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London school fights Covid-19 pandemic fallout with laptops and bean bags

Here's how people struggled to help their children study during the coronavirus lockdowns that shut their school for more than four months over the past year

Only 3.4% vaccinated, Priyanka Gandhi points out flaws in vaccine policy

Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday in her series "jimmedar Kaun" (Who is responsible?) highlighted the flaws in vaccine distribution

Puducherry coronavirus update: Daily Covid count below 1,000 for fourth day

Puducherry continued to record less than 1,000 daily cases for a fourth consecutive day, with 979 fresh additions on Tuesday, taking the overall tally to 105,000

Covid-19: Sri Lanka reopens international airport in the midst of lockdown

Sri Lanka reopened its international airport for passengers in the midst of the current Covid-19 lockdown with the first flight with 53 passengers landing from Qatar

Goa coronavirus update: Covid-19 positivity drops to 20% in one month

The test positivity rate in Goa has now come down to 19 per cent, as against 51 per cent a month back, according to the state government

States, UTs have stock of more than 15.7 million Covid-19 vaccines: Centre

More than 15.7 crore vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs to be administered, the Union health ministry has said

Study finds a new way of predicting the efficacy of Covid-19 vaccines

A study has identified the immune response associated with protection from Covid-19. The discovery is likely to help reduce the time it takes to develop new vaccines

Medical association Vs Baba Ramdev: 5 things to know about the controversy

Yoga guru Baba Ramdev has angered medical professionals with his remarks about allopathy and its treatment for coronavirus.

Centre's Covid vaccine procurement policy against federalism: Jharkhand CM

Soren urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to provide free vaccines to states for beneficiaries of all age groups

AstraZeneca vax 2nd dose FAQs about blood clots, safety, risks and symptoms

Rare but serious blood clots that have been linked the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine have many people especially those who have already had one dose of the vaccine looking for information

Rahul Gandhi again targets Centre's efforts to check black fungus issue

Expressing concern over a rise in black fungus or Mucormycosis cases in India, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi again targeted the central government on its efforts to curb the rise in fungal infections

India reports fewest daily new Covid cases in 50 days; deaths below 3,000

India reported 127,510 new infections- its lowest total in 50 days - while 2,795 more succumbed to the pandemic in 24 hours

'Cooperative federalism' in Covid: Kerala's Vijayan writes to non-BJP CMs

If the burden of procuring the vaccine is left entirely or even substantially on the states, their fiscal situation would be in dire straits, Vijayan said

Thane coronavirus update: 512 new cases, 34 more deaths reported

Thane has added 512 new cases of coronavirus, raising the infection count in the Maharashtra district to 5,16,364

Covid-19 pandemic: Uttar Pradesh to conduct sero survey from June 4

The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh will conduct a 'Sero Survey' in the state in order to ascertain the prevalence of coronavirus in the urban and rural areas of the state

Andaman and Nicobar coronavirus update: 21 new cases, 1 fresh fatality

The Covid-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 7,005 on Tuesday, while the Union territory's coronavirus death toll reached 115

US Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer expresses solidarity with India

The Senate majority leader expressed concern over the sudden spike in COVID-19 cases in India and both sides discussed how the two countries are working together

Ethnic diversity helps identify more diabetes-related genomic regions

By including multi-ethnic participants, a large-scale genetic study by the University of Exeter has identified more regions of the genome linked to type-2 diabetes-related traits

Australian court upholds ban on most international travel for citizens

An Australian court on Tuesday rejected a challenge to the federal government's draconian power to prevent most citizens from leaving the country so that they don't bring Covid-19 home

Philippines extends ban on travel from India, six other countries

The Philippines government has extended the ban on inbound travel from seven countries, including India, until June 15 to prevent transmission of the Covid-19 variant, B.1617