COVID-19
- Top Stories
News of lockdown, night curfew in Telangana fake: DPH clarifies
Hyderabad: Dismissing the rumours of lockdown and night curfews in the state, Telangana Director of Public Health and Family Welfare (DPH) Srinivas Rao issued a statement to the press saying that such…
- Top Stories
Govt, NIN to undertake COVID-19 survey in Telangana from Jan 4
Hyderabad: The National Institute of Nutrition (NIN) along with the Telangana government will undertake a statewide SARS Cov-2 or a COVID-19 serosurvey starting tomorrow. The massive study will be held across all…
- Andhra Pradesh
AP’s Covid-19 tally goes up by 122
Amaravati: The coronavirus caseload in Andhra Pradesh increased to 20,77,608 as 122 were added afresh on Monday. The latest bulletin said 103 infected persons got cured and one more succumbed in the…
- Delhi
Delhi’s new Covid cases cross 4,000 mark, infection rate 6.46%
New Delhi: Delhi on Monday reported 4,099 fresh Covid cases, the highest single-day rise after May 18 when the tally was 4,482, and one death. The new cases have pushed up the…
- Telangana
Eatala Rajender, other BJP MLAs placed under house arrest
Hyderabad: Eatala Rajender, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLA and former Telangana health minister has been placed under house arrest ahead of his visit to see the BJP state party president Bandi Sanjay…
- Telangana
Telangana BJP chief’s arrest is murder of democracy: JP Nadda
New Delhi: BJP president J P Nadda lashed out at the Telangana government on Monday for the arrest of the party’s state unit chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar, alleging that it amounted to…
- Delhi
New Delhi: 84% of COVID-19 cases in last 48 hours are of Omicron
The national capital’s health minister said 84 per cent of all COVID-19 samples tested in Delhi are of the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Health Minister Satyendar Jain told news agency Press Trust…
- Telangana
Police to produce Bandi Sanjay before Karimnagar district court
Hyderabad: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) state president and Karimnagar member of Parliament Bandi Sanjay Kumar, who has been charged for breaking COVID-19 norms, assaulting police, and other provisions of the Disaster…
- Featured News
Covaxin-2021–A year of ups and downs or travails and triumphs
M Somasekhar January 1, 2022 rang in some good news for Covaxin, the indigenous vaccine against COVID-19 developed by a consortia led by Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad and National Institute of Virology (NIV),…
- Photos
In Pics: COVID-19 vaccination drive for teenagers
Ajmer: A health worker administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a teenager in Ajmer, Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Vaccination for teenagers between 15 and 18 age group in India began on Monday. (PTI…
- World
South Korea reports 2 Omicron-linked deaths
Seoul: Two deaths in connection with the Omicron variant of Covid-19 were reported in South Korea on Monday, according to health officials. These are reportedly the first deaths in the country linked to…
- Technology
Twitter permanently suspends US Congresswoman’s account for Covid misinformation
Washington: Twitter has permanently suspended an account of US Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, the Republican Representative from Georgia, for “repeated violations” of the micro-blogging site’s Covid-19 misinformation policies. “We permanently suspended the…
- Middle East
Israel approves 4th COVID-19 jab to people over 60, medical staff
Jerusalem: Israel has approved a fourth dose of the COVID vaccine for people aged 60 years old and above and medical staff, as the country continues to see an unprecedented surge in…
- Telangana
Harish Rao launches COVID-19 vaccine for children in Telangana
Hyderabad: Telangana health minister T. Harish Rao on Monday launched COVID-19 vaccines for children between aged between 15 to 18 years at the upper primary healthcare centre (UPHC) in Banjara Hills. After…
- Hyderabad
Revanth Reddy tests positive for COVID-19
Hyderabad: Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president A. Revanth Reddy on Monday tweeted that he has tested positive for COVID-19. He also asked people who have come in contact with him over…