitals and patients continue to beg for beds and oxygen while state govts keep urging Centre to increase quotas and...

2 May 2021 11:38 AM IST