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New Delhi: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Monday released the first batch of DRDO-developed anti-Covid drug 2-DG here.On the occasion, Singh said, “I am thanking all of them who are associated in the Research...

Srinagar: Two militants were killed by security forces in an encounter that ensued during a Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) on Monday in the outskirts of the Srinagar, a police spokesman said.He said on a tip-off about the presence...

Kolkata: Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's senior cabinet senior ministers Subrata Mukherjee and Firhad Hakim and two others, including TMC MLA Madan Mitra, have been arrested on Monday by the CBI in connection with the Narada sting operation case.The anti-corruption...

New Delhi: More than 2 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses (2,04,96,525) are still available with the states and Union Territories (UTs) to be administered, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said here on Monday.Furthermore, nearly 3 lakh (2,94,660) vaccine...

Nagpur: An Income Tax (IT) Commissioner posted in Bengaluru was booked by Khaparkheda police here for sexually exploiting a doctor and also carrying out her abortion, a senior police official said.According to Khaparkheda police, the accused was identified as...

Ahmedabad: An earthquake of magnitude 4.5 hit Gujarat's Gir Somnath district in the early hours of Monday, officials said.No casualty or damage to property was reported, they said.The earthquake was recorded at 3.37 am with its epicentre one km...

New Delhi: India's case count fell below the 3-lakh mark for the first time in 25 days as it recorded 2,81,386 new Covid-19 cases, taking the total tally to 24,965,463 while 4,106 people succumbed to the disease in the...

Mumbai: A total of 59,318 COVID patients were discharged after recovering from the virus in the past 24 hours, according to the state health bulletin issued on Sunday.This is the seventh consecutive day when more recoveries were reported than...

Hyderabad: Telangana registered a whopping 3816 fresh COVID-19 cases until 1730 hours on Sunday, taking the infection cases tally in the state to 5,28,823 so far.The cumulative toll in the state mounted to 2955 after 27 patients died of...

Thiruvananthapuram: Covid-19 was detected in 29,704 persons in Kerala on Sunday while 34,296 patients have recovered from the disease, a statement said here."In the last 24 hours, Covid was not detected in any person who recently came to Kerala...