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New Delhi: Nearly 16 lakh (15,82,201) beneficiaries have received the COVID-19 vaccination so far, with 10 lakh taking vaccine shots in just six days, said the Health Ministry today. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Sunday…

New Delhi: India continues on its steady trajectory of reporting a sustained downfall in the daily new cases and consequential decline in the active cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday. India witnessed 14,849 COVID-19 cases,…

Mumbai: A massive fire broke out at Serum Institute of India in Pune. The blaze was reported in a building near the Terminal 1 gate of the institute. Soon after the incident, as many as 10 fire tenders were rushed to the spot to douse…

Gariabandh: Chattisgarh Police claimed to have busted a major leopard skin smuggling racket by arresting two persons in this connection in Gariyaband district here. The arrested persons have been identified as Ramesh Nayak of Kalahandi…

Mumbai: Legendary Indian classical musician and Padma Vibhushan awardee Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan breathed his last at his residence here today. He was 89. According to reports, the veteran breathed his last at around 12.37 PM at his…

New Delhi: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Sunday invited Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the G7 Summit scheduled in June. The high-level meeting to be presided over by Britain in the coastal region of Cornwall will be held between…

New Delhi: Sanskrit has emerged as the fifth widely used (language) in the Rajya Sabha among the 22 scheduled languages, coming after Hindi, Telugu, Urdu and Tamil. The use of regional languages during proceedings of the Upper House…

Malkangiri: A Maoist commander, carrying a cash reward of Rs 8 lakh on his head,was shot dead during an exchange of fire with the security forces in Kutur forest area near Malkangiri border under Bijapur district in Chhattisgarh on…

New Delhi: The air quality in Delhi deteriorated to the 'severe category' with an overall Air Quality Index (AQI) of 492 on Saturday. A thick blanket of fog has also engulfed the national capital reducing visibility in parts of the…

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) today announced that the 'National Polio Immunisation Day' has been postponed and rescheduled to January 31 in view of the COVID-19 vaccination drive scheduled to take place on…