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New Delhi: Even as COVID-19 cases are soaring in India, patients in the country are still to get Remdesivir, an experimental drug which has shown promise in treatment of coronavirus in other countries. This is because the Drugs Controller…

Mumbai: Renowned Bollywood lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar has been honoured with the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award 2020. The veteran is the first Indian to bag the Richard Dawkins Award for critical thinking, holding religious…

Wellington: New Zealand on Monday became the first country in the world to lift all domestic restrictions and declare itself COVID free. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed that she "did a little dance" in her living room when she was…

Hyderabad: A 33-year-old Telugu television journalist died due to COVID-19 on Sunday morning at the state-run Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad. As per an NDTV report, the reporter was admitted to the hospital on June 4 after he had tested…

Mumbai: Swiggy is set to shut down Scootsy — its Mumbai-based premium food delivery services platform — and merge operations with the company’s mobile application. The merger is expected to help Swiggy get hold of Scootsy’s high-end…

New Delhi: A low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.1 hit Delhi today, according to the National Centre for Seismology. The earthquake was epicentred around 13 km of the bordering Gurgaon and had a depth of 18 km, the agency said. Since…

New Delhi: An official of the Election Commission has tested positive for COVID-19, NDTV reported sources in the poll panel as saying on Monday. The assistant section officer had tested positive on Friday evening, the sources said. His…

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be tested for COVID-19 after complaints of mild fever and cough. According to reports, the Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) convenor complained of fever and sore throat on…

Bhubaneswar: BJP national spokesman Sambit Patra was discharged from a Gurgaon hospital on Sunday after testing negative for COVID-19. Patra was admitted to Medanta Hospital after he developed COVID-19 symptoms on May 28. Doctors have…

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry plans to approve “compassionate use” of experimental drugs for severely ill COVID-19 patients. This will facilitate the availability of any unapproved drug that is in phase-III clinical trial (human…