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Sunrisers' Saha tests positive for COVID-19

Sunrisers' Saha tests positive for COVID-19

Rediff.com4 May 2021

Sunrisers Hyderabad's wicketkeeper-batsman Wriddhiman Saha was the latest to test positive for COVID-19 as cases continued to rise in the T20 league's bio-bubble.

New test can predict your level of immunity against COVID-19

New test can predict your level of immunity against COVID-19

Rediff.com10 Aug 2022

Easy access to this kind of test could help people determine what kind of precautions they should take against COVID-19 infection, such as getting an additional booster shot, the researchers said.

Covid-19: Delhi short on oxygen, beds, says Kejriwal

Covid-19: Delhi short on oxygen, beds, says Kejriwal

Rediff.com17 Apr 2021

The number of COVID-19 cases are rising rapidly with 24,000 fresh cases reported in the last 24 hours, he said in an online media briefing.

Bollywood battles COVID-19

Bollywood battles COVID-19

Rediff.com17 May 2021

Designer-Producer Shabinaa Khan loses her mother to COVID-19 while Boney Kapoor's secretary manages to overcome it.

MP: Minor boy receives COVID-19 shot, falls sick

MP: Minor boy receives COVID-19 shot, falls sick

Rediff.com29 Aug 2021

A senior health official said the probe will find out how the teenager was given the shot even though the government is yet to roll out any anti-COVID 19 vaccination programme for minors.

Dom's Take: The race for COVID-19 vaccine

Dom's Take: The race for COVID-19 vaccine

Rediff.com17 Nov 2020

Dominic Xavier wonders when human beings can access the vaccine and terminate the mayhem caused by the coronavirus.

India reports 3.17 lakh COVID-19 cases, 491 deaths

India reports 3.17 lakh COVID-19 cases, 491 deaths

Rediff.com20 Jan 2022

The total COVID-19 tally includes 9,287 cases of the Omicron variant.

Dharavi is free of Covid-19 two years after reporting first case

Dharavi is free of Covid-19 two years after reporting first case

Rediff.com25 Mar 2022

Mumbai's slum colony of Dharavi, once a coronavirus hotspot and a challenge for municipal authorities in implementing containment measures, has become free of Covid-19, nearly two years after reporting the first case of the infection.

India's daily COVID-19 count remains below 1 lakh

India's daily COVID-19 count remains below 1 lakh

Rediff.com11 Jun 2021

The active cases further declined to 11,21,671 comprising 3.83 per cent of the total infections.

Explained: Mumbai's Dharavi-COVID-19 Challenge

Explained: Mumbai's Dharavi-COVID-19 Challenge

Rediff.com19 May 2020

'Unless the living conditions change here, no amount of testing, screening, treatment would make a difference.'

Do I Need To Be Hospitalised For COVID-19?

Do I Need To Be Hospitalised For COVID-19?

Rediff.com12 Jan 2022

'There are no drugs to be given in the first week, if you have been hospitalised.' 'If you're getting any drug, that drug is likely to be unnecessary.' 'Or the hospitalisation is unnecessary.'

Active COVID-19 cases in India lowest in 199 days

Active COVID-19 cases in India lowest in 199 days

Rediff.com3 Oct 2021

The daily positivity rate was recorded at 1.80 per cent. It has been less than three per cent for last 34 days. The weekly positivity rate was recorded at 1.66 per cent. It has been below three per cent for the last 100 days, according to the ministry.

Ex-India wicketkeeper More tests positive for COVID-19

Ex-India wicketkeeper More tests positive for COVID-19

Rediff.com6 Apr 2021

Former India wicketkeeper and Mumbai Indians' talent scout Kiran More has tested positive for COVID-19, the IPL franchise said on Tuesday.

India's COVID-19 recoveries cross 1 crore-mark

India's COVID-19 recoveries cross 1 crore-mark

Rediff.com7 Jan 2021

The number of active COVID-19 cases remained below three lakh for the 17th consecutive day.

Bangladesh's Mominul tests positive for COVID-19

Bangladesh's Mominul tests positive for COVID-19

Rediff.com10 Nov 2020

Haque's coronavirus positive result came close on the heels of another senior player Mahmudullah Riyad contracting the virus which forced him to miss the Pakistan Super League play-offs.

COVID-19: India logs 41,506 new cases, 895 deaths

COVID-19: India logs 41,506 new cases, 895 deaths

Rediff.com11 Jul 2021

The active cases comprise 1.47 per cent of the total infections, while the national COVID-19 recovery rate has increased to 97.20 per cent, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Meta apologises for Zuckerberg's remarks on Indian elections

Meta apologises for Zuckerberg's remarks on Indian elections

Rediff.com15 Jan 2025

Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw had earlier called out the remarks made by Zuckerberg on the Joe Rogan podcast. "Mr. Zuckerberg's claim that most incumbent governments, including India in 2024 elections, lost post-COVID is factually incorrect," Vaishnaw had said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) on January 13.

India reports over 1.17 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases

India reports over 1.17 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases

Rediff.com7 Jan 2022

3,007 fresh cases of Omicron reported across 27 states and UTs.

Union minister Nitin Gadkari tests COVID-19 positive

Union minister Nitin Gadkari tests COVID-19 positive

Rediff.com16 Sep 2020

Gadkari's ministerial colleagues Amit Shah, Shripad Naik, Dharmendra Pradhan, Kailash Choudhary, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Gajendra Shekhawat and Suresh Angadi were also diagnosed with COVID-19 recently.

