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Chinese President Xi Jinping. (via AP)

K.C. Singh | Amid Beijingâ€™s overtures, Delhi needs to stand firm

Chinese President Xi Jinping has just six months left for the Communist Partyâ€™s quinquennial national conference

27 March 2022 5:53 PM

Health workers administer a dose of COVID-19 vaccine to teenagers at a government school as Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin looks on. (PTI file photo)

India fared better than others in managing Omicron-driven Covid surge,...

With 3,536 cases reported on an average in the week ending March 15, India contributed to only 0.21 per cent of global...

17 March 2022 7:17 AM

People visit a crowded Marina beach in Chennai. (Photo: PTI)

India reports over 1.61 lakh Covid cases, 1,733 fatalities

With the fresh cases, the total number of infections stands at 4,16,30,885

2 Feb 2022 4:26 AM

Pharmacist Sima Manifar prepares a childrens dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at City of Lawrences The Center, which serves seniors, families and the community, in Massachusetts. (AP/Charles Krupa)

Pfizer begins testing omicron-matched COVID shots in adults

COVID-19 vaccine-makers have been updating their shots to better match omicron in case global health authorities decide...

26 Jan 2022 5:48 AM

Outstation passengers wait in a queue to undergo COVID-19 test at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj terminus, in Mumbai (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

India records 2.85 lakh new coronavirus infections, active cases...

A reduction of 13,824 cases has been recorded in the active COVID-19 caseload in a span of 24 hours

26 Jan 2022 4:49 AM

A BMC health worker collects swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at Dadar railway station in Mumbai, Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade)

India reports 2.82 lakh new infections, active COVID cases highest in...

There has been an 0.79 per cent increase in Omicron cases since Tuesday, the ministry said

19 Jan 2022 5:11 AM

A medical staff checks the body temperature of an arriving passenger at a railway station during a mandatory Covid-19 coronavirus screening in Mumbai (Indranil MUKHERJEE / AFP)

Active COVID-19 cases in country highest in 230 days

There has been an 8.31 per cent increase in Omicron cases since Monday, the ministry said

18 Jan 2022 5:13 AM

A medical staff member speaks with a COVID-19 patient in the infectious disease ward of the Strasbourg University Hospital, eastern France. (Photo: AP)

Omicron a -'deviant-' from Covid pandemic progression script:...

Omicron, the highly infectious variant of coronavirus, is driving the third wave of COVID-19 pandemic in India

16 Jan 2022 9:04 AM

Sarojni Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi. (Photo: PTI)

Over 2.71 lakh fresh Covid cases in India, Omicron tally at 7,743

Experts stressed that this third wave is largely being driven by Omicron variant

16 Jan 2022 5:01 AM

A health worker prepares to administer the third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to a police officer at a government hospital in Hyderabad. (Photo: AP)

India reports over 2.64 lakh Covid infections, highest in 239 days

The country-'s Omicron tally stands at 5,753, 4.83 per cent increase since Thursday

14 Jan 2022 4:42 AM

Volunteers in personal protective equipment (PPE) suits and relative perform the last rites during the cremation of a person who died due to the Covid-19 coronavirus, at a cremation ground in New Delhi. (Photo: AFP)

Omicron more infectious than Delta variant: Medanta Hospital senior...

Omicron shows higher vaccine unresponsiveness and vaccine failure, the surgeon said

13 Jan 2022 11:12 AM

A Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) health worker collects swab samples of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test, at CSMT Station in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

Single day rise of 2,47,417 Covid cases reported in India, Omicron...

The country saw a single day jump of 620 cases of the Omicron variant, the highest so far

13 Jan 2022 4:39 AM