Tamil Nadu announces fresh curbs to contain covid spreadWhile playschools and kindergarten sections cannot be run, there won't be any direct classes for standards 1-8 till January 10, Chief Minis...
31 Dec, 2021, 09.46 PM IST
A million frontline Covid workers demand govt improve pay, work conditionsCalled Accredited Social Health Activists, or “Asha” the Hindi word for hope, these women are teaming up with trade unions with muscle to s...
02 Dec, 2021, 10.00 AM IST
17.26 core jabs administered to elderly, differently abled through NHCVCs till Sept 27: Centre to SCA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and AS Bopanna was told by the Centre thorough Additional Solicitor General Aishwarya Bhati that in May ...
13 Nov, 2021, 07.57 PM IST
Assam's door-to-door vaccination drive from November 22Government sources said ASHA workers are carrying on the door-to-door vaccination campaign along with other health workers in the state. Th...
11 Nov, 2021, 11.19 PM IST
Tamil Nadu set to be 1st State to give kids Covid vaccine: Health MinisterAn expert panel of the Central drug authority has recommended granting emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for children...
14 Oct, 2021, 12.14 PM IST
Assam starts mobile vaccination vans to fight CovidAssam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma flagged off 15 mobile vans which will be used to vaccinated people in Kokrajhar, Baksa and Bajali ...
08 Sep, 2021, 07.20 PM IST
More vaccinated Indians are looking to book flights to Europe after quarantine waiverLast week, Austria, Estonia, Germany, Greece, Ireland, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland and Iceland announced quarantine waive...
07 Jul, 2021, 08.01 AM IST
View: Seven steps to reduce the third coronavirus wave to just a bout of common cold"We should singularly focus on how to vaccinate 64 crore people quickly. I trust our government under the leadership of the PM will arrange...
14 Jun, 2021, 10.41 AM IST
SoftBank-backed DoorDash enters JapanLast month, DoorDash raised its forecast for annual gross order value, as stimulus checks helped keep food delivery demand resilient in the...
09 Jun, 2021, 11.19 AM IST
Centre says door-to-door vaccination not possible; favours 'near-to-door' systemA division bench of Chief Justice Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni last month directed the NEGVAC to consider if door-to-door vaccination pro...
08 Jun, 2021, 05.54 PM IST
Home Ministry sitting on NGO's Rs 10-crore proposal to push rural vaccinationsEntrepreneurs manning CSCs will get an incentive of Rs 10 for every vaccination
18 May, 2021, 06.00 AM IST
Countries worldwide hit new records for virus cases, deathsBrazil's death toll has risen past 340,000, the second-highest total in the world behind the U.S., where nearly 560,000 people have been co...
21 Apr, 2021, 07.32 PM IST
HC refuses to entertain plea to relax age criterion for COVID-19 vaccination, allow private labs participationThe bench said it appears that unless the availability of vaccines is more than what can be administered, there is no need for the petition...
13 Apr, 2021, 05.59 PM IST
Plea in HC to relax age criteria for COVID-19 vaccination, allow privatelabs to participateThe petition, filed by a final year law student of Delhi University, also sought direction to the authorities to formulate a policy to prov...
08 Apr, 2021, 06.30 PM IST
White House to spend USD 10 billion to bolster vaccine effortPresident Joe Biden's administration, which will start distributing the money in April to nearly 1,400 centers across the country, said hea...
25 Mar, 2021, 04.51 PM IST
Vaccinated people may still transmit COVID-19, warns England's chief medicEngland's Deputy Chief Medical Officer, also warned that there is no clear evidence yet to show that vaccinated people cannot transmit the ...
24 Jan, 2021, 04.19 PM IST
2021: India’s economic performance next year will set the country’s long-term growth trajectoryThe big question is whether the growth will remain flat at a low level, say 4%, for a longer horizon or it will bounce back to 7.5-8%, back...
26 Dec, 2020, 11.36 PM IST