Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, have revealed that children, teenagers and young adults are at greater risk for severe complications from COVID-19 and those with underlying health conditions are at even greater risk of death....
The number of coronavirus cases in Russia has increased to 232,243 on Tuesday, the 2nd highest number of infections in the world surpassing the tallies in Spain and the UK, the country's anti-coronavirus crisis centre said....
The Congress has asked the Prime Minister to meet the Chief Ministers on a regular basis to strengthen the federal structure of the country, said party Treasurer and close Sonia Gandhi aide Ahmed Patel, adding this system should continue after the pandemic....
Seven Congress-led UDF MPs on Tuesday criticised Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan for delaying the return of Keralites who are stuck in various parts of the country. ...
To acknowledge the contributions and commitments of the nurses, the World Health Organisation announced 2020 as the "Year of Nurses and Midwives". ...
The UK government has published a detailed document of the long-expected COVID-19 recovery plan, hoping to gradually ease the lockdown measures while at the same time getting the pandemic under control....
An Air India flight with 331 passengers from Britain landed at the Rajiv Gandhi International Airport here early Tuesday. ...
The Jharkhand government is planning to open liquor shops in green and orange zones of the state, sources in the government said. ...
An Assistant Sub Inspector in the CISF has succumbed to COVID-19 infection during treatment in Kolkata, raising serious concern as it is the first death reported in the force so far and 68 personnel have been infected till Tuesday. Of the infected, five fresh cases were reported in the last 24 hours. Two CISF personnel have also recovered from ...
Although under-5 mortality rate (U5MR) and neonatal mortality rate have decreased in almost all the districts of India, the progress in this decline has been highly variable because of which the inequality in these rates has increased between districts within many states, a report "First comprehensive estimates of district-level trends of chil...
