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European Union and Covid-19: When a vaccine only adds to the trouble

European Union leaders no longer meet around a common oval summit table to broker their famed compromises

Maternal health should get priority even during Covid, say Experts

Experts said maternal health and family planning services should not be compromised and given due priority even in emergency situations like the Covid-19 pandemic

Maharashtra crosses 10 million vaccination mark even amid shortages

Maharashtra has administered Covid-19 vaccine doses to over one crore people so far, a senior health official said on Sunday.

Maharashtra to set up control rooms for smooth supply of Remdesivir

The Maharashtra government has decided to set up district-level control rooms to ensure smooth supply of Remdesivir injections and prevent hoarding and black-marketing of the drug

Delhi records 10,732 coronavirus cases, highest single-day spike so far

Delhi has recorded 10,732 fresh cases of COVID-19 in the last 24 hours which is the highest single-day surge in the national capital till date

Partial lockdown measures could impact movement of labour, goods: CII

Partial lockdown measures could impact the movement of labour and goods which would affect industrial production significantly, according to a CEO's survey

Coronavirus vaccination drive halted at 178 centres in Uttarakhand

Covid-19 vaccination drive was halted at 178 vaccination centres in four districts of Uttarakhand oas stocks of vaccines ran out and were resumed on Sunday after officials went and sourced more doses

Remdesivir shortage in Nagpur; Nitin Gadkari dials Sun Pharma chief

Union minister Nitin Gadkari has called up Sun Pharma's chief to arrange for 10,000 injections of Remdesivir in Nagpur in view of a shortage of the medicine here in Maharashtra

India's Covid active cases breach 1.1-mn mark, record daily high of 152,879

India's Covid-19 tally of cases climbed to 13,358,805, while the active cases breached the 1.1-mn mark for the first time since the outbreak of the pandemic

Telangana coronavirus update: 3,187 new Covid cases added, 7 deaths

Fresh Covid-19 cases in Telangana breached the 3,000-mark with 3,187 new infections pushing the tally to over 3.27 lakh, while the toll rose to 1,759 with seven more fatalities

Madhya Pradesh coronavirus update: Lockdown extended in Indore till Apr 19

The lockdown currently underway in Indore which was initially scheduled to end on Monday, i.e. April 12, has now been extended till 6

Global coronavirus update: Caseload tops 135 million, says Johns Hopkins

The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 135 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 2.92 million

5,754 new coronavirus cases in Maharashtra's Thane, 24 more deaths

With the addition of5,754 new cases of coronavirus, the infection count in Thane district of Maharashtra has reached 373,364

No more than 5 people allowed at a time to enter religious places in UP

In view of the surge in Covid cases, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed officers to ensure that no more than 5 people are allowed to enter a religious place at a time

Online Dispute Resolution's role critical during Covid: Justice Chandrachud

The strength of ODR is founded in the concepts of decentralization, diversification, democratization and disentanglement of the entire justice delivery mechanism, SC Justice DY Chandrachud said

Brazil coronavirus update: Covid-19 death toll goes past 350,000-mark

Brazil's Covid-19 death toll has risen to 351,334 after 2,616 new deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health reported on Saturday

Chile coronavirus update: 8,124 fresh cases of Covid-19 registered

Chile reported 8,124 new cases of COVID-19 and 105 more deaths on Saturday

Coronavirus variants spread leads to surge of new cases in Canada

The rapid spread of more contagious Covid-19 variants is believed to have driven a devastating third wave in Canada

University exams will be conducted as scheduled: Karnataka Deputy CM

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister, CN Ashwath Narayan on Saturday assured that the state's University exams will be conducted as per schedule, despite witnessing a surge in Covid cases

In UP, no more than 5 people allowed to enter religious places at a time

Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath has given directions to ensure that no more than 5 people can enter a religious place at a time