UK sees biggest surge in Covid cases since January
Britain reported the highest daily number of new Covid cases since January 29 on Tuesday, and the greatest number of…
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Govt rushes teams to six states with 36% Covid cases
New Delhi (TIP): The Indian government has rushed expert teams to six states showing an increase in Covid-19 cases of…
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Bharat Biotech says completed final analysis for Covaxin, claims 77.8% efficacy
New Delhi (TIP): Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Friday, July 2, said that it has completed the final Phase-3 analysis for…
Read MorePregnant women in India now eligible for COVID vaccination
New Delhi (TIP): Pregnant women in India are now eligible to get vaccinated against Covid with the union health ministry…
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India reports 738 more Covid deaths, lowest in 86 days
New Delhi (TIP): Cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) dipped again on Saturday, July 3, as India recorded 44,111 fresh…
Read MoreNew York to end state of emergency for Covid
New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo has announced that the state will end the statewide disaster emergency on Thursday thanks…
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Experts question if WHO should lead probe into Origins of Covid
NEW YORK (TIP): As the World Health Organization (WHO) draws up plans for the next phase of its probe of…
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Daily Covid cases fall to 51,667, infection tally crosses 30.13 mn
New Delhi (TIP): India's Covid-19 cases rose by 51,667 and fatalities by 1,329 over the last 24 hours, which took…
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Portugal in reverse as delta variant grips Lisbon, cases up
Lisbon (TIP): The country reported 1,556 new infections Thursday — the highest number since February 20. Just over 1,000 of…
Read MoreGlobal Covid-19 caseload tops 179.9 mn
Washington (TIP): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 179.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.89…
Read MoreRussia’s daily COVID cases surge to 5-month high
Russia logged 20,182 new coronavirus infections over the past 24 hours, the highest daily increase since January 24, taking the…
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Mehul Choksi remanded to state prison in Dominica, but to remain in hospital: His lawyer
New Delhi (TIP): A magistrate court in Dominica on Thursday, June 17, moved businessman Mehul Choksi from police custody to…
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Global Covid caseload crosses 177-mn mark
Washington (TIP): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 177.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.84…
Read MoreUK trial finds Regeneron anti-viral therapy saves lives from Covid-19
London (TIP): A new, experimental anti-viral treatment used for some worst-affected Covid-19 patients has been found to save lives, according…
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India logs lowest deaths in 2 months
New Delhi (TIP): India on Friday, June 18, registered 62,480 cases and 1,587 deaths due to the coronavirus disease (Covid-19),…
Read More1 billion vaccine doses only a start: IMF chief
The International Monetary Fund managing director says there’s a moral imperative for the world’s richest countries to back programmes to…
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Indian diplomacy adjusting to an ‘uncertain’ world order: Shringla
NEW DELHI (TIP): India has created capacities to take on future waves of the COVID-19 pandemic, Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan…
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WHO says 47 African countries could miss vax target
Nairobi (TIP): Nine out of ten African countries could miss the target of vaccinating 10 per cent of their population…
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FDA extends the shelf life of single-shot J&J vaccine
Johnson & Johnson said on Thursday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has extended the shelf life of its single-shot…
Read MoreGlobal Covid-19 caseload tops 174.7 mn
Washington (TIP): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 174.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.76…
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India’s domestic challenges due to Covid threaten its regional, global ambitions: US think-tank
India's domestic challenges due to COVID-19 crisis have become a threat to its regional and global ambitions, a US think-tank…
Read MoreHigh risk of autumn Covid surge in Europe
ovid-19 infections, hospitalizations and deaths are falling fast across Europe, but the risk of a deadly autumn resurgence remains high…
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Donating 500 million Covid vaccine doses not enough, US should do more: Congressman Krishnamoorthi
'This must be only the first step in a larger effort to expand and accelerate production and delivery of the…
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Govt books 300 million doses of new Indian jab
New Delhi (TIP): India made its first advance commitments for a coronavirus vaccine under development, announcing a Rs 1,500 crore…
Read MoreKamala Harris calls PM Narendra Modi on US vaccines for India
New Delhi (TIP): Days after External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar met key officials in the Biden administration in Washington DC,…
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India’s daily Covid cases, deaths fall to 132,364 and 2713; tally tops 28.5 mn
New Delhi (TIP): India recorded 132,364 cases of the coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide infection…
Read MoreGlobal Covid-19 Caseload Tops 172mn
Washington (TIP): The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 172 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.69…
Read MoreSurge testing expanded as more cases of Delta variant found in UK
UK health authorities on Thursday added another region for surge testing following the identification of a "small number" of confirmed…
Read MoreAfrican nations acquire 53.5mn Covid vaccines
African countries have acquired around 53.5 million Covid-19 vaccines so far, according to the continent's health authorities. The Africa Centers…
Read MoreUS removes DPA ratings on AstraZeneca, Novavax, Sanofi vaccines
Confident of the availability of Covid-19 vaccines in the country, the Biden Administration has removed Defense Production Act priority ratings…
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