India
BMC Floats Global Tender for One Crore Covid-19 Vaccine Doses
The interested parties will have to submit their expression of interest before 1 pm on May 18 and they will be opened on the same day at 3 pm.
Maha: Teacher Who Was on Poll Duty, Three Family Members Die Due to COVID-19
Pramod Mane, a resident of Gherdi village in Solapur's Sangola tehsil, was assigned duty during the byelection.
'Cow Dung Therapy' Can't Beat Covid, May Actually Trigger Black Fungus, Warn Doctors
Over the past few weeks, black fungus has been reported from several states like Maharashtra, Odisha, Delhi, Gujarat.
Teacher Turned Health Worker With Record Covid Sample Collection Helps J&K Villages Contain Covid
Rani said since she began her covid training, she has become an expert in sample collection. She holds a record of collecting over 2000 RAT and RT-PCR samples.
125 Booked in Gujarat's Gandhinagar District for Religious Procession Amid Pandemic
So far, 15 people have been arrested in connection with the incident that took place around 10am on Tuesday in Kalol tehsil, police said.
On International Nurses Day, Guj Medics Protest Over Low Pay, Warn of Strikes if Demands Not Met
The protests, in which medical staffers of the medical fraternity are tying black bands in solidarity, will continue till May 17 if demands remain unmet by the state government.
HC Suggests Appointing Nodal Officers for Celebrities Helping People Get COVID-19 Drugs
Several hospitals in Maharashtra were running out of Remdesivir and other life-saving drugs. Some celebrities and politicians responded to citizens’ pleas made on social media platforms and helped them procure the medicines.
Scientists Race to Study Variants in India as Cases Explode
A potentially worrisome variant of the coronavirus detected in India may spread more easily. But the country is behind in doing the kind of testing needed to track it and understand it better.
Black Fungus: Govt Engaging with Drug Makers to Ramp Up Production of Anti-fungal Drug
With a spike in the cases of COVID19 in the country, doctors have been reporting a rare infection mucormycosis, also called as black fungus, among people recovered from COVID19.
News18 Evening Digest: Word ‘Indian’ Not Used in WHO Covid Variant Report, Says Govt and Other Top Stories
These are the stories we are covering this evening: Word 'Indian' Not in WHO Report on Covid Mutant: Govt; A Nurse Gives Glimpses Of Her Life In A Covid Ward; 50 Black Fungus Cases Reported in MP; How India Solved Remdesivir Crisis Amid Covid-19 Pandemic;...
Not 'Indian Variant', WHO Clarifies Virus Needs to be Called by Scientific Name
The clarification came after the Centre said the WHO has not associated the term "Indian Variant" with the B.1.617 variant.
IIT-Kharagpur Suspends Teacher Who Abused SC, ST Students in Online Class
Seema Singh has been suspended after getting the report of the fact-finding committee.
Kerala, Karnataka to Witness Cyclone Tauktae This Weekend, Warns IMD
The impending cyclone is expected to hit the western coast of India on May 14-15, leading to possible heavy rainfall in the region of Kerala, Karnataka, Goa and Tamil Nadu
Telangana SSC Result 2021: All Pass in TS SSC, Grades Based on Internal Assessment
TS SSC Result 2021: The Education Department has asked schools to scale up the internal assessment marks which were at 20 per cent to 100 per cent now
19-year-old Becomes Youngest Pakistani To Climb Mt Everest
A 19-year old man became the youngest Pakistani to summit Mt Everest, the world's highest peak, on Tuesday. Shehroze Kashif, who hails from Lahore, has earlier climbed Broad Peak (8,047m) in the Karakoram range when he was 17 years old.
US Looking at Joint Production of Johnson and Johnson's Covid Vaccine in India
Daniel B Smith, the Charge D'Affaires of the US embassy, said the Biden administration was standing with New Delhi to help deal with the Covid-10 crisis.