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Amid Covid surge, Allahabad HC orders lockdown in 5 UP cities till April 26

All shopping complexes and malls shall remain closed during this period and all grocery shops and other commercial shops, excluding medical shops, with more than three workers shall also remain closed

Punjab imposes stricter curbs as coronavirus infections increase

Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday ordered stricter restrictions beginning on Tuesday, including extension of night curfew timings from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m.

Investment advisers cannot charge implementation fee for advisory: Sebi

Investment advisers can offer execution services for their advisory clients but without charging any commission or fees: Sebi

Delhi sees over 500 per cent jump in Covid containment zones since April 1

The number of containment zones in the national capital has jumped to 13,259 from 2,183 on April 1

Covid-19 lockdown in Delhi: What's allowed and what's not for next 6 days

Lockdown in Delhi from 10 pm tonight till 5 am on April 26, 2021

Coronavirus: Metro services truncated during Delhi's six-day lockdown

This comes amid an exponential rise in coronavirus cases.

Second Covid-19 wave in Delhi likely to peak within a week: Experts

The second wave of coronavirus in Delhi is likely to peak within a week after possibly hitting a positivity rate of 50 per cent before the numbers start to go down: Experts

HC directs Centre, AAP govt to disclose number of beds in hospitals

Caseloads are surging in Delhi and across the country as well

Delhi liquor shops witness long queues as city goes for lockdown

The Delhi government announced a week long lockdown in the national capital due to the rising Covid cases

DATA STORY: India's daily Covid test positivity rate goes past 20%

India has so far vaccinated 123,852,566 people. That is 837.52 per cent of its total caseload, and 8.9054 per cent of its population

European Union to purchase 100 million more Covid-19 vaccine doses

Pharmaceutical company BioNTech and its US partner Pfizer say they will provide 100 million more doses

Covid-19: Over 12.2 million people vaccinated in Maharashtra so far

Many states are grappling to vaccinate at a quick pace amid a surge in cases

Adults to be reinfected to study immune response in UK Covid trial

Healthy young adults who have previously contracted Covid-19 will be recruited

Wearing two fitted masks may double protection against Covid-19: Study

This can help in preventing virus particles from reaching the wearer's nose and mouth and causing Covid-19, according to a study

Covid: In both waves, 70% of patients above 40 years, says ICMR chief

Addressing media, ICMR Director General Balram Bhargava said there is no difference in deaths between first and second wave among hospitalised patients

Bengal govt has formed task force to tackle Covid-19 surge: Mamata

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday urged people not to panic over the worsening Covid-19 situation

India to fund capacity boost at SII as Covishield supply runs short: Report

Serum Institute of India has sought Rs 3,000 cr to increase its monthly capacity to more than 100 mn doses by the end of May, from up to 70 mn currently

Complete closure in Delhi not a solution: Retailers' association

The association called for a balance between lives and livelihood.

Raj: Doubling rate of Covid cases at 45 days, death rate also increasing

The doubling rate of coronavirus cases in Rajasthan has dropped to 45 days as compared to 94 days just over a week ago

Cong-ruled states busy raising doubts over vaccines: Vardhan slams Manmohan

Responding to Singh's letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Vardhan also said that the letter drafters of the senior Congress leader have done a great disservice to his standing