COVID-19
- India
India records 148 new COVID-19 cases
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 148 new COVID-19 infections, while the active cases have increased to 808, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The country’s COVID-19…
- India
Railway Minister dismisses reports of decrease in number of train passengers post Covid
New Delhi: There has been no decrease in the number of train passengers and by the end of the current financial year, the Indian Railways will touch the pre-Covid passenger traffic of…
- Health
Covid vax didn’t raise risk of unexplained sudden deaths in young Indians: ICMR study
New Delhi: Covid-19 vaccination did not increase the risk of unexplained sudden deaths among young adults in India, concluded comprehensive study by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday. The…
- India
Covid warriors given Indira Gandhi Peace Prize
New Delhi: The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarmament and Development, 2022, was Sunday awarded jointly to the Indian Medical Association and the Trained Nurses Association of India as representatives of the…
- Middle East
Dubai Int’l Airport to surpass pre-COVID passenger traffic in 2023
Abu Dhabi: Dubai International Airport (DXB) expects its annual passenger traffic to reach 86.8 million this year, exceeding pre-COVID figures. Dubai Airports on Wednesday, November 15, revised its full-year 2023 forecasts, to…
- Telangana
Covid put economy 2 years behind, BRS schemes continue: KTR
Hyderabad: BRS working president KT Rama Rao, while addressing a party meeting in Sanath Nagar, on Monday, said that despite the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic, which left the economy two…
- India
Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine faces legal challenge in UK: Report
London: The Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, known as Vaxzevria in Europe and licensed as Covishield in India, is facing a legal challenge in the High Court in London, a UK media report said…
- India
Process refunds related to air tickets booked during Covid lockdown: Govt
New Delhi: The government on Wednesday directed online travel aggregators to process pending refunds related to air ticket bookings during the coronavirus lockdown period by the third week of November. In the…
- India
COVID-19 lockdown delayed to oust Cong govt in MP: Jairam Ramesh
Bhopal: Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Sunday claimed the decision to enforce lockdown in view of COVID-19 was delayed so that the Kamal Nath government could be brought down in Madhya Pradesh.…
- India
Zoonotic diseases area of concern: Union health secretary
New Delhi: Zoonotic diseases are an area of concern, Union Health Secretary Sudhansh Pant said on Tuesday, stressing that 75 percent of the newly-emerging infectious diseases that have affected people over the…
- India
COVID-19: India records 72 fresh infections, active caseload at 348
New Delhi: India reported a single-day rise of 72 new COVID-19 infections while the active caseload has been recorded at 348, according to Union Health Ministry data. The death toll has been…
- India
India records 56 fresh COVID-19 cases
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 56 new COVID-19 infections while the active cases have been recorded at 440, according to Union Health Ministry data updated on Sunday. The death…
- India
Cough sounds analysed for assessing Covid severity in patients in a new study
New Delhi: A cough analysis could soon reveal disease severity in COVID-19 patients, researchers said. Differences in cough sounds depending on the severity of the respiratory condition were observed, the research team…
- World
Indian-origin Singaporean jailed for coughing at colleagues while he was Covid-infected
Singapore: A 64-year-old Singaporean of Indian origin was sentenced to two weeks’ jail on Monday on pleading guilty to one count of breaching a COVID-19 regulation by failing to wear a mask…