Pfizer seeks nod for vaccine, local trial exemption
With Pfizer India this week becoming the first pharma firm to seek “emergency use authorisation” (EUA) for its Covid-19 vaccine…
Hit by Covid-19 lockdown, dabbawalas of Mumbai get ready to don a new avatar
Failing to kickstart their iconic tiffin service after the coronavirus-induced lockdown, the famous dabbawalas of Mumbai are planning new ventures.…
SII seeks emergency use authorisation for Oxford Covid vaccine Covishield in India
The Serum Institute of India on Sunday became the first indigenous company to apply to the Drugs Controller General of…
Haryana health minister Anil Vij tests Covid-19 positive
Haryana health minister Anil Vij said on Saturday he has tested positive for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and has been…
20 more die in Punjab, 19 in Haryana as national Covid cases cross 96-lakh mark
India’s COVID-19 caseload rose to 96.08 lakh with 36,652 new cases in a day, while 90,58,822 people have recuperated…
Moderna vaccine provides immunity from coronavirus for at least 3 months, says study
Anew study has revealed that the Moderna coronavirus vaccine can provide immunity from coronavirus for at least three months. The…
PM to chair all-party meeting on Covid-19 today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to interact with leaders of various political parties from both Houses of Parliament on…
SC stays Gujarat HC’s mask order, directs state govt to ensure vigorous adherence of Covid-19 rules
The Supreme Court Thursday stayed the Gujarat High Court order that made it mandatory for those violating the face mask…
No night curfew in national capital: Delhi govt informs HC
Amid a surge of coronavirus cases in Delhi-NCR, Noida on Wednesday started random testing at borders for people coming from…
On coronavirus vaccine in India, AIIMS Director hopeful of emergency use approval by December-end
With Covid-19 vaccines in the final stages of testing in India and the government working on a vaccine distribution plan,…
Never mistake COVID pneumonia for regular pneumonia; a pulmonologist explains why
Ever since the COVID 19 pandemic shook the world, the diverse symptoms and effects of the infection are being studied and discussed.…
US covid cases found as early as December 2019, says study
The revelations in the paper by researchers from the CDC reinforce the growing understanding that the coronavirus was silently circulating…
Facing loss as police force us to close by 9 pm: Eatery owners
A week after a man was murdered outside a restaurant at Infocity area of Gandhinagar following a ruckus between two…
COVID-19 drives 40% spike in number of people needing humanitarian aid, U.N. says
The Covid-19 pandemic hasfueled a four-hundredth increase within the range of individuals needing humanitarian help round the globe, the international organization aforesaid on Tuesday, because it appealed for roughly $35 billion to assist several of these expected to be…
Novel coronavirus may enter brain via nose, finds new study
Gogoi, beginning 2001, Assam left behind decades of turmoil caused by militancy and went ahead on a path of peace…
Arvind Kejriwal issues directives to reduce price for covid tests in Delhi’s private labs
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said he has issued directives to reduce the price of the RT-PCR test in the…
Gadkari confident India will get COVID-19 vaccine as early as possible
Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Monday expressed confidence that India will get a COVID-19 vaccine “as early as possible” and overcome the pandemic to…
Vaccine optimism puts gold on course for worst month in 4 years
Gold fell on Monday en route to its worst month in four years, as optimism over a coronavirus vaccine-led economic revival prompted…
Rajasthan BJP MLA Kiran Maheshwari dies after testing positive for Covid
BJP leader and MLA from Rajsamand in Rajasthan Kiran Maheshwari, who had tested positive for coronavirus, died at a hospital…
Amid pandemic, fewer taking preventive HIV medicine: survey
Around 80% of HIV care workers have reported a decline in preventive prescriptions for persons at risk of contracting the…