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Walvekar was arrested on December 17 last year under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act. (Representational Image/ DC File)

DC Edit | Headwinds in economy are a challenge for India

The Indian economy cannot remain unaffected when the entire world is in the doldrums

16 May 2022 12:25 AM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses at the dedication of KK Patel Super Speciality Hospital at Bhuj in Gujarat, through a video conference, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo)

Reform WHO for a better world: Modi

The prime minister said there was a need for building a resilient global supply chain and enabling equitable access to...

13 May 2022 1:23 AM IST

Director General of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Balram Bhargava. (PTI Image)

ICMR DG questions WHO-'s COVID death estimates for India

According to the WHO report, more than 4.7 million people in India are thought to have died because of COVID-19

6 May 2022 10:49 AM IST

A health worker prepare a dose of the Covid-19 Corbevax vaccine during a vaccination drive for people in the 12-14 age group at a school in Chennai. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

DC Edit | Covid-19 jabs: Caution needed

The proof of the pudding is in the eating, they say

5 May 2022 11:50 PM IST

A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a student, amid rise in coronavirus cases, at a government school, in Jalandhar, Monday, May 2, 2022. (PTI Photo)

India-'s daily cases fall below 3,000-mark, logs 2,568 new COVID...

The active cases comprise 0.04 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate was recorded...

3 May 2022 11:44 AM IST

A health worker inoculates a girl with a dose of the Covid-19 Corbevax vaccine during a vaccination drive for people in the 12-14 age group at a school in Chennai on March 16, 2022. (Photo: AFP)

Kids, teen in Hyderabad have lowest vax cover in TS

Officials have attributed Hyderabad-'s low coverage to hesitancy among private schools to conduct vaccination drives on...

1 May 2022 7:26 AM IST

Delhi is witnessing an uptick in the number of COVID-19 cases. The city logged 1,042 fresh Covid cases with a positivity rate of 4.64 per cent on Friday. (PTI file image)

DC EDIT | Covid: Caution mandated, India not out of the woods

It is time state governments rewired the mechanism of tracking and testing along with genome testing of the positive...

29 April 2022 11:27 PM IST

A healthworker prepares an oxygen triage facility for COVID-19 patients as coronavirus cases surge, at Omandurar Government hospital in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi tells states: Covid-19 not over yet, give kids jabs swiftly

PM said Omicron and its subvariants can create problems as was evident in case of many countries of Europe

28 April 2022 6:57 AM IST

A health worker inoculates a school student with a dose of Corbevax vaccine during a vaccination drive held for children in the age group of 12-14, as a preventive measure against Covid-19 coronavirus at a school in Bangalore on March 30, 2022. (Manjunath Kiran / AFP)

DCGI grants EUA to Corbevax for those aged 5-12, Covaxin for 6-12 age...

Authorisation given to Cadila for its ZyCoV-D for an additional dose of 3mg with a two-jab inoculation schedule for...

26 April 2022 2:43 PM IST

A health worker collects swab samples of residents for Covid-19 testing, in Gurugram, Friday, April 15, 2022. (PTI)

India-'s COVID-19 tally sees spike again; 2,451 new cases reported

Active cases increased to 14,241, death toll at 5,22,116 with 54 fresh fatalities

22 April 2022 10:41 AM IST

A health worker conducts a swab test for the Covid-19 coronavirus at a residential compound in Shanghai on March 18, 2022. (Photo : AFP)

DC Edit | Keep a close watch as Covid cases rise, act with caution

There is enough reason for India to take the daily data on the pandemic seriously, even though it has negotiated three...

20 April 2022 12:09 AM IST

Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Centre to issue directions to states for payment of salaries to doctors and healthcare workers. (PTI Photo)

Centre extends insurance scheme for healthcare workers on Covid duty

Since the launch of the scheme 1905 claims of health workers who died while being deployed for COVID-19 related duties...

19 April 2022 3:13 PM IST