COVID-19 pandemic

Bhubaneswar: The Centre's assistance to Odisha has been a meagre 3.74% of the total Rs 10,40,19,27,605 spent by the State government in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic by the end of August 2021. This was revealed in the information shared…

New Delhi: India supplied oxygen concentrators to Thailand on Friday to help it its fight against the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Indian Navy said. Indian Naval Ship Airavat reached at Sattahip in Thailand with Covid relief material and…

Lucknow: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), has set to rest all speculations about alliances for the upcoming UP Assembly elections. The party has announced that it will field candidates for all 403 seats in the in the 2022 state election.…

Kolkata:  In a major decision, the Calcutta University has waived tuition fees for the next semester in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. The announcement was made via a notification issued by the university, making it the first educational…

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday observed that while saving people from the Covid pandemic, there is no protection for them from fire as it directed the Gujarat government's July 8 notification, restraining coercive action against the…

Kathmandu:  Authorities in the three districts of Nepal's Kathmandu Valley have decided to extend the ongoing lockdown till September 1 by keeping most of the existing restrictive measures to contain the Covid-19 pandemic, while lifting a…

New Delhi:  Congress interim chief Sonia Gandhi is holding a meeting with leaders of 19 opposition parties to discuss several issues, including the recently-concluded Monsoon Session of Parliament, party leaders said on Friday. A party…

Dubai:  After completing their six days of mandatory quarantine on arrival in UAE, Chennai Super Kings have started training for the second phase of the 14th Indian Premier League (IPL) at the ICC Cricket Academy in Dubai. Skipper MS…

New Delhi: A late hour buying spurt aided India's key equity market indices to make gains on Wednesday. However, for the most part of the session, market breadth remained weak as mid and smallcaps fell due to profit booking. Globally,…

New Delhi:  Organ donation has less uptake in India, when compared to western nations. Covid-19 pandemic raging over the last 18 months, has further dwindled down the number of organ donations, say health experts. August 13 is observed…