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Pune: The Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday said that only a limited portion of its volume of Covidshield will be sold to private hospitals at Rs 600 per dose. "The price of the vaccine is still lower than a lot of other medical…

New Delhi: Eight persons died after a glacier collapsed beyond Sumna in Niti Valley, where labourers were engaged in road construction work, near Uttarakhand’s Chamoli district on Friday. The bodies were recovered on Saturday by the Indian…

New Delhi: Despite supplies from every resource possible, the country continues to scramble for every cylinder of oxygen. Meanwhile, many people have lost their lives in the past few days because the hospital in which they were admitted ran…

Bhubaneswar: Former Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar's tweet expressing solidarity with the Indian people has amplified the radio silence of Indian cricketing celebs over the unfolding COVID-19 crisis in the country. "India is really…

Even as hospitals in Delhi-NCR scramble to find oxygen supplies, a Sikh Gurdwara in Ghaziabad-Indirapuram has started 'oxygen langar' to help patients out by filling cylinders for free. The gurdwara’s 'oxygen langar' for COVID-19 patients…

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Saturday said that if any official at the central, state, or local administration is found obstructing in the picking up or supply of oxygen, then "we will hang that man". The observation by a bench of…

Adar Poonawalla, head of Serum Institue of India (SII), the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer has reportedly rented a property in Mayfair for about 50,000 pounds ($69,000) a week, a record for the exclusive London neighbourhood, two…

New Delhi: Following the confusion over the price of the COVID-19 vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — the central government has declared that it will procure both the COVID-19 vaccines at Rs 150 per dose. The Ministry of Health and Family…

New Delhi: Close on the heels of the death of 25 COVID patients due to scarcity of oxygen in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Thursday, another shocker comes in the very next day. Now, as many as 20 critically ill COVID-19 patients died at Jaipur…

New Delhi: Delhi registered 348 COVID-19 deaths, the highest single-day spike in death count, on Friday. The national capital also reported 24,331 new coronavirus cases amid the second wave of the pandemic. Delhi is the country’s worst-hit…