With total cases standing at 32.4 million or 0.4 per cent of the world's population, every 250th person on the Earth is now infected with coronavirus

In his address to 75th session of UN General Assembly, PM Modi said that \"as the largest vaccine producing country of the world, I want to give one more assurance to the global community today. India's vaccine production and delivery capacity will be used to help all humanity in fighting this crisis\"

The number of deaths about nine months since the novel coronavirus was discovered in China is nearing 10 lakh

The state worst-hit by COVID-19 pandemic continues to be Maharashtra as the number of active cases in the state stands at 2,73,190

Speaking at the Concordia Annual Summit, Philip Morris International Inc's CEO Andre Calantzopoulos asserted that over 11.2 million people had already switched to the company's main smoke-free product

Stringent regulations in the U.S., European Union, Japan and Australia have historically blocked the sale of Chinese vaccines

It is very important what US President Donald Trump has done with regard to commercial-level manufacturing, White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany said

COVID-19 vaccine: Johnson & Johnson begins global phase 3 trial with 60,000 peoplePharma giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has started a massive global phase 3 clinical trial with 60,000 people of its single-dose coronavirus vaccine. The volunteers will be recruited from the US, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru. \"Johnson & Johnson will develop and test its COVID-19 vaccine candidate in accordance with high ethical standards and sound scientific p...

Suresh Angadi succumbed to coronavirus after being hospitalised for a week

Pharma giant Johnson & Johnson (J&J) has started a massive global phase 3 clinical trial with 60,000 people of its single-dose coronavirus vaccine

Delhi Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, who tested positive for COVID-19, was taken to LNJP Hospital after he developed a fever

The US President has called the novel coronavirus as China's virus before as well

The now-withdrawn guidance, posted on the agency's website on Friday, recommended that people use air purifiers to reduce airborne germs indoors to avoid the disease from spreading

Even as Delhi is witnessing a steep rise in the number of novel coronavirus cases, almost all ICU beds in most of the hospitals in the national capital are now occupied. According to doctors, there is an increase of 4 per cent of patients admitted to ICU in the past 10 days. Delhi has been consistently reporting more than 4,000 cases every day over the past week. On Saturday, the coronavirus tally in Delhi crossed the 2-lakh mark at 2,42,899. Watch the video for more.

FELUDA tests approved by DCGI for commercial launch; will it live up to the consistency and efficacy of its namesake, Satyajit Ray's private investigator?

There will be no window ticket sales and visitors can scan the code to buy tickets or book online via the ASI website or mobile app

With festivals like Mahalaya, Durga Puja and Diwali around, artisans are staring at severe losses after a fall in selling price and overall sale in wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic. There's lack of work and decline in income during the festive season which is supposed to be the most lucrative time for them. Artisans depend on Durga Puja season for their entire income, but the COVID-19 pandemic has curtailed their budget to a great extent. Watch the video for more.

Tata CRISPR test meets high-quality benchmarks with 96 per cent sensitivity and 98 per cent specificity (accuracy) for detecting coronavirus; it shows result more quickly than traditional RT-PCR test kits and is less expensive

According to Delhi government's health bulletin, the total number of COVID-19 tests conducted in Delhi stood at 61,037 as of Thursday

PMC Bank scam: ED attaches 3 hotels in Delhi worth Rs 100 croreThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday attached three hotels in Delhi valued at around Rs 100 crore under Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002 in connection with the PMC Bank fraud case. The three hotels that have been attached by the agency belong to the Fab Hotels group and are located in Kailash Colony, East of Kailash and Kalkaji areas of the national capital.Parliament passes bill to cut salary of MPs by 30% ...