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About 18-19 COVID vaccine candidates in pipeline: Harsh Vardhan

Second dry run of COVID inoculation conducted, Vardhan says vaccines to be made available in next few days

10:47 pm January 8, 2021

New Delhi: The second mock drill on COVID-19 vaccination was conducted on Friday in 736 districts across 33 states and union territories with Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who oversaw the dry run in Tamil Nadu, saying inoculating the country’s entire population would soon become a reality. He said vaccines would be made available in the next few days and those […]

Govt to issue OTT guidelines soon: Minister

People should use more electric vehicles to curb pollution: Javadekar

10:54 pm September 7, 2020

New Delhi: The Centre has upgraded the fuel standards to BS-VI in a bid to fight pollution, Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar on Monday and urged people to shift to electric vehicles. Speaking at a webinar on the first ever ‘International Day of Clean Air For Blue Skies’, Javadekar also urged the states to come up with […]

COVID-19 recovery rate rises to 63.13 pc with record 28,472 patients recuperating in 24 hours

4:33 pm July 22, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 recovery rate rose to 63.13 per cent on Wednesday with a record 28,472 patients recuperating from the disease in 24 hours, while the case fatality rate further dropped to 2.41 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said. According to the ministry data updated at 8 am, recoveries have surged to 7,53,049 […]

India registers highest single-day spike of nearly 23K COVID cases

11:14 pm July 4, 2020

New Delhi: India’s COVID-19 tally neared 6.5 lakh cases on Saturday with a record single-day spike of 22,771 new infections, even as the recovery rate further improved to 60.81 per cent. The government said several people-centric measures taken as part of the “test, trace, treat” strategy have removed the impediments for COVID-19 testing. Facilitation of […]

AP HC orders CBI probe into Vizag doc case

NDMA issues guidelines for restarting industrial activities to avoid Vizag-type tragedy

1:13 pm May 10, 2020

New Delhi: In the wake of the gas leak at a factory in Visakhapatnam, the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has issued detailed guidelines for restarting industries after the lockdown and the precautions to be taken for the safety of the plants as well as the workers. In a communication to all states and union […]