COVID 19

DCGI nods anti-COVID drug developed by DRDO for emergency use

The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the emergency use of an anti-COVID drug - 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) - as an adjunct therapy i...

Saturday, May 8, 2021 5:31 PM

COVID 19 News in India: India reports 4,01,078 new COVID-19 cases in last 24 hours

India reported 4,01,078 fresh COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, according to the union health ministry.

Saturday, May 8, 2021 11:08 AM

Bollywood: Madhuri Dixit shares video on essentials at home against COVID-19

Bollywood star Madhuri Dixit Nene on Friday shared a list of essential items to take care of health at home amid coronavirus pandemic.

Saturday, May 8, 2021 10:38 AM

Maharashtra: Nashik Municipal Corporation launches website to book space in crematorium

As the rising COVID-19 deaths have left people scrambling to look for space to cremate their loved ones, the Nashik Municipal Corporation on Friday la...

Saturday, May 8, 2021 10:28 AM

IPL 2021: New Zealand batsman Tim Seifert tests positive for COVID-19, misses charter flight from In...

Kiwi batsman Tim Seifert has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be travelling back to New Zealand on the charter flight with Blackcaps' other I...

Saturday, May 8, 2021 10:20 AM

Two lionesses test positive for COVID-19 at UP's Etawah Safari Park

Two lionesses have tested positive for COVID-19 at Etawah Safari Park in Uttar Pradesh, the authorities confirmed on Friday.

Saturday, May 8, 2021 10:02 AM

PM Modi speaks with Scott Morrison seeking Australia's support for intellectual property waiver for...

In a phone call with his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday sought Canberra's support for the initiative ta...

Friday, May 7, 2021 5:03 PM

Mosques in Lucknow remain deserted on 'Alvida Jumma' amid COVID-19 restrictions

Mosques in Lucknow remained deserted on 'Alvida Juma' (last Friday of the month of Ramadan) here today due to the lockdown restrictions put in place a...

Friday, May 7, 2021 3:20 PM

Over 10 lakh COVID vaccine doses to be received by states, UTs in 3 days: Centre

The central government has promised to provide more than 10 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses to the states and union territories within the next three days...

Friday, May 7, 2021 3:03 PM

Supply 700 MT oxygen to Delhi daily, don't make us to go firm, SC tells Centre

The Supreme Court Friday made clear to the Centre that it will have to keep supplying 700 MT of oxygen to Delhi every day till its order is modified,...

Friday, May 7, 2021 2:14 PM

COVID-19: Govt's failure has made another devastating national lockdown almost inevitable, says Rahu...

Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has written a second letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the ongoing COVID-19 situation in the country, sa...

Friday, May 7, 2021 1:28 PM

Australia PM says India travel ban to end on May 15

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison confirmed on Friday that the ban on travel from India would end on May 15, paving the way for thousands of Au...

Friday, May 7, 2021 12:30 PM

Delhi cop helps perform 1100 cremations, even postpones daughter's wedding amid COVID-19 duty

For more than 20 days, 56-year-old Delhi Police Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI), Rakesh Kumar, has been performing the last rites of people who had no o...

Friday, May 7, 2021 11:16 AM

India reports highest-ever single-day spike with 4,14,188 new COVID-19 cases

With a total of 4,14,188 new COVID-19 cases being recorded in the last 24 hours, India again reported its highest single-day spike on the second conse...

Friday, May 7, 2021 10:32 AM

Japan to extend virus emergency to end of month, expand coverage

Japan will extend the COVID-19 state of emergency currently in effect in Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo prefectures until the end of the month, the min...

Friday, May 7, 2021 9:55 AM

Negative RT-PCR report must for those arriving in West Bengal by train, says Railways

Those arriving in West Bengal by train must carry a negative RT-PCR report for a test conducted within 72 hours of train departure, the Railways have...

Friday, May 7, 2021 9:36 AM

Delhi makes 14-day institutional quarantine compulsory for those arriving from Andhra, Telangana

As COVID-19 cases continue to rise across the county, all persons arriving in the national capital from Andhra Pradesh and Telangana will have to unde...

Friday, May 7, 2021 9:11 AM

PM Modi only did his 'Mann ki Baat', claims Jharkhand CM after telephonic conversation

Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren about the COVID-19 situation in the state on Thursday night, th...

Friday, May 7, 2021 8:35 AM