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Indian-American non-profit body raises USD 7 million for India COVID crisis

Houston: An Indian-American non-profit body has said that it has reached the 101,000-donor mark and raised over USD 7 million towards COVID-19 relief efforts in India from its Facebook campaign within 10 days. Started with a goal of USD 500,000 on April 25 as India started seeing a drastic increase in the number of cases reported daily, Sewa Internationa’s ‘Help India Defeat COVID-19’ campaign on Facebook has grown […]


‘US’ HDT Bio begins Phase-III trial of COVID-19 vaccine in India

Washington: US-based biopharmaceutical company HDT Bio Corp on Wednesday announced to begin Phase III trial of its COVID-19 vaccine in India. The Phase III trial of the vaccine developed by HDT Bio in partnership with Gennova Biopharmaceuticals in India is expected to be an affordable one as compared to the existing vaccines in the west. ”This trial is a major milestone […]


MP: COVID-19 patient commits suicide in Bhopal

Bhopal: A 45-year-old COVID-19 patient allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the fifth floor of a private hospital in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Tuesday, police said. The man, a resident of Awadhpuri area here, allegedly jumped off the fifth floor of the private Chirayu Hospital building at around 7:30am, said Sandhya Mishra, in charge […]


MP: COVID-19 patient commits suicide in Bhopal hospital

Bhopal: A 45-year-old COVID-19 patient allegedly committed suicide by jumping off the fifth floor of a private hospital in Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal on Tuesday, police said. The man, a resident of Awadhpuri area here, allegedly jumped off the fifth floor of the private Chirayu Hospital building at around 7:30am, said Sandhya Mishra, in charge […]


Bihar imposes lockdown till May 15 amid COVID crisis

Patna: Lockdown was imposed in Bihar till May 15 amid a surge in COVID-19 cases with the state facing a positivity rate of around 10 per cent, officials said on Tuesday. The decision for the lockdown, which will come into effect on Wednesday, was taken at the meeting of the Crisis Management Group presided over […]