The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday that the doubling time of Covid-19 cases has improved to 15.4 days in the last three days, while the recovery rate has shot up to 47.40 per cent. ...
The Supreme Court declined to set aside the election of United Democratic Front (UDF) candidate N.K. Premachandran from Kollam parliamentary constituency in Kerala for allegedly making statements against the entry of women of all age groups in Sabarimala temple....
The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Russia rose by 8,952 to the 396,575, the third highest in the world, in the past 24 hours, the anti-coronavirus crisis center said on Saturday....
A special ferry flight of national carrier Air India which took off from Delhi for Moscow on Saturday returned after a crew member was found Covid-19 positive....
NASA has selected three Indian companies to make a low-cost ventilator tailored for Covid-19 patients....
The Congress on Saturday criticised the Narendra Modi government on completing six years in office, saying the country stood at crossroads in the seventh year and the people were exhausted by the "weight of the government's sins"....
The annual Rath Yatra of Lord Jagannath and his siblings could be performed provided the Odisha government ensured non-arrival of devotees to Puri, said Puri Gajapati Dibya Singha Deb, here on Saturday....
Swedens chief epidemiologist Dr Anders Tegnell said Covid-19 vaccine may be developed in 2020, but its production will only start by the end of 2021....
Medial journal The Lancet issued a correction on a large observational study that linked use of anti-malarial drug hydroxychloroquine with increased death risk in Covid-19 patients, after more than 100 scientists and medical professionals raised questions about integrity of data analysed in the study....
Scientific advisers to the UK government have warned of the risk of lifting the lockdown in England, as the country begins the final weekend before rules change amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it was reported on Saturday....
