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Dulqueer Salmaan tests positive for coronavirus

The 35-year-old actor's diagnosis comes days after his superstar father Mammooty also tested positive for COVID-19

21 Jan 2022 1:49 AM

The surge is so sharp now, as the continent’s share in global numbers going from eight per cent to 18 per cent in the last four weeks. (Representational Image/ PTI)

AA Edit | As 3rd wave picks pace, ensure citizens jabbed

India reported more than three lakh new cases on Thursday, the first time in the third wave, and close to 500 deaths

21 Jan 2022 12:17 AM

A medic walks inside the Shehnai Banquet Hall, a COVID-19 care centre in New Delhi, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (PTI Photo/Kamal Singh)

Centre nudges states and UTs on ramping up COVID-19 tests

The ministry has also issued an updated set of guidelines for the care of Covid-19 treatment

19 Jan 2022 6:43 AM

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson Wednesday apologised for attending a lockdown-breaching party held in his Downing Street garden. (AFP Photo)

Farrukh Dhondy | Is the party over for BoJo at last? Will Starmers get ready for No. 10?

Was this congregation of people in the garden of 10 Downing Street a prayer meeting?

15 Jan 2022 12:29 AM

A health worker takes a swab sample of a child for COVID-19 test, at municipal corporation's testing centre at Manpada, in Thane, Saturday, January 8, 2022. (PTI Photo)

Kulbir Kaur | Covid 3.0: Help, the walls are closing in

Two Januarys earlier, Covid-19 having just spread to our enemy nation towards the north

09 Jan 2022 1:10 AM

The Covid-19 pandemic which inspired the new normal of “work from home” also questions an individual-centric world. (DC file photo)

Sanjeev Ahluwalia | As bells toll for 2021, an end is also a beginning

At present, for around 37 per cent of jobs in developed countries and 10 per cent in developing countries, working from home is possible

24 Dec 2021 12:43 AM

A health worker prepares to inoculates a man with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus. (Photo: AFP)

‘Anti-vaxxers’ a threat to others; live in denial of science, reality

There are some religious maniacs who believe that muttering some phrase or charm will save them from Covid-19

18 Dec 2021 12:25 AM

The country launched vaccination for all people aged more than 45 years from April 1. (PTI file photo)

Half of India's adult population fully vaccinated against COVID-19

The government then decided to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 to be vaccinated from May 1

05 Dec 2021 12:41 PM

The new protocol comes into effect from December 6, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has said. (AP Photo)

US makes negative COVID-19 test report mandatory for all incoming passengers

Air passengers will also be required to confirm in the form of an attestation that the information they present is true, officials said

05 Dec 2021 12:02 PM

A policewoman directs a pedestrian towards a COVID-19 testing booth in Jammu. (Photo: AP)

14-days travel details, negative RT-PCR: New guidelines for international arrivals

Various states have already begun to re-tighten curbs and urgently trace people who arrived from abroad

29 Nov 2021 7:44 AM

Travelers line up for a COVID-19 test during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in the Manhattan borough of New York City. (Reuters Photo)

New York governor declares 'disaster emergency' over rising COVID-19 infection rates

'Disaster emergency' declared in New York

27 Nov 2021 12:47 PM

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 0.86 per cent. It has been less than 2 per cent for the last 54 days.(AP Photo)

COVID-19 Update: India's total active cases down to 1,07,019, lowest in 541 days

The death toll has climbed to 4,67,933 with 465 daily fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am

27 Nov 2021 12:44 PM

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 3,38,97,921 while the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.35 per cent. (AP Photo)

COVID-19: India records 11,106 new cases; active cases decline to 1,26,620

A decrease of 2,142 cases has been recorded in the active number of COVID-19 cases in a span of 24 hours

19 Nov 2021 2:15 PM

Earlier today, the Australian government gave recognition to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin COVID-19 vaccine for traveller's vaccination status in the country. (AFP Photo)

Five more countries recognise India's COVID-19 vaccination certificate

Last month, Hungary and Serbia had agreed with India to mutually recognise COVID-19 vaccination certificates

01 Nov 2021 7:20 PM

The country's active cases account for 0.51 per cent of the total cases reported so far, which is the lowest since March 2020. (PTI Photo)

India reports 16,326 new COVID-19 cases, 666 deaths in last 24 hours

As per the health ministry, more than 59.84 crore samples have been tested for the presence of the virus so far

23 Oct 2021 11:03 AM

India to cross 100cr vaccine mark today

If the vaccination continued at the current pace, India would cross the one billion mark on Wednesday

20 Oct 2021 3:51 AM

The Union Health Ministry had announced in June that the Biological E would supply 30 crore doses of Corbevax to India by December. (ANI)

Biological E to submit final data on its COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax till November end

The Corbevax is the third made-in-India vaccine against coronavirus, the other two indigenous vaccines are Covaxin and ZyCoV-D

15 Oct 2021 2:23 AM

The daily positivity rate has been recorded at 1.56 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for the last 40 days, it said. (AP Photo)

Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 206 days

The daily rise in new coronavirus cases has been below 30,000 for 15 straight days, the ministry said.

09 Oct 2021 11:04 AM

An estimated 115 million school-age children in India get mid-day meals when they attend classes, and the school closures in India continue to impact both learning and nutrition of children, which to an extent is in violation of the right to nutrition and life. (Representational Photo: Twitter)

A delay that violates the basic rights of children

The reopening of schools for in-person classes, mostly for Class 9 to Class 12 only, is one such action

26 Sep 2021 12:15 AM

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson. (AP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Was it cruel? Why Gavin had to go in Boris’ shuffle

Gavin Williamson then supported Boris Johnson for the leadership of the party and was rewarded by BoJo with the education portfolio

18 Sep 2021 2:20 AM

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