Andhra Pradesh chief minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy had written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking withdrawal of patent rights on Covaxin.
Andhra Pradesh, which has decided to vaccinate the state’s entire eligible population of around 4 crore free of cost for Covid-19 at an estimated cost of ₹1,600 crore, has sought the approval of the Union government to import vaccines.
The second wave of the Covid-19 is severe by several parameters. While there is a huge surge in the increased number of patients, many are spending longer duration in hospitals unlike before.
As people are dying of Covid-19, there are also brave warriors across all age groups who have survived against all odds to defeat the virus and give courage to other people.
Makkal Needhi Maiam vice president R Mahendran on Thursday resigned from the party, saying there seems to be no democracy in the Kamal Haasan-led organization.
India reported 3,979 Covid deaths in 24 hours on Wednesday - the highest in a day so far - pushing the total fatalities to 2,30,151.
A small-scale study on 113 healthcare workers who had received at least one vaccine dose at a private hospital in Delhi found that 18 tested positive for Covid but all except one had mild symptoms
India appears to be headed for more stringent lockdowns to rein in the massive surge in deadly coronavirus infections as both medical experts and apex industry chambers are giving fresh feedbacks to the Centre.
May 2, 2021 is perhaps one of the three dates that Mamata Banerjee will remember all her life, not just because she became the Chief Minister of West Bengal for the third time in a row by defeating the all-powerful BJP single-handedly, but because her tryst with dates such as this is part of her historical evolution to weave a political narrative that she is in true sense a 'Giant Killer'.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday pulled off an extraordinary feat of retaining her TMC-led government in Bengal for the third consecutive term.
With the DMK winning Tamil Nadu Assembly elections after crushing the AIADMK-led front, and M.K. Stalin set to become the Chief Minister, the cult politics, which had subsided after the passing away of M. Karunanidhi and J. Jayalalithaa, may as well return.
Superstar and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder, Kamal Haasan lost the Coimbatore South seat by a margin of 1,500 votes against BJP women's wing national President, Vanathi Srinivasan.
Mamata Benerjee is the hot topic in the entire nation today. She made a historic triumph in West Bengal Elections scoring 215 seats out of 292.
Mamata Banerjee looks set to win a third term in Bengal, the DMK is heading for victory in Tamil Nadu, the BJP is leading in Assam and the LDF in Kerala in the counting of votes for state polls. Health warning - these are very early leads.
The existing scenario in India is that the cases are going up every day with more Covid 19 positive cases reported and more deaths witnessed.