
​Union Minister of state for external affairs and senior BJP leader, V. Muraleedharan said that Kerala opposition leader, V.D. Satheeshan has become the advocate of the Chief Minister and he has taken upon himself the task to save the left front government from embarrassing situations....

Although the Omicron variant of Covid has been shown to evade vaccines, two new studies led by the UK health agency showed that a third booster dose increases vaccines' effectiveness by 88 per cent....

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Sunday urged states/UTs to better utilise the approved funds under Emergency Covid Response Package (ECRP-II) and directed them to expedite the progress in terms of ICU beds, oxygen beds, Paediatric ICU/HDU beds, among others....

In wake of the sudden spike in Covid cases, West Bengal on Sunday announced certain restrictions on the movement of people and public transport from Monday onwards....

The UK National Health Service can avoid becoming overwhelmed only if the Omicron variant turns out to be five to 10 times milder than Delta, according to new modelling. ...

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday that although Covid-19 cases were rising, there was no need to panic....

Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday said that the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or the UAPA should be invoked on offenders who have committed a crime under it and they should be arrested....

The residents of the national capital on Sunday woke up to a cold morning with the minimum temperature settling at 5 degrees Celsius. The people however, continued to breathe polluted air, as the Air Quality Index (AQI) was 323 for PM10 and 210 for PM2.5....

With 94 new Omicron cases detected in last 24 hours, the overall number of infections caused by the new highly-transmissible Covid-19 variant rose to 1,525 on Sunday, with Maharashtra and Delhi continuing to be the worst-hit, according to the Union Health Ministry....

Israel has reportedly documented the first case of "Florona" -- a simultaneous infection with the Covid-19 and influenza....