Dr Anthony Fauci, the Biden administration's top medical adviser said that the COVID-19 pandemic had exposed racial disparities in living conditions and access to healthcare across the US that required serious action to fix. During a commencement address given virtually to new graduates of Emory Un...

New Delhi: An oral drug, developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, for the treatment of moderate to severe coronavirus patients will be released today. The first batch of 10,000 doses of the 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) drug will be distributed to some hospitals in the national cap...

New Delhi: India's fight against the coronavirus is going to get stronger as the country will be releasing the first batch of the anti-COVID-19 drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) today (May 17, 2021). It will be released by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh. Rajnath Singh's office said that ...

The Uttar Pradesh government has directed district officials, senior police officers and Panchayati Raj officials to ensure that 'Jal Pravah', the practice of throwing bodies in river after death, must stop and that funds must be given to poor families to cremate their family members. The direction...

An anti-coronavirus drug developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) will be launched today, with Union Defence Minister Rajnath Singh distributing around 10,000 doses to some hospitals in the national capital....

The Varanasi district administration has issued notices to 14 private hospitals for allegedly overcharging Covid patients, by defying the rates fixed by the government. Chief Medical Officer, Varanasi, Dr VB Singh said the authorities of the hospitals in question have been asked to file their reply...

West Bengal on Sunday reported the highest single-day Covid-19 toll with 147 deaths that pushed up the fatality count to 13,284 while the active cases dropped marginally to 1,31,805. Most of the deaths were reported from North 24 Parganas (39), followed by Kolkata (33). In total, the capital and i...

Countries belonging to the G7 and the European Union can afford to donate more than 150 million vaccines to countries in need without compromising their own goals, UNICEF said Monday....

Reuters, Israel and Gaza's ruling Hamas militant group faced mounting international calls for a ceasefire in hostilities that entered their second week on Monday with no end in sight. World concern deepened with an Israeli air strike in Gaza that destroyed several homes on Sunday and which Palestin...

The first day of the 15-day lockdown in West Bengal witnessed empty roads with policemen patrolling several areas to stop people from venturing out without an emergency. Commercial establishments, private and government offices, education institutions remained closed, public transport stayed off th...

By Associated Press GAZA CITY: Israeli warplanes unleashed a series of heavy airstrikes at several locations of Gaza City early Monday, hours after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu signaled the fourth war with Gaza's Hamas rulers would rage on. Explosions rocked the city from north ...

By PTI ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi spoke with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday and discussed various issues including the worsening situation in the Middle East. The Foreign Office here said in a statement that the two leaders discussed bilateral relati...

As very severe cyclonic storm Tauktae intensified and progressed towards Gujarat, the state government started evacuating people from vulnerable villages along the Saurashtra coast from Sunday. Till afternoon, around 15,000 of the 1.5 lakh residents to be shifted from districts likely to be most af...

As per the Panchang (Vedic Calendar), May 17 is Somwara, Panchami Tithi of Shukla Paksha in the Hindu month of Vaishakha in the year Vikram Samvat 2078. Somwara or Monday is dedicated to Lord Shiva as per Hindu faith. Devotees observe fast on Monday for the Lord's blessings. People worship him and ...

With the cyclonic storm Tauktae likely to induce rainfall and windy conditions over the next two days, farmers of Saurashtra, who are in the midst of harvesting their summer crops, say the rainfall could not have come at a worse time. The cyclone is likely to make a landfall between Porbandar and B...

Justice Mathur admits 'guilt' about CAA protests' hearing not being taken to conclusion, criticises 'liberal use' of NSA and sedition law, expresses concern over the law and order situation in UP and plays down Madras HC's 'murder' remark against EC. The session was moderated by Assistant Editor Ap...

Amid the final drawdown of US troops from Afghanistan, the Taliban has agreed to begin substantive talks with the Republic team in Doha in the coming days, which would end the peace process stalemate. According to Tolo News, the Taliban group plans to attend the Istanbul summit but wants the end n...

SEVERAL HUNDRED farmers clashed with the police in Hisar where Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated a 500-bed hospital for Covid-19 patients around noon on Sunday. Over 20 police personnel had to be taken to hospital for treatment, and as many as 70 farmers received injuries. A si...

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Sunday held talks with key counterparts influential in the Middle East as the United States seeks to de-escalate deadly clashes between Israel and the Palestinians....

As Cyclone Tauktae made its way northward along the coast of Karnataka and Maharashtra on Sunday evening, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) scrambled to move patients from Covid Centres to government hospitals in the city. Until late in the evening, a total 603 Covid-19 patients had been...

The pandemic situation in Uttar Pradesh is not alarming or out of control, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said on Sunday. UP is even prepared for a third wave of Covid-19, if it comes, Adityanath said. Extra test kits and medical kits, and surveillance teams trained in Covid management have been de...

With companies in Haryana's Manesar industrial hub closed for longer than maintenance shutdowns, workers living in adjoining villages are beginning to turn restless. Unlike a year ago, the workers have stayed put thus far — however, this may change if the Covid situation does not improve and ...

Qatari Foreign Minister Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani has held phone talks with US State Secretary Antony Blinken to discuss the recent armed hostilities around the Gaza Strip, the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Sunday. "HE Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs...

In a preliminary report on allegations of blackmarketing and illegal distribution of Covid-19 medicines against various politicians, including All India Youth Congress President Srinivas B V, the Delhi Police has told the Delhi High Court that the persons have been helping people voluntarily and wi...

