Coronavirus News

India reports 17,407 new Covid-19 cases, 14,031 discharges and 89 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the health ministry.

The high court noted that there is weight in the claim made by the Bar Council of Delhi for declaring all persons associated with the judicial functioning, which includes judges, court staff and the lawyers as frontline workers so that they could receive a vaccination on priority, and without limitations of their age or physical condition.

Anita Anand, the Canadian minister of public services and procurement, received the first tranche of 500,000 doses of Serum Institute of India's Covishield.

The results of the phase 3 trial was evaluated by an independent data safety and monitoring board.

The schedule for the assembly elections has been announced. Despite this, this time the whole country was abuzz over the picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the digital certificate of corona vaccine.   

Meanwhile, reviewing the Covid-19 situation in the country, the health ministry added that although certain states are witnessing a surge in active virus infections, India's active cases less than 2%, recoveries over 97%.

In the 2nd phase of Covid-19 vaccination in India, even those above the age of 45 years who have illnesses will be eligible to receive the vaccines. So which are the specific co-morbidities which determine the eligibility of people for vaccination? Journalist: Rony Dutta Video Editor: Gouri Prabhakar

India reports 12,286 new cases, 12,464 discharges and 91 deaths in the last 24 hours, as per the health ministry.

"PM Narendra Modi has demonstrated perhaps the most significant of benevolence, kindness and certainly of empathy that we would have seen in the recent times compared to any act of any other leader globally," Antigua and Barbuda Prime Minister Gaston Browne said.

The state government, in its new order, instructed authorities to enforce strict Covid-19 norms to curb virus spread as well as take action against violators.