The World Health Organization (WHO) has expressed uncertainty about the effectiveness of vaccines on the Indian variant of coronavirus, which it had already claimed to be deadlier and more infectious

At least 18 elephants were found dead atop Bamuni Hills in Assam's Nagaon district on Thursday as lightning struck them during the rains in the area

Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar has developed a prototype of a moveable electric cremation system that claims to be using first-of-its-kind technology that involves smokeless cremation despite using wood

Delhi's oxygen crisis is finally over as Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Thursday said that the demand for the life-saving gas has dipped and the central government can supply to other states where shortage prevails

People infected with COVID-19 should go for vaccination six months after recovery, according to India's National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) that held a meeting recently

India's drug regulator body has cleared the second and third phase of clinical trials of the indigenous anti-COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin for children

At a time when India is struggling to cope with a severe second wave of COVID-19, a non-profit body of the Jain community has launched the Oxygen on Wheels to give the much-needed life-saving gas to the ailing in Kolkata

At least 16 people lost their lives in Nepal’s Lumbini province as the hospitals they were being treated ran out of oxygen, local media reported. The country’s Covid situation has exploded, and now clocking almost 10,000 cases daily

Twelve major opposition parties have written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding that his government takes immediate action to combat the massive second wave of coronavirus which is creating havoc in the country, leaving the heath structure overwhelmed and accounting for an unprecedented number of deaths

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at a high-level meeting on Wednesday that the supply of oxygen in the country is over three times compared to the level at the peak of the first wave of coronavirus

The Indian government Wednesday opposed the branding of B.1.617 Covid variant as "Indian variant", pointing out that the word "Indian" was never used by the World Health Organization (WHO)

India, a country of 1.3 billion people, on Wednesday recorded the highest single-day COVID-19 toll with 4,205 infected patients dying across the country in the last 24 hours. The COVID-19 toll has now crossed the 250,000 mark

The coronavirus infections in India have reached the peak according to a tracker developed by the researchers at Cambridge Judge Business School and the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, said a Bloomberg report quoted by IBNS

Jammu and Kashmir: Civil Secretariat reopens in Srinagar

Nearly 90 per cent of India is witnessing a high Covid positivity rate, the government said on Tuesday adding that 640 districts out of the 734 are above the national threshold level of 5 per cent positivity rate