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A beneficiary receives her first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at a parking lot in Kolkata. (Photo: PTI)

Govt says will have enough vaccine doses by Aug to vaccinate up to a...

The govt said ramping up of testing as well as containment at the district level 'has worked' in bringing down the cases

4 Jun 2021 5:15 PM IST

Prime Minister Narendra Modi praised the scientific community, saying it is perhaps unprecedented that vaccines were prepared within a year. (Photo: PTI/File)

PM Modi hails Indian scientists for developing vaccine against...

PM Modi reiterated his call for an -"Aatmanirbhar Bharat-" (Self-reliant) and strong India

4 Jun 2021 1:12 PM IST

Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar. (ANI)

Karnataka to hold SSLC exams in July; promotes second PUC students

Supplementary examinations to be arranged for those students affected by COVID-19

4 Jun 2021 1:10 PM IST

Union minister Hardeep Puri at the press briefing on Thursday. (PTI)

Pre-Covid level normalcy to return next year: Civil Aviation Minister...

In the midst of the COVID-19 second wave, the aviation sector is hit very badly and the passenger load factors have hit...

4 Jun 2021 12:59 PM IST

City Police commissioner Anjani Kumar feeds a carrot to a horse as he visits an awareness campaign on coronavirus in Hyderabad. (Photo: PTI)

India records 1.32 lakh new cases of Covid, 2,713 fresh fatalities

The weekly positivity rate has declined to 7.27 per cent

4 Jun 2021 10:28 AM IST

The budget also announced a revival package for the coastal regions which had suffered widespread destruction recently due to sea incursion and incessant rains. (PTI)

Second LDF govt presents 'health-oriented' budget; Rs 20,000 crore...

Kerala Finance Minister K N Balagopal presented the maiden budget of the second Pinarayi Vijayan government

4 Jun 2021 10:22 AM IST

INS Airavat arrives at Visakhapatnam with 158 MT of oxygen, COVID relief materials

INS Airavat arrives at Visakhapatnam with 158 MT of oxygen, COVID...

The Navy had launched Operation Samudra Setu-II to augment the ongoing national mission for meeting oxygen requirements

4 Jun 2021 10:08 AM IST

Bengaluru Police and BBMP personnel seal Sadar Patrappa road as the state government announced strict lockdown. (Photo: PTI/File)

Lockdown in Karnataka extended till June 14; Rs 500 crore relief...

The relief was meant for sections which were left out in the previous package of Rs 1,250 crore

4 Jun 2021 9:52 AM IST

The Andhra Pradesh High Court Complex at Amaravati.

AP High Court expresses concern over short supply of black fungus...

The government pleader said AP got 13,830 injections for black fungus from the Centre so far even as they were having...

4 Jun 2021 8:40 AM IST

If the BJP, now in power at the Centre, could run the vaccination programme as efficiently as it seeks to run elections, we could perhaps see light at the end of this dark tunnel. (Photo: AFP)

Vaccination for students going abroad on June 6

Slots need to be booked on https://www.health.telangana.gov.in

4 Jun 2021 2:37 AM IST

Officials said all the licensed drivers will have to register themselves on the website of the transport department to avail this special vaccination facility. Representational image

Special vaccination drive begins for auto, taxi drivers in Hyderabad

An estimated two lakh commercial drivers will be vaccinated in ten centers within the GHMC

4 Jun 2021 2:26 AM IST

As per the Centres India guidelines, the vaccines will not be given to anyone younger than 18 years, women who are pregnant or lactating. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Andhra Pradesh to extend time for global vaccine bids

Its call to supply vaccines draws a blank

4 Jun 2021 2:02 AM IST