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Govt asks Maharashtra to buy vaccines to meet demand amid rising cases

Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry and Haryana are some of the states to have brought back fresh Covid-19 protocol, especially the mask mandate

Govt to meet e-pharmacy firms soon to address regulations concerns

Senior government sources indicated that the government is in favour of e-prescription, but wants to tread cautiously when it comes to e-pharmacies, given the wider implications

Daily Covid-19 tests up 84% in a month, just shy of 140,000 mark: ICMR data

Technicians conducting over 60,000 more tests daily than a month ago; slight drop in number of positive cases at 5,357, though daily and weekly positivity rates are still above 3%

How reward-driven are top-level appointments to World Bank and IMF?

Opinion is divided on the issue, with one section of experts and seasoned politicians claiming meritocracy isn't always at play, while another puts the choice down to plain pragmatism

Centre tells states to conduct Covid mock drills in hospitals as cases rise

At the current rate, India is conducting 100 tests per million, according to the health ministry

Highest single day rise of Covid cases in India in 163 days: Govt data

While doctors have said that cases are milder, an increased number of infections are being seen among health workers

Water charges collected belong solely to the community: Drinking water secy

In a Q&A, Vini Mahajan says the Jal Jeevan Mission is now moving at a frenetic pace that they are taking it one day at a time

People rush back to vaccination centres as Covid-19 scare resurfaces

Hospitals check equipment, trial run of oxygen plants ahead of mock drills

NCLAT's 'effects analysis' order on Google may hinder other big tech probes

Present competition law does not provide for effects analysis. Conducting one would mean letting anti-competitive practices continue and taking action once adverse effects have already been created

Our record on vaccine booster shots for Covid is pathetic: Virologist

'Every crack will be used by virus to spread', says T Jacob John, a former professor of Vellore's Christian Medical College

40% jump in cases in a day: Will a fresh wave of Covid-19 hit India?

India continues to report a spike, but experts are divided on whether the surge is a wave yet or a ripple

International arbitration in India: One step forward with new rules

The Bar Council's latest rules go a long way but there are some major hurdles to India's evolution as a global arbitral centre

Competition Bill with host of changes passed in Lok Sabha amid uproar

Changes include working of penalty on global turnover of companies; bill has introduced a deal value threshold to enable CCI to review transactions depending upon their value

Cracking the whip: 18 drug companies lose licence over spurious medicines

Move comes after Drugs Controller General of India conducts inspection on 76 drug firms in 20 states

Experts seek consensus on long Covid definition, bat for treatment protocol

One study found that 65 million patients, or 10% of the 651 million confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide, have long-Covid. For hospitalised cases, the rate rose to 50-70%

Centre asks states to ramp up Covid-19 preparedness as cases rise

At 1,890, India's Covid-19 count rises to five-month high

Covid cases hit five-month high, weekly deaths at 29, highest since Dec

Experts worldwide though aren't pressing the panic button just yet, buoyed by the great wall of immunity

Govt seeks to fill up posts with hires from non-IAS pool, sparks debate

The decision to extend the application date for head of the competition watchdog underlines the old debate over reserving regulatory heads exclusively for administrative service officers

PM holds Covid meeting amid renewed concerns, says 'pandemic far from over'

The high-level meeting, chaired by the PM, came against the backdrop of a spike in influenza as well as Covid-19 cases in the past two weeks

About half of world's urban population to face water scarcity by 2050

26% of the world's population doesn't have access to safe drinking water