When Rajeev Satav took on some of the senior Congress leaders at an internal meeting of the party in August last year, it surprised many. For Satav, who died of post-Covid complications on Sunday, was known to be a soft-spoken leader who avoided open confrontations and believed in adjustments and a...

SUPPORTED BY A pillow and slouched over his hospital bed, Jagdish Prasad Mittal, 79, watches his son Manoj frantically dialling people, enquiring if an ICU bed is available in any hospital along the 120-km stretch from their hometown Nim Ka Thana in Rajasthan's Sikar district to Jaipur, the state c...

Lok Sabha MP K Raghu Rama Krishna Raju, who was arrested by Andhra Pradesh Police on May 14 under sedition charges for alleged hate speeches, has approached the Supreme Court seeking bail and terming the case against him a result of 'political vendetta'. He also claimed he was 'beaten mercilessly' ...

They are glaring at each other, refusing to relent. Rameshwar Kumar, 48, has to head back to Lucknow for work. And all his life, he has bowed his head before Hanuman Garhi, or the Ram Janmabhoomi, before leaving his hometown. On the other side, Constable Devraj Singh has the unenviable task of stop...

Six people have been arrested by the SIT probing the incidents of the desecration of a religious text in Punjab's Faridkot in 2015, an official said on Saturday....

Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday held a high-level meeting with a focus on ensuring India's Covid response remains unaffected in the wake of Cyclone Tauktae. Sources said Shah specifically reviewed the preparedness of all health facilities in areas likely to be impacted by the cyclone. The Ministr...

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At least seven people were killed as Tauktae intensified into a 'very severe cyclonic storm' and moved northwards towards Gujarat, leaving behind a trail of destruction - damaging houses, uprooting trees and snapping power lines - in the coastal districts of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa on Sunday. Aut...

On May 13, three siblings whose parents tested Covid positive were brought to a residential school at Bukkarayasamudram village in Anantapur Mandal in Anantapur district. 'The youngest of the three kids is a three-year-old girl. Her sister is five and her brother is 12. Their parents are presently ...

Leader of Congress in Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, urging him to provide Rs 6,000 per month to the poor and needy in various states under lockdown....

The vaccination booking website commisioned by Chhattisgarh has allegedly been beset with 'glitches' within days of being launched, forcing district collectors to continue with manual registrations. Meanwhile, Health Department Deputy Secretary Surendra Singh Baghe Sunday sent a strongly-worded le...

Jharkhand is preparing to carry out a massive 'Intensive Public Health Survey' covering all households in rural and urban areas to map the spread of Covid-19 cases and identify related deaths, which are estimated to be much higher than official records. More than one lakh Sahiyas (ASHAs), Auxiliary...

Delhi has only one day of COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin sock left for beneficiaries aged 45 years and above, while Covishield stock will last for five days for the same group of beneficiaries, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Atishi Marlena informed on Sunday....

A case was filed against 200 people for holding a motorcycle procession as a man murdered by persons with criminal records was being taken for last rites, police in Pune said on Sunday....

Two African nationals have been arrested for allegedly cheating people on the pretext of providing them oxygen cylinders, police said on Sunday....

BJP MP and Union Minister of State for Commerce and Industry Som Parkash on Sunday hailed Punjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh's decision to declare Malerkotla as a separate district on Eid. His comments come a day after BJP leader and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath criticised...

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres told the UN Security Council on Sunday that hostilities in Israel and Gaza were "utterly appalling" and called for an immediate ceasefire. He said the United Nations is "actively engaging all sides toward an immediate ceasefire" ...

Two teens allegedly killed a 15-year-old boy in Ratlam in Madhya Pradesh and buried his body in a mine as the latter had complained about their bad habits to their families, police said on Sunday....

Tata Memorial Hospital at Parel is all set to double its capacity. The hospital has floated a tender for the construction of a 550-bedd onco super-specialty hospital opposite its existing facility. The tender was floated a week ago, and work will start in six months. The new hospital will be calle...

Petrol price on Sunday was increased by 24 paise per litre and diesel by 27 paise, pushing rates across the country to record highs and that of petrol in Mumbai to near Rs 99 a litre. The increase led to petrol rates in Delhi climbing to Rs 92.58 per litre and diesel to Rs 83.22, according to a pri...

Given how the share of directorships held by women in the Nifty 500 companies has risen nearly three-fold over six years to 17 per cent at the end of December 2020 from around 6 per cent in March 2014, it must be said the regulatory push for more women directors has yielded results. However there a...

With the state continuing to report high Covid positivity and CFR, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday ordered extension of all existing restrictions up to May 31, with directions for strict enforcement of all the curbs. The CM said that DCs will continue to determine the opening of sho...

The National Health Authority (NHA) has introduced restrictions to access of CoWin portal's vaccination slot availability information by third parties. While this move has come amid reports suggesting the misuse of the portal's open APIs by some coders and software programmers to set alerts and boo...

By PTI BENGALURU/PANAJI/AHMEDABAD: Gale-force winds, heavy rainfall and high tidal waves swept the coastal belt of Kerala, Karnataka and Goa as Cyclone Tauktae hurtled northwards towards Gujarat on Sunday, leaving six people dead, damaging hundreds of houses, uprooting electricity poles and trees...