Bihar CM lifts all Covid restrictions in the state
8:36 PM
Karnataka reports 3,202 fresh COVID cases
8:30 PM
Mumbai's positivity rate below 1% for first time in third wave
7:44 PM
EC further relaxes the provisions of campaigning for Assembly polls
6:47 PM
Rahul Gandhi doesn't know anything about the mining case: Goa CM
6:45 PM
PM Narendra Modi condoles the demise of Rahul Bajaj
6:40 PM
Mamata and TMC General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee hold a meeting
5:05 PM
After first round of voting in UP, dynasts are sleepless: PM Modi
4:37 PM
Decision on COVID-19 vaccination for 5-15 age group to be taken as per experts' recommendation: Mandaviya
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Saturday that the central government will roll out COVID-19 vaccination for children in the age group of 5 to 15 years as soon as it receives recommendation to that effect from a group of experts.
Mandaviya told this to reporters here when he was asked about the government's approach towards the vaccination for children in the age group of 5 to 15 years.
He said the group of experts has so far not made any recommendation on the vaccination of this category. The minister was here to take part in a programme organised by the BJP on the Union Budget that was presented on February 1.
4:24 PM
Rahul Bajaj, former chairman of Bajaj Group, passes away at 83
4:11 PM
Where is internal infighting in Congress, asks Sidhu
3:47 PM
Mizoram reports 1,822 new Covid cases
3:14 PM
Congress is not even ready to consider India a nation: PM Modi
2:04 PM
West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar prorogues Bengal Assembly
India reported a total of 50,407 new coronavirus cases today. According to the Union Health Ministry, the active cases declined to 610,443. While the daily positivity rate was recorded at 3.48 per cent while the weekly positivity rate was recorded at 5.76 per cent, according to the ministry.
Director General of Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Dr Balram Bhargava on Thursday hailed the 96 per cent nationwide Covid-19 vaccination coverage of the first dose and said that India is heading towards becoming a vaccine super-power.
Meanwhile, polling is underway in West Bengal's Siliguri Municipal Corporation, Chandernagore Municipal Corporation, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and Asansol Municipal Corporation.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) chief JP Nadda will hold four election rallies in Punjab today.
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