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Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch drive; more than 3 lakh to get jab on first day

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch drive; more than 3 lakh to get jab on first day

‘Vaccine-specific contraindications may apply as new information becomes available’

Tardy hunt for UK variant of virus Updated: Updated: Centre not actively looking for community spread of strain, says scientists Share Article AAA File photo of passengers arriving from the U.K. waiting to register themselves for COVID-19 testing.   | Photo Credit: Velankanni Raj B Centre not actively looking for community spread of strain, says scientists Though the Union Health Ministry has confirmed the presence of 96 instances of the ‘UK variant’ — a form of the Sars-Cov2 associat...

Anyone flying to the U.S. will soon need to show proof of a negative test for COVID-19, health officials have announced.The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention requirement expands on a similar

The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) chief scientist warned that even as numerous countries start rolling out vaccination programmes to stop COVID-19, herd immunity is highly unlikely this year.At

Pharma major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories on Monday said safety data pertaining to phase-2 clinical trial of Russia’s Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine candidate has been submitted to the Drugs Controller Genera

Pope Francis changed church law on Monday to explicitly allow women to do more things during Mass, while continuing to affirm that they cannot be priests. The Pope amended the law to formalise and institutionalise what is common practice in many parts of the world: that women can read the Gospel and serve on the altar as eucharistic ministers. Previously, such roles were officially reserved to men even though exceptions were made. Domestic retail vehicle sales across categories grew for the fir...

Malaysia declares state of emergency over virus surge Updated: Updated: Parliament suspended; critics allege foul play by government Share Article AAA Medical personnel wear PPE before conducting coronavirus test for people in Kuala Lumpur on January 12, 2021.   | Photo Credit: AFP Parliament suspended; critics allege foul play by government Malaysia’s king declared a nationwide state of emergency on Tuesday to fight a coronavirus surge and Parliament was suspended, with critics charging ...

A five-judge Bench of the Supreme Court led by Justice A.M. Khanwilkar will examine on Monday seven petitions, including one by Rajya Sabha MP Jairam Ramesh, seeking a review of the court’s majority verdict upholding the Aadhaar programme as a reasonable restriction on individual privacy to fulfil the government’s “legitimate aim” to provide dignity to the poor. Konchok Stanzin, a councillor from Chushul in eastern Ladakh said Chinese infrastructure that could not be seen from border vi...