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Medical oxygen from Honeywell technology has saved 120,000 lives in India

Patented technology of US firm, which tied up with DRDO last month, to save 66,500 more people in July-August

DATA STORY: Net increase in active cases for the first time since May 13

India has so far administered 364,847,549 vaccine doses. That is 1188.05 per cent of its total caseload, and 26.17 per cent of its population

India reports 45,892 new Covid-19 cases; 817 deaths in last 24 hours

India recorded 45,892 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours and 817 deaths, said the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Thursday

Global Covid-19 deaths reach 4 mn as India's numbers eclipse US, UK

Even as rapid vaccine rollouts allow life to start to return to normal in countries like the U.K. and U.S., it's taken just 82 days for the latest million deaths

World passes 'tragic milestone' of four million Covid-19 deaths: WHO

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world is at a perilous point in this Covid-19 pandemic

Global Covid-19 death toll hits 4-million mark amid rush to vaccinate

The global death toll from Covid-19 eclipsed 4 million Wednesday as the crisis increasingly becomes a race between the vaccine and the highly contagious delta variant

Delta strain overtakes Alpha variant to become dominant variant in US

The highly transmissible Delta strain has overtaken the Alpha variant to become the dominant variant in the US, according to new estimates from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Japan to declare coronavirus emergency lasting through Olympics Games

Japan is set to place Tokyo under a state of emergency that would last through the Olympics, fearing an ongoing Covid-19 surge will multiply during the Games

Chinese authorities lock down border town as Myanmar battles outbreak

Chinese authorities locked down a city bordering Myanmar on Wednesday, shutting most businesses and requiring residents to stay at home as a fresh outbreak of Covid-19 expanded

Despite Covid, Dubai welcomes 3.7 mn overseas visitors: Official data

International tourism hub Dubai welcomed 3.7 million overnight visitors during the 11-month period from July 2020 to May 2021, the tourism department here has said

UK's daily Covid-19 cases pass 32,000 for first time since January

Britain has reported another 32,548 coronavirus cases in the latest 24-hour period, the highest daily increase since January, according to official figures released on Wednesday

Manufacturing trouble: Covid robs Moradabad's Brass City of its polish

SMEs struggling, recovery slow; rise in key raw material cost hurting exporters

4 million doses of Pfizer, Moderna likely through COVAX by August

Indemnity issue to be settled to bring the two US vaccines through COVAX

Coronavirus: 2,743 fresh infections, 75 fatalities in Karnataka

The death toll rose to 35,601

Covid LIVE: Over 3.1 mn vaccine doses administered today, says govt

Today's coronavirus numbers: Bengaluru (715 cases), Mumbai 453 cases), Chennai (209 cases), Kolkata (59 cases), Delhi (79 cases). Stay tuned for corona-related news

Over 21.9 mn Covid vaccine doses sent to states from July's supply: Govt

The states have been advised to plan their COVID-19 vaccination sessions based on the availability of the vaccine doses.

No new Covid-19 cases in Mumbai's Dharavi for second time in July

The slum-dominated locality has recorded 6,905 COVID-19 cases so far, of which 6,525 patients have recovered from the infection and 21 are currently undergoing treatment

HC asks Centre on steps taken to create buffer stock of oxygen in Delhi

The court was informed by the Delhi government counsel that it has 419 metric tonne LMO in buffer as of now and it will be maintained and that the facility is being created at state hospital.

Covid: Variants of concern found in 174 districts, says health ministry

The highest numbers were in Maharashtra, Delhi, Punjab, Telangana, West Bengal and Gujarat

Kerala reports 15,600 fresh coronavirus infections; 148 fatalities

The death toll rose to 14,108