Health secy reviews status of passengers from UK

States and union territories on Wednesday were asked by the Centre to access details of passengers from the United Kingdom to India and send samples of those found positive for COVID-19 to the......

Eminent scientist P M Bhargava passes away

Renowned scientist Pushpa Mitra Bhargava, the founder director of CSIR-Centre for Cellular Molecular Biology in Hyderabad, who returned his Padma Bhushan award two years ago in protest against the......

Coronavirus: 'Home collection is ideal way to minimise risk'

'A probable positive patient walking into a centre is not an ideal situation.' IMAGE: Medical personnel take a sample for testing for coronavirus from a patient in the isolation ward at the Patna......

India registers spike of nearly 9,000 COVID-19 cases, 273 deaths

The nationwide tally of confirmed COVID-19 infections neared 2.1 lakh on Wednesday with a record number of nearly 9,000 new cases getting detected across states and union territories, while the......