COVID-19

Bhubaneswar: The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has extended the last date for uploading the marks of practical/ internal assessment for Class XII exams that have been cancelled. According to a CBSE notification issued on…

Mumbai/Hyderabad: COVID-19 vaccines — Covishield and Covaxin — could produce a high immune response in up to 95 per cent of recipients and prevent serious disease in those infected after inoculation, a ‘real-world’ study of the vaccinated…

New Delhi: The country recorded 1.14 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours, which is the lowest in two months, the Union Health Ministry reported on Sunday. This was also the 10th successive day when the country registered less…

Mumbai: Even as India is just about starting to breathe a sigh of relief after being rattled by the second wave of COVID-19 pandemic, epidemiologists have warned that a third wave is more or less inevitable, and it could hit the country in…

New Delhi: In a blatant highlight of the problem of vaccine inequity, just nine corporate hospital groups in big cities had cornered 50 per cent of the stock of COVID-19 doses meant for the private sector in May. These nine hospital groups…

New Delhi: The government aims to boost domestic vaccine production by booking 30 crore doses of Hyderabad-based Biological-E’s Covid jabs. The Health Ministry will make an advance payment of Rs 1,500 crore to the company for this purpose.…

Bhubaneswar: Before you took both your doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, getting vaccinated was uppermost in your mind. Vaccination over, now you are wondering how long will it protect you? In other words, how long will the immunity last? The…

New Delhi: Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank was admitted to AIIMS, Delhi for post-COVID complications on Monday. With the minister’s hospitalisation, students can expect a delay in the announcement of the decision on Class…

Ahmednagar: More than 9,000 children have tested COVID-19 positive here in May and has triggered alarm bells for the Maharashtra government. Taking note of the alarming situation, the Uddhav Thackeray government asked the district…

New Delhi: The country recorded 1.52 lakh new COVID infections in the last 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry reported on Monday morning. This is the lowest spike in daily infections since April 9. Earlier in May, India’s daily COVID…