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People Queue line for submitting their Applications for Covid-19 Exgratia at the COVID Command Control Room in Vijayawada. (AA Image/ Narayana Rao)

Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 532 days

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been below 20,000 for 44 straight days

21 Nov 2021 11:37 AM

Till February 2021, India had ordered only 11 crore doses while it required 200 crore doses for the eligible population, or 270 crore doses for all Indians, including those under 14, assuming there was no wastage. Representational Image. (PTI)

Aakar Patel | The real story behind India’s success in 1 bn vaccine doses

On August 7, 2020, the SII, the country’s largest private vaccine manufacturer, signed an agreement with the global vaccine alliance GAVI

26 Oct 2021 1:35 AM

The locally-produced AstraZeneca vaccine which is known as Covishield has a 12 to 16 week gap between doses, in contrast to the 8 to 12 week gap recommended by the World Health Organization. (DC Image/SSR)

Many Indians unlikely to be fully vaccinated by year-end despite ample COVID shots

Due to the large gap between doses, more than 20cr people can get their 2nd dose only in late Jan even if they all got their 1st shot today

22 Oct 2021 1:45 PM

Devotees gather around a "pandal," or a temporary structure set up to worship Hindu goddess Durga in Kolkata, India, Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. (AP)

India logs 16,862 new COVID-19 cases, 379 fatalities

With the addition of new cases, the total cases reported across the country since the onset of the pandemic reached 3,40,37,592

15 Oct 2021 12:06 PM

No state should deny Rs 50,000 ex-gratia to kin of those who lost lives to COVID-19: SC

On production of essential documents like RTPCR test, the concerned authorities can modify death certificates, the apex court said

04 Oct 2021 1:56 PM

A family decorates their car with face masks prior to joining a procession for Ganesha immersion in the Hussain Sagar Lake on the final day of Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Hyderabad. (AP Photo)

India logs 30,256 new COVID-19 cases, 295 fatalities

The active cases have declined to 3,18,181 comprising 0.95 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020

20 Sep 2021 10:47 AM

Customers look for idols of elephant-headed Hindu god Ganesha at a roadside studio in Kolkata, India. (AP)

India logs 34,973 new coronavirus infections today, 260 deaths

Of these, Kerala recorded 26,200 new cases and 114 deaths

10 Sep 2021 11:54 AM

A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive in Hyderabad. (AFP)

India's active caseload declines to 3,81,947, the lowest in last 145 days

The country reported 32,937 fresh infections on Monday, and 417 new fatalities, mostly from Maharashtra (130) and Kerala (102)

16 Aug 2021 11:38 AM

In this April 24, 2021, file photo, multiple funeral pyres of those who died of COVID-19 burn at a ground that has been converted into a crematorium for the mass cremation of coronavirus victims, in New Delhi, India. India's excess deaths during the pandemic could be a staggering 10 times the official COVID-19 toll, likely making it modern India's worst human tragedy, according to the most comprehensive research yet on the ravages of the virus in the country. (AP)

India's Covid deaths likely 10 times the 'official' number, says report

The report is published by India’s former chief economic adviser and two other researchers at the CGD and Harvard University

20 Jul 2021 5:49 PM

A health worker tests nasal swab samples for COVID-19 in Gauhati, India. (AP)

India reports 38,164 new COVID-19 cases, recovery rate reaches 97.32 pc

The daily positivity rate remained been below 3 per cent for 28 consecutive days, while the weekly positivity rate remained below 5 per cent

19 Jul 2021 11:40 AM

Kejriwal writes to PM Modi, seeks Bharat Ratna for Indian doctors

He also stressed that if necessary, changes should be made in rules so that the medical community can be awarded the highest civilian award

04 Jul 2021 3:34 PM

Emirates planes are parked at the Dubai International Airport in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (AP)

Emirates to fly from India again as Dubai lifts ban over virus

Dubai said that only passengers from India 'who have received two doses of a UAE-approved vaccine' would be allowed to travel to the emirate

20 Jun 2021 7:10 PM

A National Health Mission (NHM) worker collects swab sample of a labourer for COVID-19 test, at a paddy field in the outskirts of Jammu, Wednesday, June 9, 2021. (PTI)

India's active COVID tally drops to 12,31,415, reports 92,596 fresh cases

A net decline of 72,287 cases has been recorded in the COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

09 Jun 2021 11:05 AM

Mass cremation of COVID-19 victims at Parwati Ghat as coronavirus cases surge in Jamshedpur, Monday, May 10, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Aakar Patel | Don’t fudge Covid data, that’ll make crisis worse

The first reason why the government should come clean and say that its numbers are an undercount is public safety

11 May 2021 12:00 AM

Abhijit Bhattacharyya | India, world in middle of a ‘Third World War’

It’s not just India. The world is in the midst of a long-drawn, protracted Third World War

10 May 2021 12:00 AM

Kishwar Desai | Indian summer on UK’s red list; royal duchesses in duel of creativity

Some people are deeply unhappy that these restrictions are still in place, despite the vaccine

10 May 2021 12:00 AM

KKR last played on April 29 against Delhi Capitals in Ahmedabad and the development is bound to trigger anxiety in the league, which had been going along smoothly so far in a bio-secure bubble in front of empty stands across six venues.(AFP File Image)

Tonight's KKR-RCB match postponed after Chakravarthy, Warrier test positive

The match will be rescheduled some time later during the tournament, which will conclude on May 30

03 May 2021 1:54 PM

Victims of Covid-19 being cremated at Dwarka cremation ground in New Delhi, Friday, April 30, 2021. (PTI Photo)

Shobhaa De | Can blatant lies save India from Covid-19?

The people of India are the country’s real strength, while its biggest tragedy are its politicians

01 May 2021 12:00 AM

As COVID-19 cases rise in Delhi, Kejriwal seeks to impose localised 'lockdown'

The Delhi government has also decided to withdraw its previous order allowing 200 guests to attend wedding functions

18 Nov 2020 4:40 AM

Students wearing face masks attend a class at a school that was reopened after closure for months owing to coronavirus pandemic, in Amritsar, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020. Schools are being opened as per guidelines issued in Unlock. 5. (PTI)

Wearing a mask works like a vaccine against COVID-19

It is yet-to-be-tested theory published in The New England Journal of Medicine

02 Nov 2020 1:03 PM

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