COVID

Super cylone, floods, controversies – the unwanted guests in Odisha’s 2020 pandemic woes

3:34 pm December 27, 2020

Bhubaneswar: The coronavirus pall of 2020 was writ large on Odisha like the rest of the world in a year that also brought with it the vagaries of nature, as a super cyclone and floods left a trail of destruction in the coastal state. The Naveen Patnaik goverment, however, won accolades for its prompt and proactive steps to tackle […]

Millions more in tough post-Christmas lockdown in UK

6:22 pm December 26, 2020

London: Millions more people across different parts of the UK entered tougher lockdown restrictions from December 26, the day after Christmas marked annually as Boxing Day, as part of plans announced earlier this week to contain the rapid spread of a highly transmissible variant of coronavirus. Around six million people in east and south-east England […]

Allahabad HC stays arrest of 'Mirzapur' web series directors, writers

Allahabad needs to be turned into fort during Magh fair: HC

11:29 pm December 19, 2020

Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has favoured turning the entire city into a fort with an absolute ban on the entry of Covid positive people into during the upcoming Magh fair on the bank of the confluence of rivers Ganga, Yamuna and mythical Saraswati. A bench of justices Siddhartha Varma and Ajit Kumar made the observation while hearing a public interest lawsuit […]

591 new COVID-19 cases in Thane, seven die

2:33 pm December 4, 2020

Thane: With the addition of 591 new coronavirus positive cases, the overall infection tally in Thane district of Maharashtra mounted to 2,30,722, an official said on Friday. These new cases were added on Thursday, he said. As the virus claimed the lives of seven patients during the day, the death toll in the district went […]

Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

Covaxin Phase-3 trials begins in Karnataka

7:37 pm December 2, 2020

Bengaluru: Karnataka is fully prepared for the distribution of COVID-19 vaccine, Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar said on Wednesday, as phase-III clinical trial of “Covaxin” being developed by Bharat Biotech began in the state. The minister said it was a matter of pride for the state with clinical trials taking place at 25 centres of 12 states across the […]