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The study covers vaccination with the Pfizer/BioNtech, Moderna and AstraZeneca jabs. (Representational image: AFP)

Vaccines prevent severe Covid, even from Delta: study

The researchers compared the outcomes of 11 million vaccinated people with 11 million unvaccinated subjects

11 Oct 2021 6:04 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi to review vaccine drive in 40 low-coverage districts

The meeting will include districts with less than 50 per cent coverage of the first dose and low coverage of the second...

1 Nov 2021 2:00 AM

The deniers of vaccination who pose a puzzle are those who have no such complete theory of the universe. What they have instead is the Internet through which the most abject nonsense is spread. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Farrukh Dhondy | Time for all to get Covid jabs; don't listen to...

There are millions of idiots around the world who are anti-vaccers

15 Jan 2021 6:30 PM

The Union government must use technology to the optimum to ensure that vaccine wastage is brought to a minimum. (Photo: AFP)

AA Edit | Rural surge scary, act now to stop second Covid wave

While the first phase of Covid wave was in the metros and big cities of the country, the recent surge is reported from...

18 March 2021 11:26 PM

About 400 million Indians have no access to the Internet. Far fewer women have access to cellphones and Internet services. (Photo: AFP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | All must get vaccine: Say no to class, digital...

The euphoria about getting the jab seems to be confined so far to the better-off sections of society

11 March 2021 6:43 PM

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Anita Katyal | On Azad, Cong misfired twice; how's Tomar for new MP...

It may appear far-fetched but there is a connection between the West Bengal election and Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh...

6 March 2021 10:58 PM

If you have taken the shot before anybody else in your circle -- your bhav goes up instantly! (Representational Photo: AFP)

Shobhaa De | I've vaxxed Have you? Jab' as a status symbol

Meanwhile, Bollywood is all a-flutter dealing with the income tax raids on handpicked filmwallahs

5 March 2021 11:28 PM

Vaccine manufacturers have been asked to supply 50 per cent of their stock to the Centre, and split the rest 50 per cent between state governments and the open market. (Photo: AP)

Over 18-yr-olds can get Covid shot from May 1

In another major shift in vaccine policy, the Centre also allowed states to directly procure vaccine doses from...

19 April 2021 7:16 PM

Even as government health advisories tell ordinary people to observe social distancing, avoid big crowds and wear masks at all times, there is ample evidence of many politicians on the campaign trail doing just the opposite. (Representational Photo: AP)

Patralekha Chatterjee | As Covid-19 spikes, the season of fear is back

We got here because of complacency, by ignoring early alerts by health experts

7 April 2021 10:51 PM

PM Modi was speaking at the release of the eighth installment of financial benefits under the PM-Kisan scheme via video conferencing. (Photo: PTI)

PM Modi reviews COVID situation, says localised containment strategies...

Modi sought empowering ASHA and anganwadi workers with all necessary tools

15 May 2021 7:02 PM

Karan Thapar | Mind the gap: Covishield's 2nd jab sets off controversy

Paradoxically, three days after India's May decision, and because of the threat of the Delta variant, the UK reduced the...

24 Jun 2021 7:10 PM

A health worker administers the Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive against COVID-19 in Hyderabad. (Photo:AP)

Kerala facing severe vaccine shortage, says Health Minister

Health Minister Veena George said the state requires 60 lakh doses of vaccine for August

26 July 2021 7:02 PM