India

New Delhi: Even as COVID-19 cases are soaring in India, patients in the country are still to get Remdesivir, an experimental drug which has shown promise in treatment of coronavirus...

Mumbai: Renowned Bollywood lyricist and scriptwriter Javed Akhtar has been honoured with the prestigious Richard Dawkins Award 2020. The veteran is the first Indian to bag the Richard Dawkins Award...

Wellington: New Zealand on Monday became the first country in the world to lift all domestic restrictions and declare itself COVID free. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern revealed that she "did...

Hyderabad: A 33-year-old Telugu television journalist died due to COVID-19 on Sunday morning at the state-run Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad. As per an NDTV report, the reporter was admitted to...

Mumbai: Swiggy is set to shut down Scootsy — its Mumbai-based premium food delivery services platform — and merge operations with the company’s mobile application. The merger is expected to...

New Delhi: A low-intensity earthquake of magnitude 2.1 hit Delhi today, according to the National Centre for Seismology. The earthquake was epicentred around 13 km of the bordering Gurgaon and...

New Delhi: An official of the Election Commission has tested positive for COVID-19, NDTV reported sources in the poll panel as saying on Monday. The assistant section officer had tested...

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will be tested for COVID-19 after complaints of mild fever and cough. According to reports, the Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP)...

Bhubaneswar: BJP national spokesman Sambit Patra was discharged from a Gurgaon hospital on Sunday after testing negative for COVID-19. Patra was admitted to Medanta Hospital after he developed COVID-19 symptoms...

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry plans to approve “compassionate use” of experimental drugs for severely ill COVID-19 patients. This will facilitate the availability of any unapproved drug that is...