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Covid-19-hit athlete Milkha Singh stable, on oxygen support, say doctors

AthleteMilkha Singh, who won multiple gold medals in sprint at 1958 and 1962 Asian Games and was admitted to hospital after he contracted Covid-19, is stable on oxygen support, doctors said

Mumbai records lowest Covid-19 death count since April 13 at 34

Mumbai reported 34 fresh fatalities due to COVID-19 on Wednesday, the lowest single-day death count after April 13, while the caseload crossed the 7-lakh mark

Retain infra built against Covid-19 till vaccination of majority: Expert

The country should retain the medical infrastructure built to combat the COVID-19 pandemic till the large majority of the population is vaccinated, a medical expert said on Wednesday.

Govt looking into securing part of J&J vaccines for Indian market: Report

The sources privy to the discussions said another US pharma company, Moderna, does not have surplus jabs to share in 2021, and is expected to launch a single-dose Covid-19 vaccine in India next year.

Team India must come together to fight Covid-19, says Arvind Kejriwal

Citing "massive" vaccine shortage in the country, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said India will lose the COVID battle if the Centre and states fail to combat the fatal virus together

PM Narendra Modi's public presence during two Covid-19 pandemic waves

Three charts look back at the Prime Minister's engagements through the two Covid waves and series of lockdowns since March 2020

Covid LIVE: PM Modi thanks French President for aid, invites him to India

Coronavirus live updates: India reported 208,921 fresh Covid-19 infections today, taking the caseload tally to 27,157,795. Death toll stands at 311,388. Stay tuned for corona-related news

SoftBank-backed Ola completes vaccination for over 50% staff and dependents

The drive is live in Bengaluru where most of its employees are, and will expand to other cities in the weeks ahead as vaccine supplies improve

Ramdev should be booked under sedition charges: IMA in letter to PM

This is for alleged misinformation campaign on vaccination and challenging government protocols for treatment of Covid

Railways will be remembered for contribution to fight against Covid: Goyal

Goyal also said 'Oxygen Express' trains have served the nation in an extraordinary manner

China-like discipline not possible, focus on upgrading health infra: HC

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday said the state government should ramp up health infrastructure keeping in mind that there could be a third or even a fourth wave of coronavirus

'An out-of-body experience': What it's like to be in India's Covid crisis

Fear, grief and boredom pervade the lives of those contending with the country's severe outbreak. Their solace: family, friends and their own efforts to help others

Way to curb Covid variants is by increasing vaccination: Virologist Kang

Kang said variants are many, but variants that escape immunity are few.

Azam Khan's condition serious but under control, says hospital

Senior Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan's condition is serious but under control, the private hospital where he is undergoing treatment for COVID-19 said on Wednesday.

'India-bashing should stop': Anand Mahindra on country's Covid response

Several users lauded the industrialist for calling out those only criticising Indian's Covid response but not giving any constructive suggestions.

How big is India's true Covid toll? Least dire scenario shows 600k deaths

Even in the least dire of scenarios, estimated infections and deaths far exceed official figures. More pessimistic ones show a toll to the tune of millions of deaths

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Over 550 children orphaned amid second wave

Wockhardt offers to make 2 billion vaccine doses a year, antibiotics worsen superbug crisis, and more-news relevant to the country's fight against the pandemic

Covid positivity rate falls to 9.42%, recoveries continue to outnumber new cases

The count of single-day recoveries outnumbered that of new cases for the 13th consecutive day

Delhi records 1,491 new Covid cases, 130 fatalities; positivity rate 1.93%

The national capital had recorded 1,568 cases and 156 fatalities on Tuesday

Karnataka's tender for shots gets response from 2 firms to supply Sputnik

The Karnataka government had recently approved Rs 843 crore for the vaccine procurement.