More than 21,000 people tested positive for COVID-19 after taking the first dose of either Covishield or Covaxin, while over 5,500 contracted the infection after taking the second dose, the Centre said on Wednesday. Addressing a press…

Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg on Wednesday said that the Covid situation is completely under control as he ruled out clamping a fresh lockdown. Garg warned shopkeepers of strict action if they were found selling commodities at…

Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams, which governs the ancient shrine of Lord Venkateswara at Tirumala in Tirupati, on Wednesday announced that Lord Hanuman's birthplace was Anjanadri, a hillock at Japali Theertham located about 5 km from north…

Trinamool Congress (TMC) leader Madan Mitra has been admitted to SSKM Hospital, Kolkata after he complained of breathing problems. One of Trinamool's key leader, Mitra has fallen sick in the middle of Bengal elections.

The Congress on Wednesday slammed the Centre over the differential pricing for COVID vaccines, saying it was discriminatory and will benefit only a "few big industrialists" while common people will suffer. Congress…

India's indigenously developed Bharat Biotech's coronavirus vaccine — Covaxin — works against multiple variant of Covid19. According to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) study, COVAXIN neutralises against multiple…

Covishield, from the Oxford/AstraZeneca stable, comprises over 90 per cent of the 12.76 crore COVID-19 vaccines administered across the country so far, according to government data on Wednesday. Of this, 15 states and union territories have…

Nashik oxygen leak latest news: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed anguish over the oxygen leak tragedy at a hospital in Maharashtra's Nashik. At least 22 patients died in the incident which took place at Zakir Hussain…

Chairing a review meeting with his core team of 11 top officials here, Adityanath reiterated that there was no plan to impose a lockdown in the state. He also directed the officials to install GPS devices on oxygen tankers and provide…

Bharat Biotech's Covaxin vaccine has shown 78% interim efficacy against the coronavirus, as per the result from phase 3 trials. The vaccine has also demonstrated 100% efficacy against severe Covid-19.

Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Wednesday said that he has tested positive for Covid-19. The 61-year-old minister said he is following medical advice after his report came positive.

"The second Covid wave is more intense. I would say this is a Modi-made disaster. There are no injections or oxygen. Vaccines and medicines are being shipped abroad even as there is a scarcity of these items in the country," she told the…

Indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, neutralises multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 and effectively works against the double mutant strain as well, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said on Wednesday.

Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine maker, on Wednesday announced that it will charge Rs 600 to private hospitals for per dose of the vaccine and Rs 400 to state governments. In a statement posted on its Twitter…

Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Wednesday said the state authorities are being forced to supply oxygen to Delhi. The minister's statement comes in the wake of a serious oxygen crisis in the national capital due to a steep rise in…

Slamming the government's alleged lack of preparedness to deal with the COVID-19 second wave and terming its vaccine strategy "abject failure", Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Wednesday said the BJP-led Centre cannot shift the…

The Serum Institute of India (SII) said on Wednesday it would sell the AstraZeneca vaccine, which is known as Covishield in India, to state governments at Rs 400 per dose and to private hospitals at Rs 600. Serum's price announcement came…

Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN neutralises multiple variants of coronavirus and effectively neutralises the double mutant strain as well, an ICMR study said on Wednesday.

Of the 127,605,870 Covid-19 vaccination jabs administered till now, 11,60,65,107 are of Covishield while 1,15,40,763 are of Covaxin, according to the government's CO-WIN portal.

There is no shortage of medical oxygen at hospitals in Delhi and that the government is taking all measures to ensure uninterrupted supply to provide better treatment to patients infected with Covid-19, L-G House sources told India TV.

Covishield Vaccine Price: The Serum Institute of India has said that it will provide Covishield to private hospitals for Rs 600 per dose. It will charge the state governments Rs 400 for per dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Gangster and former RJD MP Mohammad Shahabuddin, who is lodged in Tihar Jail and serving a life term in a murder case, has been tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday. Shahabuddin has been shifted to DDU hospital from Delhi's Tihar jail…

Panic gripped people at a hospital in Nashik after a leakage was reported at an oxygen tanker. The incident took place while tankers were being filled at Dr Zakir Hussain Hospital on Wednesday afternoon.