
A series of recently published studies found that the fast-moving Omicron variant may be less severe than other Covid strains because of the way it attacks the lungs, media reports say....

The wife of Pakistan Supreme Court senior judge Justice Qazi Faez Isa said in a letter written to Pak federal and Sindh governments that some people entered her house on December 29, harassed her and hurled threats at her, The News reported. ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that he is optimistic that the Covid-19 pandemic will be defeated in 2022, provided countries work together to contain its spread....

Tamil Nadu health department will be inoculating 33.2 lakh students with Covaxin from January 3 onwards....

The authorities on Saturday announced helpline numbers for families and friends of ...

The Tamil Nadu government has imposed fresh restrictions against Covid-19 from January 1....

Twelve people were killed and 14 injured on Saturday in a stampede at the Mata Vaishno Devi shrine in Jammu and Kashmir's Reasi district. ...

India registered a substantial spike in daily Covid cases at 22,775 in a span of 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday....

In a New Year shocker, the Maharashtra government has warned of the possibility of 8 million cases and 80,000 deaths as the third wave has apparently set in the state...

Amid the possibility on deferring the upcoming Assembly elections due to threat of Covid's rapidly-spreading Omicron variant, the Election Commission had, recently, said that all the parties want the elections at the scheduled time, but the opposition is indicating that the BJP is pushing for elections for their benefit even amid the th...