Covid-19 Pandemic

Rishi Sunak's administration refused a demand from the UK's Covid-19 inquiry to hand over former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages and pandemic diaries.

'Disease X' is on the 'priority disease' of WHO. The short list has the names of the disease that could cause the next deadly pandemic.

Asteroid City writer-director Wes Anderson claims that the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on its filmmaking process. "Writing it during this pandemic, in the middle of the most locked-down lockdown, we were not sure we would ever go out again — so I think that's sorta in it,” he said at Cannes Film Festival. Asteroid City is set in a remote de...

In a meeting of the World Health Assembly on Monday, Dr. Tedros sounded the alarm that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted many gaps in the global health architecture and asserted that building resilience in global systems needs a collective effort.

Nearly 337 million life years were lost in the two first years of the Covid-19 pandemic, as millions of people died prematurely, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

BJP chief J P Nadda today claimed that the US, China and Japan are facing an economic crisis now as they spent money on providing freebies during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Indian government came up with a Rs 20 lakh crore package

She further blasted companies that allow the WFH norm and blamed them for hurting local businesses.

Emad Mostaque, founder of the tech firm, Stability AI, warned that AI could become far more capable than us and ultimately control humanity.

The centre has asked eight states to keep a close watch on the COVID-19 situation amid rising positivity rate, or infections per 100 tests.

Some 67 million children partially or fully missed routine vaccines globally between 2019 and 2021 because of lockdowns and health care disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations said Wednesday.

There's a 27.5% chance a pandemic as deadly as Covid-19 could take place in the next decade as viruses emerge more frequently, with rapid vaccine rollout the key to reducing fatalities, according to a predictive health analytics firm.

More than 1,700 undertrial prisoners and convicts, who were granted emergency bail or parole during the COVID-19 pandemic, have returned to Delhi's jails after the Supreme Court directed them to surrender, officials said on Saturday.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the inflation has been kept at six per cent or below despite adverse circumstances as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

On the eve of World Health Day, WHO on Thursday called for concerted and urgent efforts to bridge gaps accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic and achieving health for all through universal health coverage.

Rishi Sunak's administration refused a demand from the UK's Covid-19 inquiry to hand over former Prime Minister Boris Johnson's WhatsApp messages and pandemic diaries.

'Disease X' is on the 'priority disease' of WHO. The short list has the names of the disease that could cause the next deadly pandemic.

Asteroid City writer-director Wes Anderson claims that the COVID-19 pandemic had an impact on its filmmaking process. "Writing it during this pandemic, in the middle of the most locked-down lockdown, we were not sure we would ever go out again — so I think that's sorta in it,” he said at Cannes Film Festival. Asteroid City is set in a remote de...

In a meeting of the World Health Assembly on Monday, Dr. Tedros sounded the alarm that the Covid-19 pandemic is far from over.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said the COVID-19 pandemic highlighted many gaps in the global health architecture and asserted that building resilience in global systems needs a collective effort.

Nearly 337 million life years were lost in the two first years of the Covid-19 pandemic, as millions of people died prematurely, the World Health Organization said on Friday.

BJP chief J P Nadda today claimed that the US, China and Japan are facing an economic crisis now as they spent money on providing freebies during the COVID-19 pandemic, while the Indian government came up with a Rs 20 lakh crore package

She further blasted companies that allow the WFH norm and blamed them for hurting local businesses.

Emad Mostaque, founder of the tech firm, Stability AI, warned that AI could become far more capable than us and ultimately control humanity.

The centre has asked eight states to keep a close watch on the COVID-19 situation amid rising positivity rate, or infections per 100 tests.

Some 67 million children partially or fully missed routine vaccines globally between 2019 and 2021 because of lockdowns and health care disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the United Nations said Wednesday.

There's a 27.5% chance a pandemic as deadly as Covid-19 could take place in the next decade as viruses emerge more frequently, with rapid vaccine rollout the key to reducing fatalities, according to a predictive health analytics firm.

More than 1,700 undertrial prisoners and convicts, who were granted emergency bail or parole during the COVID-19 pandemic, have returned to Delhi's jails after the Supreme Court directed them to surrender, officials said on Saturday.

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said the inflation has been kept at six per cent or below despite adverse circumstances as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

On the eve of World Health Day, WHO on Thursday called for concerted and urgent efforts to bridge gaps accentuated by the COVID-19 pandemic and achieving health for all through universal health coverage.