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New Delhi: Even as states are urging the central government to lower the age limit for COVID-19 vaccination to enable more people to get inoculated, the Union Health Ministry on...

New Delhi: The Central Government has asked all its employees who are 45 years and above to get themselves vaccinated to effectively contain the spread of COVID-19. As per an...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers on Thursday to discuss the COVID-19 situation and the ongoing vaccination drive, news agency PTI quoted sources said Monday....

New Delhi: The government won’t permit fresh registration for COVID-19 vaccination for healthcare and frontline workers. Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan wrote to the state chief secretaries that the Health...

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has directed central teams to visit Maharashtra, Punjab and Chhattisgarh, the three worst-affected states vis-à-vis the tremendous surge in COVID-19 cases in the country....

Bhubaneswar: Chief Secretary Suresh Chandra Mohapatra and 5T Secretary V K Pandian and Works Secretary Dr Krishan Kumar visited Kandhamal on Friday to review the progress in the construction of...

New Delhi: The Union Finance ministry has slashed the interest rates of small saving schemes, including public provident fund (PPF) and senior citizen savings scheme (SCSS), from April 1, 2021....

New Delhi: Extremely worried with the sharp spike in coronavirus cases in the country, the Centre held a high-level meeting with administrative officials of 12 states and union territories, and...

New Delhi: The Centre has decided on 100% disinvestment of national carrier Air India -- it’s final, no more procrastinating. Those bidders which have been shortlisted will have to submit...

Bhubaneswar: State and national electronic media were paid over Rs 27 crore in the last five years to promote Odisha Tourism through advertisements Replying to a starred question of BJD legislator...