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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)

Portal glitches hold up second vaccine dose for many

With first dose not registered due to technical issues, they miss out on next dose

19 May 2021 12:39 AM IST

A GHMC workers sweeps the road in front of Charminar in Hyderabad. AP Photo

GHMC hides Covid facts; fakes figures of ground staff

Directs officials not to reveal accurate data about the number of persons identified with Covid-19 symptoms

19 May 2021 12:17 AM IST

During the lockdown, we are getting good money, but many working in the food delivery units are down with the infection. DC Image

Good earnings during lockdown, but hitches are many for delivery boys

At the food pick-up points, there is no physical distancing during the lockdown

19 May 2021 12:04 AM IST

One person who recovered from the Covid had developed black fungus in his lungs and died in Bhainsa while six to seven persons are undergoing treatment in private hospitals in old Adilabad district. (Representational Photo: PTI)

Telangana to seek abolition of GST on C-medicines, kits

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman had on May 9 ruled out exempting Covid19 vaccines, medicines and oxygen...

18 May 2021 11:43 PM IST

KCR would hold meetings with experts of irrigation and the legal field to chalk out a strategy to resolve the issues

Lockdown to continue till May 30 in Telangana

The relaxation period from 6 am to 10 am every day will be continued as usual till May 30

18 May 2021 11:35 PM IST

KK Shailaja has been appointed as the Party Whip. (Photo: PTI)

Kerala govt shuffles ministry, KK Shailaja dropped in second innings

KK Shailaja has been praised a lot for handling the situation of the coronavirus pandemic in the state

18 May 2021 2:35 PM IST

Union minister DV Sadananda Gowda along with K Gopalaiah inaugurates a new COVID-19 care centre, in Bengaluru on May 15, 2021. (PTI)

K'taka govt requests Centre to set up Covid Care Centers with the...

Due to a surge in coronavirus cases in Karnataka, hospitals here are facing tremendous pressure and overloaded

18 May 2021 2:08 PM IST

A patient suffering from the coronavirus receives treatment inside the emergency ward at Holy Family hospital in New Delhi. (Photo: Reuters)

Indian doctors, trained abroad, forced to stand by as COVID sweeps...

Health experts are warning that India will soon face a shortage of medical staff in critical care units

18 May 2021 1:17 PM IST

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