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A man wears a face mask as he passes by graffiti reading No vaccine, No tracking, No COVID. (AP)

Coronavirus vaccine should be mandatory in Australia: PM

Anticipating a backlash from vocal anti-vaccine activists, Morrison said the stakes were too high to allow the disease...

20 Aug 2020 7:52 AM

A health worker holds the used vials of Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive in the outskirts of Jammu. (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | The real story behind India's success in 1 bn vaccine...

On August 7, 2020, the SII, the country's largest private vaccine manufacturer, signed an agreement with the global...

25 Oct 2021 8:05 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during the G20 Extraordinary Summit on Afghanistan, via video conferencing, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Speed up: PM Modi to vaccine makers

He urged the companies to speed up the production of more doses in order to cover more population by December end

24 Oct 2021 6:17 AM

PM Modi emphasised the centuries-old people-to-people ties between India and Afghanistan and mentioned that over the last two decades, India has contributed to promoting socio-economic development and capacity building of youth and women in Afghanistan. (PTI)

PM Modi misleading country on vaccinations: Congress

Vallabh also alleged that 'the PM gave the data which is semi-baked, as half-truth is very dangerous'

22 Oct 2021 11:31 AM

A health worker prepares to administer a dose of Covaxin during a vaccination drive against COVID-19 in New Delhi. (Photo: AP)

India to cross 100cr vaccine mark today

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

19 Oct 2021 10:21 PM

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...

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

14 Oct 2021 8:53 PM

A health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine at Zainoel Abidin hospital in Banda Aceh. (Photo: AFP)

EU to propose 9-month limit on covid vaccine validity for travel

Some of the current thresholds for including countries on the list from which non-essential travel is allowed would be...

25 Nov 2021 9:49 AM

Licensed practical nurse Yokasta Castro, of Warwick, R.I., draws a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine into a syringe at a mass vaccination clinic, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass. U.S. regulators have opened up COVID-19 booster shots to all and more adults, Friday, Nov. 19, letting them choose another dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. (AP)

US opens COVID boosters to all adults, urges them for 50+

Under the new rules, anyone 18 or older can choose either a Pfizer or Moderna booster six months after their last dose

20 Nov 2021 10:02 AM

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a vaccination centre in Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

96 countries mutually agree to recognise COVID-19 vaccination...

For those who wish to travel abroad, the international travel vaccination certificate can also be downloaded from the...

9 Nov 2021 12:58 PM

Data gathered from New South Wales also showed vaccination reduced the risk of infection more than 10-fold compared to those who were unvaccinated. (Bloomberg)

Vaccinated 16 times less likely to die from Covid, study shows

The results add to a growing body of evidence that the vaccines' protection against severe disease and death holds up...

9 Nov 2021 9:46 AM

A health worker prepares a dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a vaccination centre in Rajawadi Hospital in Mumbai. (Photo: AFP)

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

1 Nov 2021 1:50 PM

A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for Covid-19 test, in the wake of recent surge in Coronavirus cases. (DC file photo)

Indranil Banerjie | Can South Asians work as one, herald a better...

Despair was the dominant theme in the South Asian subcontinent during 2021

30 Dec 2021 6:25 PM