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Covid-19: Serum Institute to halt trial of Oxford vaccine after DCGI notice

On Tuesday, AstraZeneca had decided to stop trials after a participant fell sick with an unexplained illness.

Suicides by businesspeople: Seeking help is necessary, say psychiatrists

A total of 9,052 such cases were seen in 2019, an increase of 13.3 per cent over the previous year

Delhi airport gets over 45,000 applicants for quarantine exemption

According to the website, over 78,700 passengers applied for self-declaration through this portal, of which only 78,663 passengers were found to be asymptomatic.

Uttar Pradesh govt permits resumption of inter-state bus services

The Uttar Pradesh government has given its nod for resumption of inter-state bus services from the state, an official statement said here

Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing Covid-19 deaths: ICMR

The Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing death due to the coronavirus, the India Council of Medical Research revealed in a study

What Serum Institute's persistence on Oxford vaccine trials means for India

The company is going ahead regardless of AsraZeneca pausing trials in UK after an adverse impact was reported

IMF says Covid-19 economic crisis 'far from over', more support needed

The IMF has provided emergency funding to 75 countries, including 47 low-income countries, and said it was ready to provide further support to a wider range of middle-income countries

DCGI issues notice to Serum Institute over Oxford's Covid trial suspension

The DGCI sought an immediate reply saying else "it shall be construed that you have no explanation to offer and action deemed fit will be taken against you"

Centre's Covid-19 aid to Telangana is 'next to nothing', says KCR

Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao said on Wednesday that the assistance provided by the Centre to the state for handling the Covid-19 situation is next to nothing

Maharashtra: Nanded records 408 new Covid-19 cases; tally nears 10,000

As many as 408 persons tested positive for coronavirus infection in Nanded district of Maharashtra on Wednesday, taking the tally in the region to 9,986, an official said

Delhi records over 4,000 new Covid-19 cases, highest single-day spike yet

Delhi recorded 4,039 fresh Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest single-day spike so far, as the tally breached the two lakh-mark, whilethe death toll mounted to 4,638, authorities said

J&K reports 1,617 new Covid-19 cases, its highest single-day spike yet

As many as 1,617 more persons tested coronavirus positive in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, the highest single-day spike so far, as the total number surged to 47,542

Gujarat's coronavirus case count goes up by 1,329, death toll by 16

Gujarat's coronavirus tally rose to 1,08,295 with the addition of 1,329 new cases on Wednesday, the state health department said

Syngene-HiMedia's Elisa test kit for Covid-19 gets ICMR approval

The product will be launched once it receives approval from the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation next

Mizoram reports its highest single-day spike of 69 coronavirus cases

Mizoram on Wednesday reported its highest single-day spike of Covid-19 cases with 69 more people, including 48 Border Security Force (BSF) personnel testing positive for the disease

Noida: Covid-19 death toll rises to 48; biggest spike in cases in 24 hours

Uttar Pradesh's Gautam Buddh Nagar recorded one more fatality linked to Covid-19, pushing the district's death toll to 48, official data showed

Jharkhand reports 2,652 new Covid-19 cases, 19 additional fatalities

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 55,296 as 2,652 more people tested positive for the infection, while 19 fresh fatalities pushed the state's coronavirus death toll to 503, a health bulletin said

Uttar Pradesh reports 6,711 new Covid-19 cases, 66 additional deaths

Sixty-six more people died of COVID-19 in Uttar Pradesh, pushing the death toll to 4,112, while 6,711 fresh cases took the state's infection tally to 2,85,041, according to an official bulletin issued

Fauci says Astrazeneca vaccine pause unfortunate but a safety valve

Anthony Fauci said that AstraZeneca's decision to pause global trials of its coronavirus vaccine was unfortunate but not an uncommon safety precaution in a vaccine development process

India reports 74,894 recoveries in last 24 hours, recovery rate at 77.7%

With 74,894 recoveries reported in the last 24 hours, India's recovery rate now stands at 77.77 per cent, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed