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The new coronavirus strain, first discovered in the central city of Wuhan, has caused alarm because of its connection to Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), which killed nearly 650 people across mainland China and Hong Kong in 2002-2003. More
Feb 25, 2021 12:37 PM IST Inspections of sites deemed to be mission critical for the US resumed last month. The American drug regulator’s India director Christopher Middendorf also said that the USFDA may grant approval without inspection if a drug belongs to an already approved profile and the manufacturer has a solid Good Manufacturing Practices record
Feb 25, 2021 12:35 PM IST Four school staffers have also tested positive, the official said, adding the area has been declared a containment zone.
Feb 25, 2021 11:36 AM IST The state's caseload stands at 4,413, of which 23 are active cases, while 4,380 people have recovered from the disease and 10 patients have succumbed to the infection so far.
Feb 25, 2021 11:35 AM IST India reported over 16,000 COVID-19 new cases on February 25. Active cases rise above 1.51 lakh mark. Over 1.26 crore beneficiaries vaccinated till date.
Feb 25, 2021 10:30 AM IST More than half came from the western state of Maharashtra, India's richest and home to its financial capital of Mumbai, which reported a record high of 8,807 cases on Wednesday.
Feb 25, 2021 10:19 AM IST A rapid vaccination programme is needed immediately for the interests of health and well-being of all concerned with the election process, Banerjee said in a letter to Modi.
Feb 25, 2021 09:59 AM IST Besides these new cases reported on Wednesday, the virus claimed the life of five more persons in the district, raising the death toll to 6,251, he said.
Feb 25, 2021 09:45 AM IST If not controlled, it can spread to otherstates in the country, Dr Subhash Salunke, technical adviser to the Maharashtra government on COVID-19 outbreak, told reporters here on Wednesday night.
Feb 25, 2021 08:01 AM IST Biden, who like Donald Trump's administration considered sending masks to all Americans, is instead adopting a more conservative approach, aiming to reach underserved communities and those bearing the brunt of the outbreak. Trump's administration shelved the plans entirely.
Feb 25, 2021 07:57 AM IST Up until now, most data on the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines has come under controlled conditions in clinical trials, leaving an element of uncertainty over how results would translate into the real world with its unpredictable variables.
Feb 25, 2021 07:18 AM IST Located in the city of Pune in Maharashtra, the SII is the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume.
Feb 25, 2021 07:16 AM IST Coronavirus News Highlights: Today is the 336th day since India implemented a nationwide lockdown to help curb the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Feb 24, 2021 10:43 PM IST Ransomware was the top attack type, accounting for around 40 percent of total cyber attacks.
Feb 24, 2021 09:26 PM IST The number of tests carried out so far reached 31,85,334 with 21,123 samples being tested since Tuesday evening.
Feb 24, 2021 08:55 PM IST The top court observed that there is no doubt that for India or for the rest of the world, COVID-19 has been a disaster of unprecedented proportions and the crisis of pandemic has provided the sternest test for disaster management response.
Feb 24, 2021 08:42 PM IST The increase in cases was steep considering that on Tuesday, the state had reported 6,218 new COVID-19 cases.
Feb 24, 2021 08:12 PM IST According to the release, 2,28,416 people are under observation out of which 8,006 are in isolation wards of various hospitals.
Feb 24, 2021 08:01 PM IST This summer is make-or-break for many airlines and holiday companies which are struggling to survive with close to a year of almost no revenue due to pandemic restrictions.
Feb 24, 2021 07:46 PM IST The railways, which has now started operating passenger or local train services, has come under fire from daily commuters, who are feeling the pinch of the rise in the fares.
Feb 24, 2021 07:18 PM IST The vaccine’s protection was consistent across Black, Hispanic and white volunteers, and also across different ages.
Feb 24, 2021 06:40 PM IST A senior Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) official said the slum-dominated area, spread over 2.5 sq km, recorded 10 new cases in the last 24 hours, taking the tally to 4,041.
Feb 24, 2021 04:18 PM IST One of the biggest tends to come out of the coronavirus pandemic is the work from home (WFH) routine. Many workers are past the half-year mark in WFH existence, and there is no end in sight. A recent Knight Frank research reveals an unexpected COVID-19 fallout: majority employees miss the office. The research is based on an extensive survey with 1,600 employees of IT and ITES companies in India. Let’s take a look at what employees miss about being in an office environment.
Feb 24, 2021 03:32 PM IST "While the vaccine will be provided free of cost at government centres, the Centre will come out with prescribed rates for vaccination at private hospitals," Prakash Javadekar said.
Feb 24, 2021 02:35 PM IST The world needs monkeys, whose DNA closely resembles that of humans, to develop COVID-19 vaccines. But a global shortage, resulting from the unexpected demand caused by the pandemic, has been exacerbated by a recent ban on the sale of wildlife from China, the leading supplier of the lab animals
Feb 24, 2021 01:42 PM IST The central teams have been deputed to Maharashtra, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir.
