Individuals who are on medication that affects their immune system are advised not to take Covaxin, the developer Bharat Biotech cautioned on Monday via a factsheet. The company strongly urged people to reveal to their immunization officers about any serious health-related conditions or allergies before getting the jab.  Bharat Biotech stated that people who are ...

Covishield vaccine: Three trucks carrying the Covishield vaccine left the Serum Institute of India building at 4:55 am IST, followed by a police escort vehicle to reach the Pune International Airport. The unloading started at the cargo terminal at around 5:30 am and they will be dispatched to 12 cities in India, The Hindustan Times reported.  The ...

Oxford’s COVID-19 vaccine: After UK approved Oxford-AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, India is likely to have its vaccine soon Britain’s approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use has given new hopes to India’s efforts to fight the rising cases in the country. As per media reports, Indian regulators are expected to hold further meetings in ...

New COVID-19 strain: More than 22 passengers flying from the United Kingdom to India have tested positive for Coronavirus Amid the alarming concerns over a new COVID-19 strain, at least 22 people who came to India from the United Kingdom over the past few days have tested positive for the disease.  As per media reports, ...

The Covid vaccine: As the United Kingdom on Wednesday became the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19, Indians became excited to visit the country to get a shot of the vaccine.  A report revealed that as soon as the UK made the official announcement, travel agents started getting numerous calls of people ...

G-20 summit: Leaders from the G-20 summit came together virtually to discuss the key issues at hand over the weekend. The 15th annual G2O summit was organised by Saudi Arabia and inaugurated by Saudi king Salman with his speech, wherein he made an appeal that the G20 economies “must work to create the conditions for ...

Ahead of elections: With coronavirus in the picture, polling officials are trying to plan out the elections in a way that lets the infected section come for vote. The polling officials have revealed that the tricky area will be by GHMC where nearly 3,000 to 4,000 covid positive patients will be looking to cast their ...

On Thursday, because of the rising Covid cases and air contamination, the Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal ordered a total ban on the buying, selling, and bursting of firecrackers, including the green crackers during this Diwali. The restriction will be in place from 7 to 30 November, ANI reported.  Kejriwal requested residents of Delhi to celebrate Diwali by ...

Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi during his Bihar rally on Wednesday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bihar CM Nitish Kumar for their mishandling of the pandemic onslaught, economic recession and joblessness. He said that during the coronavirus lockdown, both the centre and state government did not come to the aid of labourers, migrant ...

COVID-19 pandemic has aggravated the crisis of child labour in India, with several underprivileged families forced to push their children into menial jobs to meet ends. India has the largest child population in the world with 472 million children living across all parts of the nation. With the COVID-19 outbreak starting to spread across India ...