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International Women's Day: Women in UP get priority for Covid-19 jab

To mark the International Women's Day on Monday, the state health department of the Uttar Pradesh government is planning to prioritise women for its vaccination drive against Covid-19

India's massive Covid vaccine campaign boosted by PM Modi receiving shot

Almost 21 million shots have been administered in India so far, up from 5.4 million a month ago

Punjab chief secretary holds meeting to tackle second wave of Covid-19

The Chief Secretary directed the Health and Medical Education Departments to strengthen their treatment facilities to deal with the second wave and fill their remaining vacancies on priority

Raw material shortage may affect scaling up of Covishield production

Last week, Adar Poonawalla had said on a World Bank panel that a US law blocking the export of key items like bags and filters will likely cause "serious bottlenecks" in vaccine production

'Partial lockdown' in Maharashtra's Aurangabad during Mar 11-Apr 4

In view of the spike in coronavirus cases, the administration in Maharashtra's Aurangabad on Sunday decided to impose a "partial lockdown" in the district between March 11 and April 4

Covid-19 pandemic hit India's women labourers the hardest, shows data

India's LFPR was 50.2% according to the Periodic Labour Force Survey 2018-19. The pandemic further pushed people out of work

Delhi Budget may have allocation for free vaccine shots at govt hospitals

The Budget is slated to be presented in the Assembly session starting Monday

We are in the endgame of Covid-19 pandemic in India: Vardhan

To succeed at this stage politics should be kept out the Covid-19 vaccination drive, Vardhan said

ReNew Power to provide free Covid-19 vaccination to employees, families

Clean energy firm ReNew Power has decided to provide Covid-19 vaccination free of cost to its 1,500 employees as well as their families

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Nationwide virus reproduction value rises again

Study shows virus variants in India have multiple origins, protocols in place to control crowd size at upcoming Kumbh Mela-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Six states showing steep rise in daily new Covid-19 cases: Govt

The Union Health Ministry on Sunday said that the six states of Punjab, Karnataka, Gujarat, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Maharashtra were reported a high number of new single-day Covid-19 cases.

Pakistan's Covid-19 cases rise by 50% in less than two weeks, says report

Pakistan has witnessed a rise in the number of Covid-19 cases by 50% ever since the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) eased restrictions late last month, reported Dawn.

India turned world's pharmacy amid Covid-19 pandemic: PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India has turned into world's pharmacy and many foreign nations have expressed confidence in the country's medicines during the Covid-19 crisis.

Sri Lanka receives Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines under COVAX Facility

Sri Lanka on Sunday received the first batch of 264,000 doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccines provided under the World Health Organisation's COVAX facility

Global Covid-19 caseload tops 116.4 mn with more than 2.58 mn deaths

The total number of global Covid-19 cases has topped 116.4 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.58 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University.

SOPs outlined for vaccination of healthcare workers, frontline staff

The Centre has outlined SOPs for vaccination of healthcare workers and frontline staff who could not get registered for it through the CoWIN app for some reasons

Post coronavirus pandemic Budget will be promising, says Telangana CM

Chandrashekar Rao has hinted that the 2021-2022 state annual Budget would be promising while adding that Budget Session of the Telangana Legislature might take place in the middle of this month

Covid-19 vaccination centre set up in Parliament complex for eligible MPs

The vaccine will be administered on all working days by trained health care workers. Family members of the MPs too will get vaccines

Nepal to administer second dose of Covid-19 vaccine from April 20

Nepal will administer the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from April 20 to April 28 to those who have received the first shot of the vaccine from January 27 and February 12.

Covid-19 vaccination drive in Bengaluru to intensify from next week

Bengaluru civic body commissioner N Manjunath Parasad directed health officers to ramp up Covid vaccine drive as well as increase the testing also and keep a check on rise in the Covid-19 cases.