COVID-19 vaccination on all days in April: Govt

COVID-19 vaccination on all days in April: Govt

Rediff.com1 Apr 2021

The Centre wrote to all states and union territories on Thursday and asked them to make necessary arrangements for this, the Union Health Ministry said.

Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao tests COVID-19 +ve

Telangana CM K Chandrashekhar Rao tests COVID-19 +ve

Rediff.com19 Apr 2021

Rao has mild symptoms. He has been advised isolation and is staying at his farmhouse.

Ace cueist Pankaj Advani tests positive for COVID-19

Ace cueist Pankaj Advani tests positive for COVID-19

Rediff.com10 Jan 2022

'He woke up with fever and uncontrollable shivering in the morning'

Kejriwal's wife tests positive for COVID-19

Kejriwal's wife tests positive for COVID-19

Rediff.com20 Apr 2021

Sunita Kejriwal is under home isolation.

Australian Open players cleared of COVID-19

Australian Open players cleared of COVID-19

Rediff.com6 Feb 2021

Spain's Paula Badosa, the women's world number 67, was the only player to contract the coronavirus. She was released from hotel quarantine on Wednesday.

Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 208 days

Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 208 days

Rediff.com10 Oct 2021

India logged 18,166 new coronavirus infections taking the country's total tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,39,53,475, while the active cases declined to 2,30,971, the lowest in 208 days, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Sunday.

Active COVID-19 cases in India decline to 87,245

Active COVID-19 cases in India decline to 87,245

Rediff.com16 Dec 2021

The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 49 days now.

India sees daily rise of 62,224 Covid-19 cases

India sees daily rise of 62,224 Covid-19 cases

Rediff.com16 Jun 2021

The daily positivity rate dropped to 3.22 per cent. It has been less than five per cent for nine consecutive days, the ministry said, adding the weekly positivity rate has declined to 4.17 per cent.

India records 11,666 new COVID-19 cases

India records 11,666 new COVID-19 cases

Rediff.com28 Jan 2021

The COVID-19 active cases remained below 2 lakh for the ninth consecutive day.

KL Rahul tests positive for COVID-19; set to miss WI T20s

KL Rahul tests positive for COVID-19; set to miss WI T20s

Rediff.com21 Jul 2022

Star India batter K L Rahul on Thursday tested positive for COVID-19, which is likely to rule him out of the upcoming five-match T20I series against the West Indies, starting on July 29.

India records 70,421 COVID-19 cases, 3,921 deaths

India records 70,421 COVID-19 cases, 3,921 deaths

Rediff.com14 Jun 2021

Recoveries outnumbered daily new cases for the 32nd consecutive day in the country.

Sprinter Hima Das tests positive for COVID-19

Sprinter Hima Das tests positive for COVID-19

Rediff.com13 Oct 2021

India's sprinter Hima Das, who is making a comeback from a hamstring injury, on Wednesday revealed that she has tested positive for COVID-19 but is stable in isolation.

Active COVID-19 cases in India lowest in 204 days

Active COVID-19 cases in India lowest in 204 days

Rediff.com7 Oct 2021

The active cases comprise 0.72 per cent of the total infections, the lowest since March 2020.

India reports 7,350 new COVID-19 cases, 202 deaths

India reports 7,350 new COVID-19 cases, 202 deaths

Rediff.com13 Dec 2021

The death toll from the pandemic has climbed to 4,75,636 with 202 new fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am. The daily rise in new coronavirus infections has been recorded below 15,000 for the last 46 days now.

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

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

Rediff.com28 Dec 2021

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 available in India to 12.

Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 229 days

Active COVID-19 cases in country lowest in 229 days

Rediff.com20 Oct 2021

The death toll climbed to 4,52,651 with 197 fresh fatalities, according to the data updated at 8 am.

Goa reports 1st COVID-19 death

Goa reports 1st COVID-19 death

Rediff.com22 Jun 2020

An 85-year-old woman, who tested positive for coronavirus earlier, succumbed to the infection on Monday.

COVID-19: Lowest rise in daily cases in 231 days

COVID-19: Lowest rise in daily cases in 231 days

Rediff.com19 Oct 2021

The death toll climbed to 4,52,454 with 164 fresh fatalities, while the active cases declined to 1,83,118, the lowest in 227 days, according to the data updated at 8 am.

Biden's big move ahead of Trump's inauguration

Biden's big move ahead of Trump's inauguration

Rediff.com20 Jan 2025

United States President Joe Biden on Monday issued pre-emptive pardons for General Mark Milley, Dr Anthony Fauci and members of Congress who served on the committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol as a shield against possible retaliatory action against them by his incoming successor, CNN reported.

COVID-19: 'The young are dying'

COVID-19: 'The young are dying'

Rediff.com28 Apr 2021

'When this COVID-19 restarted, the first thing I observed was that the patients are all below 50 years.'

Six Tokyo Olympic torch staffers diagnosed with COVID-19

Six Tokyo Olympic torch staffers diagnosed with COVID-19

Rediff.com2 May 2021

The six people, who included a man in his 20s and another man in his 30s, helped on the relay in the southern prefecture of Kagoshima on April 27.