COVID-19
- World
US health agency recommends updated COVID boosters
Washington: The US health agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Tuesday authorized, approved, and recommended everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 booster. Following the decision taken…
- India
Enemies of India will be exposed by ‘The Vaccine War’: Vivek Agnihotri
Mumbai: Filmmaker Vivek Ranjan Agnihotri on Tuesday claimed his directorial “The Vaccine War” will “expose the usual suspects” who tried to sabotage the development of an indigenous vaccine during the COVID-19 pandemic…
- India
59 fresh Covid-19 cases in India
New Delhi: India on Saturday recorded 59 fresh COVID-19 infections while the number of active cases came down marginally to 479 from the day before, according to Union health ministry data. With…
- India
Spain president tests Covid positive, to miss G20 Summit
New Delhi: Spain President Pedro Sanchez will skip the G20 Summit beginning here on Saturday after testing positive for COVID-19. “This afternoon I have tested positive for Covid and will not be…
- India
India logs 46 new Covid cases
New Delhi: India has registered 46 new Covid cases during the past 24 hours, taking the caseload to 4,49,97,583, the Health Ministry said on Friday. According to the latest update by the…
- India
DU extends last date to file nominations for students’ union elections to September 14
New Delhi: The Delhi University has extended the last date to file nomination papers for the students’ union elections by two days, it said in a circular. The last date to file…
- Middle East
Tunisia detects 1st case of new COVID-19 variant EG.5
Tunis: Tunisia has detected the country’s first case of new coronavirus variant EG.5, said a Tunisian official. The infection was found in an infant following genome sequencing at Charles Nicolle Hospital in…
- World
Biden tests Covid negative, will travel to India: White House
Washington: United States President Joe Biden on Tuesday tested negative for COVID-19 again, the White House said. “An update on the President and the first lady Jill Biden since she tested positive…
- World
Jill Biden tests positive for Covid-19
Washington: US First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for Covid-19, the White House announced. “This evening, the First Lady tested positive for Covid-19. She is currently experiencing only mild symptoms. She…
- India
No link between Covid vaccines used in India and heart attack risk: Study
New Delhi: There is no association between the Covid-19 vaccines used in India — Covishield and Covaxin — and increase in the risk of heart attacks, according to an observational study which…
- India
Atishi pulls up officials over non-payment of salaries to civil defence volunteers
New Delhi: Revenue Minister Atishi has pulled up officials over non-payment of salaries to civil defence volunteers for the past several months. Taking cognisance of the department’s failure to pay the volunteers,…
- World
Covid hospitalisations rise in US amid calls to make masks mandatory
Washington: The nationwide Covid hospitalisations in the US have increased by nearly 19 per cent in a single week and deaths by more than 21 per cent, as the country goes through…
- World
Indian-American dentist admits stealing $500k Covid relief money
New York: A 46-year-old Indian-origin doctor of dental surgery in California has pleaded guilty to stealing $500,000 in Covid-19 relief money and using it for personal expenditures, such as investments. Ranjan Rajbanshi,…
- Mumbai
Child marriages rise in Maha post COVID lockdown, says women’s panel chief
Latur: Maharashtra Women’s Commission chief Rupali Chakankar on Monday said the number of child marriages in the state had increased after lockdown was imposed for the COVID-19 pandemic. Addressing a press conference…
- India
India records 44 new Covid cases
New Delhi: India has registered 44 new Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said in its latest update on Sunday. With the addition of the 44 new cases, the total tally of Covid-19…