A very rare carnivorous plant species called Utricularia Furcellata has been found in the western Himalayan region for the first time, a senior official said on Saturday. The detection of the rare sp...

With the spike in daily COVID-19 cases in West Bengal, the association of bus owners on Saturday said it will launch a campaign among bus workers and passengers for using masks during travel. The sec...

India's tally of Covid infections rose by 15,940 in a day to reach 4,33,78,234 while the active caseload increased to 91,779, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Saturday. The ...

The civic body said it was banking on door-to-door visits by its field workers, which many Kolkatans said had almost stopped a few months ago, to persuade people to take all their Covid vaccine doses ...

Jadavpur University has issued a notice asking students, teachers and others to observe Covid protocol on the campus “in view of rapid increase of Covid cases”. Registrar Snehamanju ...

The steep spike in Covid cases has prompted the Bengal government to set a July 31 deadline for health department officials across the state to administer due second doses of vaccines. Sources said d...

 The West Bengal government on Friday asked all state-run and state-aided schools to reopen campuses from June 27 with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols. The government had earlier extended...

Rise and fall in cases from time to time is a common phenomenon when an infectious disease transitions from pandemic to endemic phase, experts said on Friday as India witnesses an upward trend in Covi...

India reported a single-day rise of more than 17,000 fresh COVID-19 cases on Friday after a gap of over four months (124 days), recording a 30 per cent jump in daily cases, according to the Union Heal...

Covid-19 vaccines prevented over 42 lakh potential deaths in India in 2021, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, which based its findings on estimates of...