COVID 19

COVID-19: Around 55 inmates of Guwahati Central jail test positive

Leader of Opposition Debabrata Saikia stated that the Legal Department of the All India Congress Committee (AICC) will provide assistance t...

COVID-19 in Maharashtra jails: 774 cases, 444 recovered, 4 deaths

A total of 774 COVID-19 cases have been reported from 14 jails in Maharashtra so far, comprising 600 inmates and 174 staff, most of whom ha...

India's COVID-19 recoveries cross 5-lakh mark, recovery rate at 62.78 pc

India's COVID-19 tally surged to 8,20,916 on Saturday while the death toll climbed to 22,123 with 519 people succumbing to the disease in 2...

WHO believes 'unknown pneumonia' in Kazakhstan could be COVID-19

"We're looking at the actual testing and the quality of testing to make sure that there haven't been false negative tests for some of those...

Lockdown in Guwahati extended till July 19

Assam health minister, Himanta Biswa Sarma said that health department had sought extension of total lockdown in Guwahati by one week.

Covid-19 in Kerala: Lockdown extended by a week in Thiruvananthapuram

Lockdown in Thiruvananthapuram has been extended for a week to restrict COVID spread. In order to ensure restrictions, police personnel in ...

'Come back home soon': B-Town prays for Big B's speedy recovery; Anupam Kher, Paresh Rawal send best wishes

Bipasha Basu and Arjun Rampal, too, sent out thoughts and prayers for the megastar.

WHO chief praises efforts to control COVID-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi slum

Dharavi, which is located in India's commercial capital Mumbai, is spread over an area of 2.5 square kilometres and has a population of 650...

COVID-19: Chhattisgarh to hold e-Lok Adalat via video conferencing

In an effort to settle pending cases by following precautionary measures amid the COVID-19 pandemic, an e-Lok Adalat is being organised in ...

B S Yediyurappa announces lockdown in Bengaluru from July 14 to July 22

The lockdown will be in force in Bengaluru urban and Bengaluru rural districts from 8 pm on July 14 to 5 am on July 22, the chief minister’...

WHO praises efforts to contain Covid-19 in Mumbai's Dharavi

The World Health Organisation (WHO) praised the efforts taken to contain the coronavirus in Mumbai's Dharavi while saying that only aggress...

Covid-19: The frantic search for a cure continues

Though vaccine makers are jumping the usual loops of trial development, regulatory agencies are stepping in to ensure that the companies ar...

Complete lockdown in Bengaluru from 14-22 July as Covid-19 cases rise

Complete lockdown in Bengaluru Urban and Rural districts from 8 pm on 14th July to 5 am on 22rd July in view rising #COVID19 cases. Essenti...

Covid-19 in Karnataka: Mysore palace closed after employee's relative test positive

The renowned Mysore Palace has been closed on Thursday after a relative of an employee at the palace was tested COVID-19 positive, an offic...

COVID-19 effect: Air India withdraws job offers for around 180 trainee cabin crew members

"The airline has taken a decision to withdraw job offers for about 180 trainees who were to join as cabin crew after completing their train...

Demands for Rahul Gandhi to take over as party chief dominate Congress meet on COVID-19

The demand was first raised by party chief whip in Lok Sabha K Suresh and seconded by a majority of MPs who attended the virtual meeting th...

'Indiscriminate use of remdesivir, tocilizumab on COVID patients can cause more harm than good'

The ICMR strongly recommended that the focus of clinical management should continue to remain on oxygen therapy, steroids which are widely ...