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A medic conducts thermal screening of a child admiited at a COVID-19 care centre in Sangli. (Photo: PTI)

COVID-19: India logs 1.32 lakh fresh cases, 3,207 new fatalities

The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 3,35,102 with 3,207 fresh deaths

02 Jun 2021 11:08 AM

The B.1.617 variant was first detected in India and was divided in three lineages. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Only one of three strains of COVID variant first detected in India now a concern: WHO

The UN health agency said that in order to reflect this updated information, B.1.617 has been delineated

02 Jun 2021 10:05 AM

A health worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a vaccination center in Mumbai on May 29, 2021. (Sujit Jaiswal / AFP)

India's active COVID caseload below 20-lakh mark, 1,27,510 new cases reported

The death toll due to the virus climbed to 3,31,895 with 2,795 fatalities being recorded in a span of 24 hours

01 Jun 2021 10:56 AM

A health worker administers a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a beneficiary at a drive-through vaccination camp, at Saket in New Delhi, Sunday, May 30, 2021. (PTI /Kamal Singh)

India reports lowest daily COVID-19 cases in 50 days

The daily test positivity rate was recorded at 9.07 per cent, less than 10 per cent for the seventh consecutive day

31 May 2021 10:55 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the nation followed the mantra of sabka saath, sabka vikas, sabka vishwas and that India now moves ahead not under the pressure of other countries but with its own convictions. (Photo: PTI)

Modi 2.0 is 2: Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas followed for seven years, PM Modi

The opposition parties claimed the Narendra Modi government had proved to be the weakest government in the country in the last 73 years

31 May 2021 7:01 AM

A vacation bench directed district administrations to identify orphan children and upload their data on NCPCR website by Saturday evening. (Photo: PTI/File)

Supreme Court takes note of children orphaned due to COVID

The top court's direction came on an application filed by amicus curiae Gaurav Agarwal

28 May 2021 3:31 PM

PM Modi interacted with the state and district officials via video conferencing. (Photo: Screengrab/Twitter/@BJP4India)

Dilip Cherian | Did PM pep talk with DMs, others breach protocol?

Interestingly, Mr Modi’s interaction follows a similar meeting organised by Union education minister Ramesh Pokhriyal

27 May 2021 12:00 AM

People queue up for coronavirus vaccine in Mumbai. (Photo: AP)

Vaccine inequality in India sends many falling through gaps

The pandemic’s disparities already were stark in India

26 May 2021 12:37 PM

Beneficiaries wait for the COVID-19 vaccine dose outside a vaccination centre at Chhtrapati Shivaji Maharaj hospital in Thane. (Photo: PTI)

India reports 2.08 lakh Covid cases as it conducts highest single-day tests

The death toll also climbed to 3,11,388 with 4,157 fatalities reported in a 24-hour period

26 May 2021 11:02 AM

A medic administers a COVID-19 vaccine at Tej Bahadur Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | As pandemic rises, it’s crucial to get ‘numbers’ right

For long we have believed numbers are sure indicators, that they don’t deceive

25 May 2021 9:33 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on January 28 this year, had declared India as one of the countries that had successfully controlled the coronavirus. (Photo: AP)

Mohan Guruswamy | Hubris, narcissim and moment of ‘hamartia’

The sin of hubris has been a continuing theme that has captured the imagination of historians, philosophers and theologians alike

25 May 2021 9:24 PM

The author with his significant other. (Image by arrangement)

Covid orphans: Climber pitches in with book

Aditya Gupta is a Delhi-based entrepreneur, founder of The Rug Republic and a trained mountaineer

25 May 2021 3:01 PM

The writer, during one of her flights. (Image by arrangement)

Lekha Shankar | Bangkok — so near, yet so far

The normal four-hour flight took as long as 35 plus hours

25 May 2021 2:54 PM

A beneficiary receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Moti Lal Nehru Medical College in Prayagraj. (Photo: PTI)

India records 2.40 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 3,741 fatalities

India's tally of COVID-19 cases climbed to 2,65,30,132

23 May 2021 11:58 AM

COVID-19 patients receive treatment at CWG village COVID-19 Care Centre near Akshardham, in New Delhi, Friday, May 21, 2021. (PTI/Ravi Choudhary)

India records 2.57 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 4,194 fatalities

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease in the country surged to 2,30,70,365

22 May 2021 11:12 AM

A girl wearing a mask walks near India Gate in New Delhi. A high number of children and adolescents are contracting the novel coronavirus in the second wave (Photo: PTI)

Paediatricians sound alert about Covid among children

Paediatricians point out that variant of the virus during the second wave has been affecting children

21 May 2021 12:00 AM

The advisory recommended the use of gable fan systems and roof ventilators in offices, auditoriums, shopping malls and other closed public spaces. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Aerosols carrying Covid-19 virus can travel in air up to 10 meters: Centre

The Office of Principal Scientific Advisor in a release has advised introducing outdoor air in offices, homes and larger public spaces

20 May 2021 2:49 PM

PM Modi warns of covid mutation, vaccine wastage in interaction with officials

He also cautioned the officials on wastage of vaccine doses and said that even a single dose going waste denies someone protection shield

20 May 2021 1:39 PM

Citizens wait in a queue to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at ESIS Hospital in Navi Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Rockefeller Foundation recommends strategic roadmap to control COVID-19 in India

The Rockefeller report, outlines how India can strengthen its testing and tracing capacity to adapt to this moment

20 May 2021 11:39 AM

Citizens stand in a queue as they wait to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Tej Bahadur Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj. (Photo: PTI)

India records 2,76,110 COVID-19 cases; daily deaths below 4,000

The active cases have further reduced to 31,29,878, comprising 12.14 per cent of the total infections

20 May 2021 10:34 AM

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