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Covid situation stabilising; positivity rate, active cases reducing: Govt

Eight states have more than 100,000 active cases while 18 states have over 15% positivity rate, says joint secretary in health ministry

Experts stress on strategies to tackle Covid among kids with co-morbidities

In India, 26% of the population is less than 14 years of age and nearly 7% are less than five-years-old

Tamil Nadu govt extends coronavirus lockdown for one week from May 24

Shops to remain open till 9 pm today and tomorrow

Covid: No global travel ban on India due to Covaxin, says Javadekar

The BJP on Saturday slammed former Madhya Pradesh chief minister Kamal Nath for allegedly linking a coronavirus variant with India

UP needs strong leadership to build back economy post-Covid: Akhilesh

Akhilesh Yadav on Saturday asked the BJP-led Uttar Pradesh government to shed politics and make operational the health centres opened during his regime

Covid: Education Ministry calls crucial meet Sunday on Class 12 board exams

Union minister Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' also sought inputs from all the stakeholders students, parents, teachers and others through social media on Saturday

Delhi sees lowest cases in nearly 2 months; positivity rate drops to 3.58%

The count has gone below the 3,000-mark since April 1, when 2,790 people tested positive for the viral disease

About 15 hospitals treating black fungus in Delhi: State health minister

Black fungus cases in the national capital are on the rise

At current supply, it'll take 30 months to vaccinate adults: Delhi CM to PM

Kejriwal, in a press conference, announced that vaccination for the 18-44 age group had been halted in the city due to lack of supply.

Why do we get vaccine shots in the arm? It's all about the muscle

Here's the science behind why we get most vaccines in our arm

Record 2.06 million coronavirus tests done in a day in India: Govt

This is the most done in a single day so far

India's consumer confidence worsens in May as Covid hits sentiment

The monthly Refinitiv-Ipsos Primary Consumer Sentiment Index (PCSI) for India, in May, has shown a sharp drop of 6.3 percentage points, over April 2021, amid Covid-19 fears

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Deaths stay elevated despite dip in cases

Another novel coronavirus detected in humans, diabetes and rampant use of steroids amid Covid increase risk of black fungus, and more-news relevant to India's fight against the pandemic

Covid: Production of Sputnik vaccine in India expected to start in August

Sputnik will be produced in India in 3 phases, says Indian Envoy to Russia

Delhi govt halts vaccination for 18-44 age group citing lack of doses

Delhi requires 8 million doses a month to vaccinate its youth. But it only received 1.6 million doses in May, says CM

Covid-19: How long do vaccine protections last? Science can't say for sure

The gap in knowledge and testing raises the prospect of heightened anxiety in the coming months for vaccine recipients wondering if they're still protected

MP CM announces unlock from June 1, says Covid situation under control

'We cannot keep the state locked forever, will have to lift restrictions in few days in a phased manner,' says Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Hero MotoCorp to resume operations at all manufacturing units from May 24

It had started single shift production at three of its plants -- Gurugram and Dharuhera in Haryana and at Haridwar in Uttarakhand -- from May 17

Govt agrees to priority vaccination for drivers operating O2 tankers: AIMTC

Apex transporters' body AIMTC on Saturday said the central government has agreed to its demand of priority vaccination for drivers operating tankers with liquid medical oxygen amid the pandemic

Probe ordered into Andhra 'ayurvedic Covid cure'; samples sent for analysis

The Nellore District Administration on Friday stopped the distribution of a "herbal medicine" that is being given as a 'cure for Covid-19' by an ayurvedic practitioner in Krishnapatnam village