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New Delhi: The hashtag #ResignModi was blocked on Facebook for several hours on Wednesday, effectively censoring over 12,000 posts criticizing the BJP government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis. Facebook, however, restored it later. The…

New Delhi: The US government has advised its citizens to leave India as soon as possible because of the escalating COVID-19 crisis in the country. In a Level 4 travel advisory — the highest issued by the Department of State — US citizens…

Bhubaneswar: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot has joined a growing list of CMs and political leaders to be infected by COVID-19. Gehlot tweeted on Thursday that he had tested positive for the virus. He is asymptomatic and in…

At a time when India has been reporting over 3 lakh new coronavirus cases daily, around 3,000 people infected with the deadly virus have gone missing! Yes, you heard it right. It happened in Karnataka’s capital Bengaluru, one of the…

Pune: The Union government has decided to provide Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla with Y-category security across the country. The Union Home Ministry issued the order after conducting a detailed threat assessment. SII,…

New Delhi: With several hospitals across the country still struggling to provide medical oxygen to numerous serious COVID-19 patients, the Centre is pulling all stops to boost supply of LMO. On Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi…

New Delhi: Pulled up by high courts for failing to ensure proper COVID behaviour before and during state elections, the Election Commission (EC) is now trying to get its act together. Two days after banning victory processions post…

New Delhi: It's yesterday once more. Registrations were thrown open for vaccination of people of all ages above 18 against COVID-19 on the government's dedicated website CoWIN today. However, the website seems to be malfunctioning, NDTV…

Washington: Bharat Biotech's Covaxin has been found to neutralise the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus, White House chief medical adviser and America's top pandemic expert Dr Anthony Fauci said while speaking to reporters during a…

Mumbai: Little known to his fans and the public, actor Ajay Devgn has been working quietly with the BMC to provide emergency medical facilities for people affected with COVID-19. Devgn himself has been working in close tandem and doing his…