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Covid-19 vaccines must be given to states for free: Bengal to Supreme Court

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi, seeking increased supply of medical oxygen for Covid treatment

Setback for Centre, SC refuses to scrap HC order on oxygen supply to K'taka

The Supreme Court on Friday refused to interfere with the Karnataka High Court order, asking the Centre to increase the daily oxygen allocation for the state from 965 MT to 1200 MT.

Oxygen crisis over, all Delhiites will be inoculated in 3 months: Kejriwal

SC directs Centre to supply 700 MT oxygen to Capital on a daily basis

Covid-19 vaccine: PM Modi seeks Australia's support for temporary IP waiver

The development comes in the wake of the US backing temporarily suspending intellectual property protection for Covid-19 vaccines

Under-40s in UK to get an alternative to Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation (JCVI) update extends its previous advice for all under-30s to be given an alternative jab

Pfizer aims for full FDA approval of Covid vaccine for people 16 and above

Pfizer Chief Executive Albert Bourla said in a statement that the companies are aiming to win full regulatory approval in the coming months

Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is highly effective against variants, studies find

Previous research suggested that B.1.1.7 is more infectious and more deadly than other variants, but that vaccines still worked well against it

Third Covid-19 wave may not happen if strong steps taken, says govt

On Wednesday, Raghavan had said third wave was 'inevitable'

Wall Street giants get swept up by India's brutal coronavirus wave

India's total coronavirus infections have risen to 21.5 million, of which about a third were added since mid-April

Amid supply crunch, private hospitals eyeing import of Covid-19 vaccines

Two major hospital groups, Apollo Hospitals and Fortis Healthcare, said they are open to exploring opportunities to import

Over 300 pharma, healthcare companies eligible for new Covid loans: Crisil

Hospitals to gain most with up to 3.5% dip on cost of funds; may add half a million beds, says rating agency

Covid-19 loans: Banks using their own resources to get the benefit

Earlier, option of earning 40 bps extra was for banks using RBI's Rs 50,000-cr window

India could see 1 million Covid-19 deaths by August 1, says Lancet

The editorial in the medical journal has quoted Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation data

Flipkart to pay 100% premium towards Covid-19 insurance for all its sellers

The offer holds for policies between Rs 50,000 and Rs 3 lakh; exempted storage fees for MSME partners

Decoded: Why Supreme Court wants oxygen policy revised amid Covid-19

LMO, or medical grade oxygen, is not usually a controlled product but because of the pandemic, the Centre assumed the powers to direct supply from all producers

How MapmyIndia CEO Rohan Verma is helping India battle against Covid-19

As his company helps keep oxygen tankers on track, Verma tells Jyoti Mukul it's high time technology was scaled up so that India never encounters such chaos and inefficiencies again

Covid-19 pandemic: Oxygen concentrators seized from 2 Khan Market eateries

According to the police, 96 oxygen concentrators were recovered from Khan Chacha and nine were seized from Town Hall

Coronavirus LIVE updates: WHO approves China's Sinopharm vaccine

Coronavirus live updates: Among states with a rapid surge in infections, Maharashtra reported 62194 cases, Karnataka 49058 cases, Kerala 42464 cases, UP 26780 cases. Stay tuned for corona-related news

Bengal logs highest one-day spike of 19,216 Covid-19 cases, 112 more deaths

West Bengal registered its highest single-day spike of 19,216 Covid-19 cases, which pushed the tally to 9,54,282

J-K sees sharpest single-day spike of 5,443 Covid-19 cases, 50 more die

Jammu and Kashmir recorded its biggest single-day jump of 5,443 Covid-19 cases that pushed its infection tally to 2,06,954 while 50 more fatalities took the death toll to 2,612, officials said.