Amidst the world continuing to reel under the alarming attack of the novel coronavirus, the World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hopes the Covid-19 pandemic will be shorter than the gruesome Spanish flu which hit the world in 1918 and last less than two years.Read News

India's novel coronavirus tally rose to 32.34 lakh on Wednesday with 67,151 more people testing positive for the infection, while the recoveries have surged to 24,67,758, the Health Ministry said. Read News

ndia on Tuesday witnessed another massive surge in its Covid-19 cases with over 60,000 cases reported in a day and over 800 fatalities, pushing the overall tally to over 31.67 lakh. As per the Union Ministry of Family & Welfare, India's Covid-19 case tally crosses 31 lakh mark with 60,975 fresh cases and 848 deaths in the last 24 hours.Read News

Russia, which has come out with the first ever Covid-19 vaccine, has reached out to Indian officials over its Coronavirus vaccine Sputnik V, sources have said. Seeking a collaboration on the vaccine, Russia has also expressed its readiness to share detailed data with India.Read News

The development comes a day after the phase III trials of the Oxford vaccine began in India. Notably, Phase III trials of the vaccine are being handled by pharmaceutical giant Serum Inst Read News

Coronavirus India: India on Thursday witnessed the worst-ever single-day spike with nearly 70,000 new covid-19 cases, while it saw nearly 1000 deaths in the last 24 hours. This is so far the highest single-day jump in India's Covid-19 tally pushing it beyond 28 lakh-mark.Read News

Union Home Minister Amit Shah who was recently discharged from hospital after testing negative for Covid-19, has again been admitted to hospital, days after he was discharged for post Covid care. Read News

Amid the surging number of Coronavirus cases in Bihar, the state government has announced the extension of the ongoing lockdown in the state till September 6.In an official statement issued on Monday, Home Department of the Government of Bihar stated that "In view of the present situation of COVID-19 in the State of Bihar, in exercise of the powers, conferred by the MHA by the aforesaid instructions, in continuation of the MHA order, the restrictions imposedRead News

Marking a slight cut in its daily Covid-19 cases, India on Monday witnessed nearly 58,000 fresh cases in the last 24 hours, while 941 deaths were recorded. A day before, on Sunday, a spike of 63,489 cases and 944 deaths were reported.Read News

The medical condition of former President Pranab Mukherjee remained unchanged on Sunday and he continued to be on ventilator support, doctors attending to him said in a medical statement. The statement further said his vital and clinical parameters are stable. Read News