ET World Leaders Forum 2026: Uttarakhand’s UCC model is inspiring other states, says CM Pushkar Singh DhamiUttarakhand's Uniform Civil Code model is now being adopted by other states. Madhya Pradesh has passed its own UCC Bill, seeking uniform ci...
22 Aug, 2026, 11.42 AM IST
Covid-19 jabs don't raise risk of sudden death: ICMR-NIE DirectorRecent heart attacks in Karnataka's Hassan district raised concerns. An ICMR study shows Covid vaccines are not to blame for sudden deaths....
02 Jul, 2025, 11.38 PM IST
SC to likely hear plea over Covid vaccination todayThe Supreme Court will hear a petition from parents seeking compensation and scrutiny of Covid vaccination records following the death of t...
05 Mar, 2025, 10.41 AM IST
Parents challenge Covid vaccine safety in Supreme Court, cite adverse effectsParents of children who died following Covid-19 vaccinations have filed a new affidavit in the Supreme Court, citing recent studies that hi...
03 Dec, 2024, 08.11 AM IST
Over 3 lakh doses of Covid vaccine given to children aged 12-14 years on day 1More than 2.15 crore precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to healthcare and frontline workers, and those aged above ...
17 Mar, 2022, 11.28 AM IST
Ensure no wastage of Covid vaccines, swap near expiry vials with long expiry ones: Centres to statesAdditional Secretary in the Union Health Ministry Vikas Sheel recently wrote to states and UTs on the issue of near expiry vaccines availab...
03 Mar, 2022, 11.08 AM IST
Ramp up Covid vaccination exponentially: Centre to poll-bound statesStates and Union territories have been advised to be vigilant and monitor case positivity, doubling rate and cluster of new cases and consi...
23 Dec, 2021, 05.25 PM IST
One lakh Assam government employees to fan out for Covid vaccination completion campaignDuring this period ministers, MPs and MLAs will visit the camp. Under this campaign, verification teams will visit all houses in each polli...
27 Nov, 2021, 11.42 PM IST
Over 66.07 crore Covid vaccine doses provided to states, UTs so far: GovtThe Union government is committed to accelerating the pace and expanding the scope of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country, the mini...
04 Sep, 2021, 03.47 PM IST
Pregnant women in India now eligible for Covid vaccinationThe decision empowers pregnant women to make an informed choice on taking the Covid vaccination, the health ministry said, adding these wom...
02 Jul, 2021, 07.05 PM IST
Take action against institutions giving Covid vaccination package with hotels: Centre to statesIn a letter to all states and UTs, Additional Secretary to Health ministry Manohar Agnani said it has come to the notice of the Union healt...
30 May, 2021, 08.17 AM IST
Over 84 L vaccine doses still available with states, UTs; 17.49 cr doses provided so far: Govt"Of the vaccine doses provided, the total consumption, including wastages, is 16,65,49,583 doses (as per data available at 8 am on Saturday...
08 May, 2021, 02.59 PM IST
Next phase of Covid vaccination unlikely from May 1 as supplies scarceThe Centre earlier this month expanded the eligibility age for vaccinations to 18 years and above, to be serviced by state governments and ...
28 Apr, 2021, 01.04 PM IST
Scaler to bear covid vaccination costs for employees, their familiesScaler is exploring tie-ups with leading healthcare service providers so that its employees, who are working out of their hometowns, get th...
22 Mar, 2021, 05.57 PM IST
Kolkata allocated highest number of COVID vaccines in BengalKolkata has been allocated the highest number of COVID vaccines in West Bengal, at 93,500, for the first phase of the vaccination drive sch...
14 Jan, 2021, 11.53 AM IST
Vaccine plan: Four days a week for Covid shots, quota for each districtThe health ministry has circulated detailed directions to states on how to inoculate the identified priority groups just as the first tranc...
14 Jan, 2021, 07.28 AM IST
Covid vaccine rollout may get delayed in India as expert panel takes cautious approachExpert panel unlikely to meet again in December as the vaccine maker SII, Bharat Bio may take some more time to submit the updated data sou...
11 Dec, 2020, 08.30 AM IST