Mumbai vaccination fraud: Borivali college emerges possible victim, files complaint

Amid arrests in the fake vaccine scam in Mumbai, a city-based college has filed a complaint with the police against organisers of a vaccination camp held on its campus earlier this month. In a statement released on Friday, Borivali’s Aditya College alleged that a vaccination drive was held on its campus on June 3 by…

AstraZeneca Claims Victory In Dispute With Europe Bloc Over Slow Delivery

AstraZeneca said on Friday the European Union had lost a legal case against the pharmaceutical firm over the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, with a court in Brussels rejecting an EU request for more deliveries by the end of June. But European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Friday’s ruling supported…

Delta Variant Accounts For Nearly 90% Of New Covid Cases In Moscow: Mayor

Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin said Friday that the highly infectious Delta variant first identified in India represents almost 90 percent of new cases in the Russian capital. “The latest data we have received is that 89.3 percent are sick with a mutated coronavirus, the so-called ‘Delta,'” Sobyanin…

FIR against yoga guru Ramdev for spreading ‘false information’ on allopathy

Police in Chhattisgarh’s Raipur have registered an FIR against yoga guru Ramdev for allegedly spreading ”false” information about the medicines being used by the medical fraternity for the treatment of COVID-19, police official said on Thursday. The case was filed on Wednesday night against Ramkrishna Yadav alias…

Coronavirus LIVE updates: No calf serum used in Covaxin, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

India reported 67,208 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours ending 8 am on Thursday. As per the data provided by the Union Health Ministry, the active caseload has declined to 8,26,740 which is the lowest since April 7. The recovery rate further improved to 95.93 per cent as 1,03,570 patients recovered in the last 24…

India records over 67,000 new Covid-19 cases, active caseload lowest in 71 days

India recorded 67,208 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall coronavirus tally to 2,97,00,313, showed data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Thursday morning. Daily recoveries continue to outnumber the single-day spike in Covid-19 cases for the 35th consecutive day. The…

Coronavirus India Live Updates: Most drugs for treating adult Covid patients not recommended for kids, says Centre

Drugs such as ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, favipiravir and antibiotics like doxycycline and azithromycin prescribed for adult Covid patients are not recommended for treating children, stated a government guideline issued on Wednesday. The guidelines by the Union Health Ministry said the decision has been taken…

Kim Jong Un warns of ‘tense’ food situation, longer Covid lockdown in North Korea

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un warned about possible food shortages and called for his people to brace for extended COVID-19 restrictions as he opened a major political conference to discuss national efforts to salvage a broken economy. The North’s official Korean Central News Agency also said Wednesday that Kim…

India reports 62,224 new Covid-19 cases, 2,542 deaths in last 24 hours

India registered 62,224 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, pushing the overall positive cases tally in the country to 2,96,33,105, according to the data released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday morning. The top five states which registered the maximum coronavirus cases are Kerala with…

Gurgaon Reports Only 12 Covid Cases, 1 Death On Tuesday

Gurgaon on Tuesday reported 12 Covid cases, an all-time low according to its health department. The city reported only one Covid death on Tuesday, while the active cases have come down to 332 bringing the positivity rate down to 0.4%. Gurgaon has been reporting (below 100) a significant dip in its daily Covid cases…