Vaccines could be tweaked to protect from emerging COVID19 variants: AIIMS Director

Five days ago, on December 15, COVID Task Force Chief had stated that there is a potential scenario that our...

Delhi records highest daily COVID19 cases in six months; genome test of all positive samples

Amid the fear of Omicron, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has urged the Centre to allow booster shots for fully...

Vaccination certificates to ‘Niten Gadkari’, ‘Amit Sha’ in Etawah, UP; ‘a conspiracy’, says CMO

A health centre in Etawah district of Uttar Pradesh has issued COVID19 vaccine certificates bearing the names similar to Union...

‘8 out of 10 global deaths due to non-communicable diseases from developing, underdeveloped countries’

As per a recent report by the World Health Organization, 85 per cent of the deaths due to non-communicable diseases...

Parliament Winter Session: ‘Amendment in Biological Diversity Bill aimed at allowing trade not conservation’

While the government has stated that it is amending an Act to reduce pressure on medicinal plants by encouraging their...

Bank Strike: “We will not allow public sector banks to be sold to private bidders”

Striking bankers across the country protest the privatisation of public sector banks and threaten to intensify their stir if the...

COVID19’s Omicron variant infects 70 times faster than the Delta: Study

A new research shows that the Omicron variant is 70 times more infectious than the Delta variant which wreaked havoc...

Gaon Connection impact: After report on radioactive contamination, Bihar’s groundwater to be tested for uranium

Bihar’s Public Health Engineering Department and Central Ground Water Board will jointly conduct an investigation to assess the levels of...

Explained: Why are a million public sector bank employees on a two-day strike?

For two days, December 16-17, banking operations at public sector banks across the country will be affected as their employees...

IMD issues severe cold wave warning for Punjab, Haryana, parts of Gujarat and north Rajasthan

The Met department has forecasted a fall in minimum temperatures by 2-4 degree Celsius over most parts of northwest and...