The UK government has said that COVID-19 vaccine certification from all countries must meet "minimum criteria" and that it is working with India on a phased approach to its internati...

World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on Wednesday thanked Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya for announcing resumption of COVID-19 vaccine shipments to the COVAX globa...

The active caseload witnessed a rise in Jharkhand on Tuesday after the trajectory of active Covid-19 cases saw a downward trend for several days in a row, figures compiled by the National He...

Bengal on Tuesday recorded 93 straight days of a fall in its overall number of active Covid-19 cases, with 537 new infections, 592 recoveries and 14 deaths. Covid-19 active cases in the state fell by...

A party is entitled to shower gifts on its prime minister on his birthday. But can public welfare be parcelled as a gift for such an occasion? The question arises on account of the impressive — ...

India will resume export of surplus COVID-19 vaccines in the fourth quarter of 2021 under the 'Vaccine Maitri' programme and to meet its commitment to the COVAX global pool, but vaccinating it...

  The Opposition parties should introspect over their "irresponsible" statements about the Covid vaccination programme of the Modi government that has proved to be the "biggest an...

When the schools in Marietta, Georgia, opened their doors on August 3, the highly contagious Delta variant was sweeping across the South, and children were not being spared. By August 20, 51 students...

Bengal on Sunday logged 13 weeks or 91 days of a non-stop fall in its total of active Covid-19 cases, with 635 new infections, 685 recoveries and 11 deaths. Active cases fell by 61 to 7,906. Calcutta...

Naresh Mali, a veteran dhaaki or traditional drummer, would travel to Guwahati from Cooch Behar every year during the Durga Puja to play the dhaak at a Puja organised by a club there. Earnings would ...