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Bihar saw the maximum number of 78 deaths of medical practitioners. (Photo: File/PTI)

270 doctors have died of COVID in second wave of pandemic: IMA

The list of the deceased doctors includes former IMA president Dr K K Aggarwal

18 May 2021 12:42 PM IST

Former TMC leader Sovan Chatterjee comes out of the CBI office, Nizam Palace, in Kolkata, early Tuesday, May 18, 2021. The Calcutta High Court issued a stay order on the bail of the four All India Trinamool Congress leaders who were arrested Monday in the Narada sting case. (PTI)

Narada sting case: Arrested TMC MLA, former party leader admitted to...

The central agency had also apprehended two senior West Bengal ministers Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee in...

18 May 2021 11:59 AM IST

Employees packing boxes with COVID-19 vaccine at the packaging and dispatch department in Pune, Maharashtra. (Photo: World Health Organisation)

WHO reminds Serum Institute of its COVAX commitments amidst soaring...

Earlier this month, Adar Poonawalla said it was not possible to ramp up production overnight

18 May 2021 11:18 AM IST

A health worker conducts Covid-19 testing at Ram Manohar Lohiya Hospital in Lucknow.(Photo: PTI)

Record 4,329 COVID-19 fatalities in India in single day

The country reported 2,63,533 new cases in a span of 24 hours

18 May 2021 10:24 AM IST

A truck is stranded on a flooded highway near Diu on May 18, 2021, after Cyclone Tauktae blasted ashore in western India late May 17 with fierce winds and drenching rains that turned streets into rivers, disrupting the countrys response to its devastating Covid-19 outbreak. (Punit PARANJPE / AFP)

Cyclone Tauktae weakens after making landfall on Gujarat coast

The cyclone brought gusty winds and heavy rains on the entire coastal belt, uprooting trees in Junagadh, Amreli and...

18 May 2021 10:17 AM IST

Avoid crowded places! Maintain social distance

High Court backs takeover of private hospitals for Covid care

It further advised the state to come up with an alternate call centre, similar to 104, to help more people avail...

18 May 2021 9:17 AM IST

The Jangaon bus depot with 128 services every day used to earn Rs 15 lakh to Rs 16 lakh but it fell to Rs 12 lakh to Rs 13 lakh in April due to a drop in the number of passengers due to the Coronavirus effect. DC Image

TSRTC left in the lurch as lockdown hits profits

The rural depots, which usually ferry people between villages are not finding many takers

18 May 2021 9:09 AM IST

Holding an extensive review on the preparedness for Navaratnalu-Pedalandariki Illu, Jagan Mohan Reddy tells officials that steel and other materials be provided to those intending to construct houses on their own. State would request centre for more funds for the scheme. Officials tell CM the houses would be built by June 2022. (Photo: Twitter @AndhraPradeshCM)

Andhra Pradesh to deposit Rs 10 lakh for orphaned kids whose parents...

Health principal secretary Anil Kumar Singhal said those who are infected with black fungus could get treatment under...

18 May 2021 8:53 AM IST

Though the state government claimed that they are having an adequate number of essentials, there is certainly a shortage in urban centres, forcing patients to look for the private hospitals. (Representational image: PTI)

Black fungus patients increase but drugs not available in Telangana,...

The raw materials for different grades of amphotericin are available in the market

18 May 2021 8:38 AM IST

As many as 24 patients including 23 suffering from COVID-19 died in Chamarajanagar due to alleged oxygen shortage in the district hospital, officials said. (Representational Image/PTI)

Private schools join hands to help Covid-19 patients

PSMA East Godavari district president M. Srivijay said that he has helped 39 students or their parents by rendering...

18 May 2021 8:27 AM IST

Black fungus gets into the human immune system by inhaling the odors from the putrid material found around the environment. (Photo: PTI)

ENT Hospital in Hyderabad has 24 black fungus patients

Senior doctors at the ENT Hospital state that the patients have come with black fungus in the eyes, which is the stage 3...

18 May 2021 8:12 AM IST

Though there has been no official word from the state government yet on this emerging threat to lives of current and some recovered Coronavirus patients, mucormycosis or Black Fungus infection within this group of people is making some blind and taking lives of others. (Representational Photo: AFP)

West Godavari detects first black fungus case

The district collector said the fungus initially reaches the nose, eyes and face and the patient will suffer from pain

18 May 2021 8:03 AM IST