COVID-19
- Photos
Special drive for COVID-19 booster shot
New Delhi: A health worker administers booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine to a security staff during the launch of a 75-day special drive for free vaccination against COVID-19, at Shram Shakti Bhawan,…
- Middle East
COVID-19 active cases rising again in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh: The COVID-19 active cases in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) crossed 500-mark, recording 586 on Thursday over the past 24 hours. During the past weeks, COVID-19 cases in the Kingdom…
- India
Increase uptake of Sputnik V vaccine precautionary doses, states told
New Delhi: Expressing concern over low uptake of precautionary doses of Sputnik V vaccine, the Centre on Thursday asked states to increase it. The uptake of precaution dose of Sputnik V is…
- Chennai
TN: CM Stalin hospitalised after testing positive for COVID-19
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, M.K. Stalin who was tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday, has been admitted to a private hospital in Chennai for further checkups. Stalin has been admitted to…
- Telangana
Telangana: 527 new COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Telangana on Wednesday recorded 527 new COVID-19 cases, pushing the state tally to 8,07,661. Hyderabad district recorded the highest number of COVID-19 cases with 290, followed by Ranga Reddy (55) and…
- India
Free COVID-19 booster doses for adults at govt centres for 75 days
New Delhi: People in the 18-59 age group will get free precaution doses (Booster shots) of the COVID-19 vaccine at a government vaccination centre under a 75-day special drive to begin from…
- World
COVID pandemic is nowhere near over: WHO chief
Geneva: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Tuesday warned the world that fresh waves of COVID-19 cases show that the pandemic is “nowhere near over.” In a media…
- World
Lankan crisis: Finance Minister tries to flee country, stopped at airport
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, who is the youngest brother of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, was stopped from boarding a flight to Dubai on Monday evening, local media reported. Basil…
- Telangana
Telangana registers 459 new COVID-19 cases
Hyderabad: Telangana on Sunday recorded 459 new COVID-19 cases taking the total tally in the state to 8,06,124, a health department bulletin said. No fresh fatality occurred due to the infection and…
- India
Active COVID-19 cases in India increase to 1,28,690
New Delhi: With 18,257 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, India’s tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 4,36,22,651, while the active cases increased to 1,28,690, according to the Union Health…
- Middle East
Iran tightens entry rules amid increasing COVID-19 cases
Tehran: Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi has said that passengers can only gain entry to Iran upon submission of negative COVID-19 test results and full compliance with Iranian health protocols, citing the recent…
- India
India administered more than 8 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses
New Delhi: More than 8 lakh Coronavirus vaccine doses were administered in the country on Saturday till 7 pm, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare informed. According to the Ministry, India’s…
- Sports
Rohit Sharma becomes first captain to record 13 successive T20I wins
Southampton: India skipper Rohit Sharma became the first captain in cricketing history to win 13 consecutive T20Is.Rohit achieved this feat during the first T20I match of the three-match series against England on…
- Middle East
Qatar brings back mandatory wearing of masks in closed places
Doha: Qatar government has reinstated the mandatory wearing of masks in closed public places due to the increase in cases of COVID-19 infection, after it had canceled the rule in May. This…
- Telangana
Telangana: For the 2nd time in a month, COVID-19 cases cross 500
Hyderabad: Telangana crossed 500 cases in the state with 563 people testing positive on Wednesday bringing the overall case count to 8,03,937 cases. On July 2, there were 516 cases which decreased…
