India

New Delhi: Amid the rising cases of mucormycosis (black fungus) reported in various parts of the country, the Union Health Ministry on Thursday directed all states to declare it as...

Belagavi: Two months after the first-phase clinical trials of the country's second indigenously-developed COVID-19 vaccine, ZyCoV-D, were conducted on 20 children between the age of 12 and 18 years, none...

New Delhi: Such is our obsession with fair skin that the only identity of a person with a dark skin tone is 'kali' or dark. It is particularly hard for...

New Delhi: In a heartening trend amid the COVID-19 gloom, the country logged 3,69,077 recoveries on Thursday, which far exceeded the new infections (2,76,110) reported in the last 24 hours....

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s approval ratings have fallen to a new low amid the second wave of the coronavirus epidemic, a survey showed on Tuesday, reported Reuters.  Narendra...

New Delhi: Social media giant Facebook on Wednesday announced that it is expanding its COVID-19 Announcement tool in India. What is this tool? COVID-19 Announcement is a tool for the...

New Delhi: After convalescent plasma, Remdesivir is also being considered to be dropped from COVID-19 treatment soon. Chairperson of Ganga Ram Hospital, Dr DS Rana said that there is no...

New Delhi: Warning of a possible third wave, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday said the only way forward is vaccination. Among other things, it suggested that a mass...

New Delhi: This one will steal your heart. A little boy has been writing a personalised message in Hindi on food packets prepared for COVID patients by his mother. The...

Kolkata:  Former West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday and is under home isolation, The New Indian Express 9TNIE) reported quoting ANI. Former President Pranab...