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Maha govt wasted 500,000 vaccines doses due to lack of planning: Javadekar

Union minister and senior BJP leader Prakash Javadekar alleged on Thursday that five lakh doses of the Covid-19 vaccines were wasted in Maharashtra due to a lack of planning by the state government

Australia halts AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine for most people under 50

Australia on Thursday become the latest country to restrict use of the AstraZeneca vaccine by recommending that it not be given to people under age 50

Coronavirus: Uttar Pradesh reports 39 deaths, 8,490 new infections

Infection tally at 6,54,404

Curbs again from April 10, says Tamil Nadu govt as Covid-19 cases rise

As Covid-19 cases continued to increase, the Tamil Nadu government announced reintroduction of curbs like permission only for 50% seating capacity in cinemas effective April 10

Hero MotoCorp to bear coronavirus vaccination cost of its workforce

The country's largest two wheeler maker Hero MotoCorp on Thursday said it will cover the Covid-19 vaccination cost of its workforce, including permanent and contractual employees

Odisha logs highest one-day spike in 2021 with 879 fresh Covid-19 cases

The Covid-19 tally in Odisha mounted to 3,45,526 on Thursday, as 879 more people tested positive for the infection, the highest single-day rise this year, a health department official said

Covid cases surge may impact NBFCs' fund raising via securitisation: Report

Fears of stricter lockdown amid coronavirus may affect asset quality of retail loans, thereby impacting the fund-raising ability of housing finance and NBFCs through the securitisation route

AstraZeneca blood clot worries complicate bid to vaccinate the world

Reviews by UK and EU regulators finding potential links to the unusual side effects are another blow for the shot, a cheaper and easier-to-deploy product that many nations are counting on

Covid: UP, MP given more vaccine doses than Maharashtra, says Tope

Satara, Sangli, Panvel have stopped vaccination while Buldhana has only today's vaccine doses left in stock, said Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Thursday

FinMin requests home, health ministries to vaccinate bank staff on priority

600 bank personnel died due to Covid-19 till December, IBA said while requesting vaccination

Maharashtra govt to raise Covid vaccine shortage issue before PM Modi today

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope said his government would raise issues of Covid-19 vaccine and Remedisivir drug shortages before Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the virtual meet

Maharashtra govt should curb black marketing of Remdesivir: Fadnavis

Devendra Fadnavis slammed the state government for not curbing the black marketing of Covid drug Remdesivir and said it should procure the drug from states where the Covid situation is under control

Centre gave all possible help to Maharashtra amid Covid: BJP state chief

Chandrakant Patil, reacting to NCP's chief Pawar's remarks on Centre cooperating with the state government in fighting Covid, said this showed the Centre has given all possible help to the state

Mamata to skip meeting called by PM to discuss Covid situation with CMs

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will not attend the virtual meeting called by Prime Minister Narendra Modi to discuss the Covid-19 situation with CMs, sources in the state government said

Ten states showing upward trajectory of daily new coronavirus cases

Ten states including Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Kerala and Punjab have shown a steep rise in the daily Covid-19 cases

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Urban hotspots are driving the second wave

Several states are wrestling with vaccine shortages, migrants in Maharashtra fear impact of another lockdown, and more-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Covid-19: AIIMS to close down walk-in OPD registrations from today

The AIIMS has decided to temporarily lose down routine walk-in OPD patient registrations, including speciality clinics and all centres, with effect from April 8

Uttarakhand: 88 students of IIT Roorkee test coronavirus positive

Nearly 88 students of the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee in Uttarakhand's Haridwar district have tested positive for coronavirus, an institute official said on Thursday

Covid-19 vaccines stock will last next 4 to 5 days: Delhi Health Minister

Satyendar Jain on Thursday said the AAP government has requested more stock from Centre as the current Covid-19 stock is fast depleting

Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray takes second dose of Covid-19 vaccine

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday took his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine