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A health worker administers the Covishield vaccine during a special vaccination drive against COVID-19 in Hyderabad. (Photo:AP)

Kerala facing severe vaccine shortage, says Health Minister

Health Minister Veena George said the state requires 60 lakh doses of vaccine for August

27 July 2021 12:32 AM IST

Representative Image. (Photo:ANI)

Kerala reports 3 more Zika virus cases, tally touches 51

The first case of the mosquito-borne viral infection in the state was confirmed on July 8 in a 24-year-old pregnant...

26 July 2021 10:19 PM IST

The State Women and Child Development Director, who doubles as the Chief Dowry Prohibition Officer as per the Kerala Dowry Prohibition (Amendment) Rules, 2021, has asked the heads to properly obtain and maintain declarations from government employees, confirming that they have not asked for, taken, or exhorted the receipt of dowry . (Karnavati University)

Male government staff in Kerala to give a -'no-dowry declaration-'...

The employees have to submit the form within one month of marriage, and it needs to be signed by the wife, father, and...

26 July 2021 10:11 PM IST

Nursing and medical staff wear PPE Kits and busy themselves in a conversation while they wait for Covid patients to treat them at CSR Ward inside King George Hospital in Visakhapatnam. (DC Image/Murali Krishna)

TN govt geared up to face 3rd wave, initiates training prog for...

The third wave is likely to affect children more

26 July 2021 6:27 PM IST

Doctors protesting outside the Government Chest Hospital in Hyderabad on Monday. (ANI Photo)

Patient-'s relatives thrash doctor at Hyderabad hospital

After the incident, doctors at the hospital boycotted duties and staged a protest demanding the arrest of the accused

26 July 2021 5:41 PM IST

A view of the Lok Sabha on Monday. (PTI)

Lok Sabha adjourned again amid disruptions by oppn members

The LS ran for a few minutes as papers were laid on the table and FinMin introduced the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code...

26 July 2021 3:11 PM IST

This photograph provided by Indias National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) shows NDRF personnel recovering the body of a landslide victim at Ratnagiri in the western Indian state of Maharashtra, Sunday, July 25, 2021. (AP)

Maharashtra monsoon mayhem: Death toll rises to 164, 100 missing

So far, 2,29,074 persons have been evacuated from the affected areas, the government said in a statement

26 July 2021 2:26 PM IST

The Madras High Court (Photo: Yoga Balaji via Wikimedia Commons)

Madras HC orders notice to EC on pleas challenging election of...

In his election petition, V Ramu of Gudiyatham, the AIADMK candidate, submitted that rival Duraimuguran won the polls by...

26 July 2021 1:27 PM IST

Kerala HC orders release of man who served 18 years in jail in 14 different cases

Kerala HC orders release of man who served 18 years in jail in 14...

The man had pleaded guilty in all the 14 cases and as a result he was convicted in all of them and was awarded varying...

26 July 2021 12:08 PM IST

Commuters in a train after the Delhi Metro resumed services. (Photo: PTI)

Delhi Metro start running with full seating capacity; standing in...

The DMRC, till Sunday, was running trains with 50 per cent seating capacity since June 7

26 July 2021 11:27 AM IST

A health worker takes a swab sample of a passenger entering the city at a railway station in Ahmedabad, Friday, July 23, 2021. (AP/Ajit Solanki)

India records 39,361 new COVID-19 cases, 416 deaths

For 34 consecutive days till yesterday, the daily positivity rate in the country was less than 3 per cent

26 July 2021 11:13 AM IST

According to the NCS, the earthquake occurred at 5 am. (Representational image: PTI)

Magnitude 4 earthquake strikes near Hyderabad

The epicenter of the earthquake lay in Andhra Pradesh, 156 kilometers South of Hyderabad at a depth of 10 kilometers

26 July 2021 10:57 AM IST