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Union minority affairs minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi held a meeting with officials of Haj Committee of India two days ago and maintained that they would go with the decision of the government of Saudi Arabia. ANI

Haj hopefuls saddened at Saudi decision to bar foreign pilgrims

The Coronavirus pandemic once again upended the plans of millions of believers to make the pilgrimage

13 Jun 2021 2:00 AM IST

Film star Sonu Sood has decided to set up an rapid oxygen facility in Anantapur to provide oxygen the needy at their doorsteps. DC Image

Sonu Sood to set up oxygen facility in Anantapur

Medical aid would also be provided to those who are unable to afford Covid treatment

13 Jun 2021 1:54 AM IST

health worker picks syringes as seniors get vaccinated with the first dose of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine at the newly-opened mass vaccination program for the elderly at a drive-thru vaccination center. (AP)

Cough up Rs 20 for free test or jab

Private agency staff seeks money at urban health centre

13 Jun 2021 1:44 AM IST

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman speaks during a press conference after chairing the 44th GST Council meeting via video conferencing, in New Delhi, Saturday, June 12, 2021. (Photo:PTI)

GST slashed on COVID-19, black fungus medicines; 5% tax retained on...

The reduced tax rates were based on a recommendation of a group of ministers, headed by Meghalaya Deputy Chief Minister...

13 Jun 2021 12:43 AM IST

Globally, 54 per cent women lost their jobs during the Covid pandemic, said Columbia University Medical Centre Public Psychiatry Education Director and Clinical Psychiatry Associate Professor Dr Stephanie M. Le Melle on Saturday. (Photo:PTI)

Globally, 54% women workforce vanished

Covid is exposing women to greater health risks, threatening livelihoods and exacerbating gender-based violence

13 Jun 2021 12:38 AM IST

The Hyderabad-based firm is supplying Covaxin to 18 states, including Andhra Pradesh, Haryana, Odisha, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Tamil Nadu, Bihar, Jharkhand and Delhi. (AP)

Covid vax: Bharat Biotech to conduct clinical trials in US to seek...

Its American partner Ocugen will follow biologics licence application' (BLA) process, which leads to full approval for...

13 Jun 2021 12:31 AM IST

Some hospitals wary of government action are now said to be ready to pay back excess amounts. (Representational Photo:AFP)

Complaints pour in against Covid hospitals in AP

Some hospitals not keen to continue Covid services

13 Jun 2021 12:00 AM IST

Antigua and Barbuda businessman Mehul Choksi is taken to a police van via a wheelchair by a police officer after attending a court hearing, in Roseau, Dominica. (AP)

Dominica High Court denies bail to Mehul Choksi, calls him 'flight...

Choksi had approached the high court after the magistrate had rejected his bail petition

12 Jun 2021 3:16 PM IST

A health worker collects a swab sample from a laborer to test for COVID-19 at a construction site in New Delhi, India, Thursday, June 10, 2021. (AP)

India reports 84,332 new coronavirus cases in 24 hours, its lowest in...

COVID-19 death toll climbs to 3,67,081 with 4,002 daily deaths

12 Jun 2021 2:15 PM IST

A health worker using a fingerti pulse oximeter checks a person at a healthcare centre. PTI photo

Covid devices go missing in hospitals in AP's Chittoor district

Recovered patients found taking them home

12 Jun 2021 9:33 AM IST

Zydus Cadila launched the cheapest generic version of Gilead Sciences antiviral drug remdesivir in India. (PTI Photo)

Govt app ensures drugs to Covid-19, black fungus patients in AP

Speedy processing of requests by hospitals in Andhra Pradesh

12 Jun 2021 9:20 AM IST

Though it is a herbal mixture, the CM is particular on the validation of the drops by allopathic method as well so as not to give any scope for complaints over the use of the concoction. (Representational image)

Herbal medicines gain public favour in Andhra Pradesh

With plants and herbs being in abundance in East Godavari district, local traditional medicine practitioners are...

12 Jun 2021 8:34 AM IST