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He said by mid-July and August more than one crore persons can be vaccinated per day. Representational image

Daily Covid-19 cases slip to 1.28 lakh, fatalites also drop

ICMR director general Dr Balram Bhargaw, warned states and UTs from rushing to open up restrictions saying unlocking has...

2 Jun 2021 10:40 AM IST

A medical worker inoculates a woman with a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Bengaluru, Wednesday, May 19, 2021. (PTI)

Andhra Pradesh gives COVID vaccine to over one crore people

The officials maintain that AP has received 98 lakh doses of both Covishield and Covaxin varieties from the Centre so...

2 Jun 2021 10:20 AM IST

A girl wearing a mask walks near India Gate in New Delhi. A high number of children and adolescents are contracting the novel coronavirus in the second wave (Photo: PTI)

New cases slow, black fungus a major worry

The doctor feels that the third wave is impending and it is widely predicted that children may contract infections in...

2 Jun 2021 10:15 AM IST

The SARS-CoV-2 virus has RNA as its genetic material. (Photo: Representational/PTI)

Only one of three strains of COVID variant first detected in India now...

The UN health agency said that in order to reflect this updated information, B.1.617 has been delineated

2 Jun 2021 10:05 AM IST

Videograb of the cremation pyre of the victim.

Dead denied religious rites due to Covid scare

Ironically, while the government allows 20 members to attend a funeral, not a single family member is present in many...

2 Jun 2021 9:30 AM IST

The traditional occupation of the Ediga people was toddy tapping. But today no one in the community is involved in this, the minister noted, adding that he had appealed to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa to include the Edigas in Category-1 instead of Category-2A of caste classifications.

Liquor sales fall in Andhra Pradesh as boozers shun bars

Fear of infections in closed spaces hits biz

2 Jun 2021 9:23 AM IST

Citizens stand in a queue as they wait to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at Tej Bahadur Sapru Hospital in Prayagraj. (Photo: PTI)

Telangana affidavit in High Court shows 37K COVID-19 cases hidden

Telangana state possibly had 37,606 Covid-19 patients who were never tested and included in the official figures

2 Jun 2021 9:07 AM IST

Telangana High Court

High court asks TS to inform it on plan of action to handle third wave

The court noted that the counter filed by the public health director had given no details of the infrastructure, medical...

2 Jun 2021 8:57 AM IST

Family members and relatives mourn near the mortal remains of 2-year-old Sujith Wilson, who lost his life after he fell into a borewell, before his funeral in Tiruchirappalli on Tuesday. (Photo: PTI)

Pandemic fury leaves lives wrecked, families broken

Shocked fathers light sons' pyres

2 Jun 2021 8:23 AM IST

Health workers attend the COVID-19 patients at Gandhi Hospital in Hyderabad, on May 24, 2021. (PTI)

Six hospitals in Telangana taken out of Covid-treatment facilities'...

Revoking of the permission means that no more of admissions of Covid19 patients can be done in these hospitals

2 Jun 2021 8:16 AM IST

Beneficiaries wait in a long queue for Covid-19 vaccination, Chikmagalur, Karnataka. (PTI Photo)

Vaccine shortage in Telangana adds to anxiety

Doses cannot be distributed as there is concern about pilferage, wastage and black marketing

2 Jun 2021 7:54 AM IST

A health worker prepares to inoculate a person with the second dose of the Covishield vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus at a primary health centre in Hyderabad on May 10, 2021. (AFP)

Vaccination helps reduce severity of COVID-19 hit

As many as 26 members in the study group were healthcare and frontline workers in the hospital, like doctors, nurses

2 Jun 2021 2:21 AM IST