Hanoi, Jan 13 (IANS) Vietnam reported 16,135 new Covid-19 cases, including 16,066 locally transmitted and 69 imported, according to the Ministry of Health. The Vietnamese capital Hanoi remained the locality with the highest number of…

Geneva, Jan 13 (IANS) The World Health Organisation (WHO) has cautioned and urged for preparedness against concurrent outbreaks of Covid-19 and other respiratory diseases during the coming spring. Maria van Kerkhove from the WHO's Health…

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Amid a rise in the Covid cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to discuss the situation with the chief ministers on Thursday evening, sources said on Wednesday. During the interaction with the chief…

Gurugram, Jan 12 (IANS) Amid rumours of a lockdown in the district in view of the recent surge in Covid cases, Gurugram Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg said on Wednesday that the Covid infection is under control and there is no need for a…

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Covaxin's booster dose is able to neutralise the vaccine evading Omicron variant of Covid-19, according to a study conducted at US' Emory University, Bharat Biotech announced on Wednesday. Earlier studies have…

Chennai, Jan 12 (IANS) Tamil Nadu college teachers have urged the state government to allow them to come to the institution on a rotational basis as Covid-19 cases are surging in the state. The college teachers said that several teachers…

Muzaffarnagar (UP), Jan 12 (IANS) A case has been filed against AIMIM district president along with other party workers for allegedly violating the model code of conduct and Covid protocols by organising a public meeting in Muzaffarnagar on…

Thiruvananthapuram, Jan 12 (IANS) When it comes to observing Covid protocols, it appears that it's not there for the ruling CPI-M as is apparent in the party meetings being held in violation of all the rules. On Tuesday, there was a huge…

New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) Growing up in the sleepy towns of Bhilai and Bokaro, Arundhati Bhattacharya never imagined that one day she would go on to chair India's largest bank. It was by sheer chance that she came to know of the bank…

Tianjin, Jan 12 (IANS) North China's Tianjin municipality put a Covid-19 testing lab into use to meet the demand for citywide mass nucleic acid tests, said the local authorities. Equipped with six chambers, the lab in the city's Binhai New…