COVID-19 Vaccination

The Medical Oxygen Plant (MOP) technology, developed by DRDO for On-Board Oxygen Generation for LCA, Tejas by DEBEL, DRDO will now help in fighting the current crisis of oxygen for COVID-19 patients. The oxygen plant is designed for a…

A Remdesivir injection black market ring was busted in Gujarat's Vadodara by the Crime Branch with the arrest of five persons and the seizure of 90 vials of the anti-Covid drug valued at Rs 5 lakh, police said.Based on the inputs, DCP…

In a bid to ramp up medical infrastructure for quality Covid care, the DRDO will build two 500-bed Covid hospitals in Jammu and Srinagar, officials said on Wednesday.Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla, while chairing a high-level meeting,…

US researchers have found that combining Remdesivir -- a drug currently approved for treating Covid-19 patients -- with repurposed drugs for hepatitis C virus (HCV) is 10 times more effective at slowing down SARS-CoV-2, the virus that…

 In a significant decision, the Maharashtra government has decided to give free Covid-19 vaccines to all in the 18-44 age group but deferred the vaccination drive from May 1 in view of shortage of supplies of the life-saver doses here on…

People are dying in large numbers due to the coronavirus pandemic across the country but due to the fear of the virus sometimes even their relatives are reluctant to perform their last rites.On April 27, a case came to light in Noida where…

 Firing from all cylinders, Punjab Government has decided to suspend OPDs in all three Medical Colleges and Hospitals till further orders and reserve all the beds in these facilities for COVID patients but the emergency services to be…

With the district was battling scourge of the second wave of Covid pandemic and witnessing catastrophic surge in Covid cases, the Sanjivani Group in association with Ludhiana administration in Tuesday took to social media to dispel…

In another stunner, Maharashtra Covid-19 fatalities rose to a new peak on Tuesday with deaths crossing the 66,000 mark and case tally shooting past the 44 lakh level, health officials said here.For the second time this week, the state…

 India's benchmark equity indices ended higher for the second day in a row on Tuesday as optimism grew over the nation's accelerated vaccination programme to control the world's largest surge in coronavirus infections.Both indices opened…