Corona virus threat

In view of the rising Covid-19 cases, the Rajasthan government has announced a weekend curfew in the state from Friday evening to Monday morning.The state on Thursday reported a record 6,658 fresh Covid cases and 33 deaths.According to…

Soaring above the 60K range, Maharashtra on Friday recorded a new high of 63,729 infections and the second highest death toll of 398, with the state jumping past the 37-L mark, health officials said.Shooting up to 63,729 new cases - a week…

Andhra Pradesh on Friday reported 6,096 new Covid-19 cases, raising the overall tally tally over 9.48 lakh, while the state's active cases breached the 35,000-mark to reach 35,592.From logging more than 2,000 cases a day for some days, new…

A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court seeking direction to provide Covid-19 vaccine to people in the age group of 18 and above, citing exponential rise in Covid cases in the country.The petition, filed by advocate Rashmi Singh through…

Keeping in view the number of deaths in Bihar, family members of the deceased are waiting two to three hours in cremation grounds to perform the last rites of their loved ones.Moreover, the employees at the cremation grounds are allegedly…

Even as he noted with satisfaction that the Covid numbers in the state appeared to have plateaued, Punjab Chief Minister, Captain Amarinder Singh, on Thursday ordered strict enforcement of Covid appropriate protocols to prevent any super…

Denmark has decided to entirely cease administering the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, the country's health authority confirmed."Based on the scientific findings, our overall assessment is there is a real risk of severe side effects…

 Looking at the alarming surge in the number of Covid-19 cases in the state in the past few days, the Rajasthan government on Wednesday announced to impose night curfew in all the cities

British drugmaker AstraZeneca on Wednesday said its drug Tagrisso has been approved in China for treatment of some patients with early stage lung cancer.China's National Medical Products Administration (NMPA) approved the drug as an…

Updated results from an ongoing Phase 3 clinical trial in the US have shown Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine to be 90 per cent effective against all cases of the disease, and greater than 95 per cent against severe cases.While the updated cases…