8 vaccines, 4 treatments in India's COVID-19 arsenal

The Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation has granted restricted emergency use authorisation to two new vaccines and a drug for COVID-19, taking the number of preventives and treatments......

111 Omicron cases in India now after highest single-day rise

India's Omicron COVID count crossed the 100 mark on Friday after recording the highest single day rise of 24 fresh cases of the new variant, even as the Centre advised people to avoid non-essential......

High drama during parliamentary panel meet on vaccines

A parliamentary panel meeting on the issue of vaccine development witnessed high drama on Wednesday as several Bharatiya Janata Party MPs walked out of it asserting that this is not the appropriate......

Gap in Covishield jabs: Govt rejects reports that experts dissented

The Union health ministry on Wednesday dismissed media reports claiming there was dissent from technical experts about increasing the gap between two Covishield doses and said the decision was......