India has vaccinated more than 10.5 million health and front-line workers since beginning its immunisation campaign on January 16

In its 'Global Macro Outlook 2021-22 report, Moody's says India's economy has rebounded quickly from one of the world's longest and most stringent lockdowns, which also came with steepest fall in GDP in Q2

A total of 327 students belonging to Akola, Amravati, Buldhana, Hingoli, Nanded, and Washim live in this hostel

The new variant, known as B.1.526, was first identified in samples collected in New York in November, and by mid-February represented about 12% of cases, researchers at Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, said on Wednesday

The regulation will be in effect from February 27; West Bengal has reported a total of 5, 74,099 COVID-19 cases

The vaccine, known as Ad26.COV2.S, is a replication-incompetent adenovirus type 26 (Ad26) vectored vaccine encoding a stabilised variant of the SARS-CoV-2 S protein.

Vaccines will be given free of cost at govt centres. Amount people will need to pay in private hospitals will be decided by health ministryin 3-4 days, says Union minister Prakash Javadekar

Following Britain's lead, Japanese government created an isolation/ loneliness countermeasures office in its cabinet on February 19 to counter issues like suicide and child poverty.

The three-member multidisciplinary teams are headed by joint secretary level officers in the health ministry, the Union Health Ministry said

The market in Wuhan, in the end, was more of an amplifying event rather than necessarily a true ground zero, said Dominic Dwyer, part of the WHO team that visited Wuhan

According to an official of the Union Health Ministry, Maharashtra is showing a daily surge in COVID-19 cases. Kerala is showing an incremental decline, but the number of daily cases is still high

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 1,07,26,702 which translates to a national COVID-19 recovery rate of 97.25 per cent and the case fatality rate stands at 1.42 per cent

However, Karanataka's  Health Minister K Sudhakar has ruled out the possibility of another lockdown in the state. Sudhakar has urged people to take necessary precautions while cautioning about the possible second wave of COVID-19

Biological E has tied up with vaccine maker Johnson & Johnson and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. And, it plans to start the Phase 3 trial of the candidate licensed from Baylor College next week

The country has already reported three mutated strains of the coronavirus - the UK strain, the South African strain and the Brazilian strain

Maharashtra, which has the highest infection tally, reported 5,210 fresh infections on Monday after logging over 6,000 cases for three days in a row. Mumbai, which has recorded 36.38 per cent rise in active COVID-19 cases since February 8, saw 760 new cases after reporting over 900 infections daily for two consecutive days. Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Sunday announced the restrictions on religious, social and political gatherings in the state. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Taxis, auto-rickshaw rides to cost more in Mumbai

Coronavirus infections in India rose by 14,199 in the past 24 hours to more than 11 million, according to health ministry data. Deaths rose by 83 to 156,385

According to the revised restrictions, the number of people allowed in indoor gatherings has been lowered to 100 while only 200 people will be allowed at outdoor gatherings. This will be implemented from March 1 onwards, according to reports

Union Home Ministry has directed phased closure of two special and temporary COVID care centres in the city in view of \"continuous decline\" in coronavirus cases

Sectorally, gains in FMCG, realty, auto, IT, media and metal index were capped by losses in PSU Banking, financial, private banking and pharma index