Delhi's air quality in 'severe' category
NEW DELHI: The Air Quality Index (AQI) in Delhi was recorded in the 'severe' category on Friday as citizens woke up to an extremely...
Minimum temperature, air quality dips in Delhi; dense fog envelops city
NEW DELHI: As the mercury dipped in the national capital, so did the air quality with the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting...
ampoules with Covid-19 vaccine on a laboratory bench. to fight the coronavirus / sars-cov-2 pandemic.
NEW DELHI: Amid the ongoing debate around the safety and efficacy aspects of Covid vaccines, the president of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has advised...
Serum Institute's first Covid-19 vaccine consignments to reach 13 locations today
PUNE: The first consignment containing vials of Covishield vaccine were dispatched from the Serum Institute of India here in the early hours of Tuesday,...
Bird flu Uttarakhand health dept asks district-level teams to remain alert
DEHRADUN: After thousands of birds died due to avian influenza across the country, the Uttarakhand Health Department has issued an advisory asking all the...
Vaccines offer hope but return to economic growth calls for determined efforts Vice President
PANAJI: Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Saturday said that though vaccines offer hope of shielding people from COVID-19, it would take determined efforts...
FILE PHOTO: Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine photo illustration
GENEVA: The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday said that Covid-19 patients should be given two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine within a period...
Heavy rain, hailstorm in parts of Delhi-NCR
NEW DELHI: Heavy rain and hailstorm lashed parts of Delhi and national capital region (NCR) on Wednesday morning. Gurgaon's Kherki Daula village along with some...
SII, Bharat Biotech bury the hatchet
NEW DELHI: In a show of solidarity after some bitter comments, Adar Poonawala and Krishna Ella, jointly on behalf of Serum Institute and Bharat...
Moderna to produce at least 600 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021
WASHINGTON: US pharmaceutical company Moderna said it planned to produce at least 600 million doses of its vaccine against COVID-19 in 2021, not 500...