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Astrazeneca is yellow, Pfizer green: Hungary's Covid vaccine-themed treats

At a patisserie in the small town of Vere­segyhaz, the choice is between a selection of layered mousses with colourful jelly toppings, presented in small glasses, with decorative syringes on top

Tejas fighter jet's oxygen plant pressed into coronavirus duty

Defence minister also offers to deploy retired officers on pandemic service

India's digital backbone for vaccination is remarkable: Nandan Nilekani

Says India is the only nation where anyone gets a digital vaccination certificate immediately. This can be printed, can be on one's smartphone or in the Digital Locker, and is QR coded

India Inc braces to vaccinate all employees, seeks more clarity on supply

Godrej, RIL, Tatas and Infosys are striking procurement deals with vax makers

Coronavirus LIVE: Fight is to save India from complete lockdown, says PM

Coronavirus live updates: India has added 1,532,388 Covid cases in the last 7 days, followed by the US (493,159) and Brazil (460,528). Stay tuned for corona-related news

Covid-19: Govt waives import duty on Remdesivir injection, raw materials

Given the shortage of supplies, the Union government last week banned the export of Remdesivir

Govt acting with sensitivity, speed to meet increased oxygen demand: Modi

He also said the government has now allowed vaccination for every adult starting May 1

Mumbai's coronavirus mortality rate at 0.03%: Civic commissioner

The city has been seeing a surge in cases

FSSAI writes to states for ensuring no disruption in food supply chain

This comes amid curfews and semi-lockdown in many parts of the country.

Covid: Delhi HC asks Centre why wait till May 1 to vaccinate everyone

Pandemic does not discriminate and therefore, all need to be vaccinated. Young people being hit hard this time, Delhi HC tells Centre

PM urges vaccine makers to scale up production, assures maximum support

The Prime Minister assured all possible support and smooth approval process for the vaccine candidates which are currently under trial phase

Kerala records highest single day spike of 19,577 coronavirus cases

Total caseload at 1.2 million infections

Tamil Nadu reports over 10,000 new Covid-19 cases for 3rd straight day

Caseload at 1,013,378

Vaccine liberalisation to fasten drive, incentivise manufacturers: Vardhan

The government plans to open up the rollout to any one over the age of 18 from May 1

Top headlines: HC slams Centre's vaccination policy; Nestle Q1 net up 15%

Boeing 737Max allowed to overfly India, state govt imposes nearly 60-hr-long weekend curfew in entire UP and other top news of the day

UP's Covid toll surpasses 10K with 162 more deaths; 29,754 new cases

The state has been seeing a surge in cases

Covid: Complete lockdown in Maharashtra? CM may announce tomorrow

The Maharashtra cabinet favours a "strict lockdown": minister

Kejriwal asks Centre's help as some hospitals left with few hours of oxygen

Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday urged the Centre to provide medical oxygen to Delhi

Reliance raises oxygen supply to over 700 tonnes a day to Covid-hit states

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd has tweaked manufacturing at its Jamnagar oil refineries

Why wait till Apr 22 to ban oxygen for industrial use, Delhi HC asks Centre

HC says if nothing done to augment oxygen supply, country will head for bigger disaster; first priority has to be to save lives