New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): The Delhi High Court Wednesday asked the Centre to take steps to get the medicine -- Amphotericin B -- used for treating black fungus which is primarily affecting COVID-19 recovered peo
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide free education in Navodaya Vidyalayas to children orphaned due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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NEW DELHI, MAY 20 (IANS): Bhosi, a village in Maharashtra's Nanded district, has set an example of how to break the chain of Covid-19 pandemic in rural areas and save villagers from the impact of the deadly
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): The Delhi High Court Thursday warned the authorities that they should not take lightly the dip in COVID-19 cases in the national capital as there is a likelihood that the virus would ag
Kolkata, May 20 (PTI): Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's meeting with CMs on the COVID situation was "super flop", West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday said that she a
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): Nearly two crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and union territories while around 26 lakh are in the pipeline and will be received by them within the next three
Mumbai, May 20 (PTI): The Bombay High Court in an interim order on Thursday said the Maharashtra government must prioritise inoculating people who had prior appointments for vaccination against COVID-19 through
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday asked officials to record the spread of coronavirus infection and its seriousness among the youth and children, and cautioned that the challenge
United Nations, May 20 (PTI): An estimated 4,000 to 6,000 refugees from Myanmar have sought safety in India, a spokesperson for the UN chief has said, as the world body voiced concern over the rising levels of
New Delhi, May 20 (PTI): The Union Health Ministry has urged states and union territories to make black fungus or mucormycosis a notifiable disease under the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, stating that the infect
New Delhi, May 20 (IANS) After recording over 4,000 deaths in the last four days, India on Thursday witnessed a decline in number of fatalities due to Covid-19. The country reported 3,874 deaths due to the viru
New Delhi, May 19 (PTI): The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has extended the validity of the registration certificates issued to NGOs under the Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act (FCRA), which expired on Sep
New Delhi, May 19 (PTI): Former NSG director general J K Dutt, who headed the commando force during the 2008 Mumbai terror attacks, died on Wednesday due to complications arising out of COVID-19, officials said
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS): Vaunted as the largest in the world, India’s vaccine programme is being hobbled by supply shortages and an abrupt shift in procurement policy that appears to be without parallel,
New Delhi, May 19 (PTI): Several prominent Hindu religious figures on Wednesday criticised attempts to link the recent Kumbh Mela in Haridwar with the spread of COVID-19, saying it is an "insult" to p
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS): Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a swipe at the Narendra Modi government over the hike in the prices of diesel and fertilizers saying it has "reduced"
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS): Former Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday took a swipe at the Narendra Modi government over the hike in the prices of diesel and fertilizers saying it has "reduced"
New Delhi, May 19 (PTI): A six-month programme on rehabilitation of differently-abled people was launched by the government on Wednesday.
The Community Based Inclusive Development (CBID) programme aims to cr
Mumbai, May 19 (PTI): The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra government and the Centre to file affidavits explaining how celebrities and politicians were procuring anti-COVID-19 drugs, medi