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New Delhi: The current production capacity of Bharat Biotech-developed COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’ will be doubled by next month and increased nearly 6-7 folds by July-August 2021. According to the Union Ministry of Science &…

Mumbai: Shiv Sena head and Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has been hailed as a ‘Covidologist’ by his party for taking steps that have prevented the state from crossing the “danger level” of the COVID-19 pandemic. In the…

New Delhi: India reported 4,205 deaths due to COVID-19, the highest so far with 3,48,421 new cases on Wednesday, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said. India had recorded 4,187 deaths in 24 hours On May 8, while on May 7,…

New Delhi: In heartening news that the devastating second wave of COVID-19 may be on the wane in the country, the government on Tuesday said there is an early trend of decline in daily new cases and deaths. According to the government,…

New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that in dealing with the dynamic nature of numerous challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, judges have little expertise and that the executives — both the Centre and states — in…

New Delhi: All COVID-19 hospitals – under both Centre and state governments -- have been directed to ensure that no patient is refused admission for lack of a valid identity (ID) card. In an affidavit on the points raised by the Supreme…

New Delhi: Aligarh Muslim University’s (AMU) head of medicine department, Shadaab Khan (58), Faculty of Law dean, Shakil Ahmed Samdani (59) and noted Sanskrit scholar Khalid Bin Yusuf (60) passed away among more than a dozen professors of…

New Delhi: Despite being criticised for differential pricing, shortage of doses, and slow rollout, the Central government has defended its COVID vaccination policy in an affidavit submitted in the Supreme Court late on Sunday night. The…

A major terrorist attack on security forces was foiled in Jammu & Kashmir on Sunday as 19 hand grenades were recovered from a hideout in Poonch. “In a major success for a joint effort of security forces and police, nefarious designs of…

Kanpur: A study by IIT Kanpur scientists has predicted that after a peak in COVID-19 cases in the first week of May, the number of positive cases will begin decreasing. The mathematical study conducted in different parts of the country…