At a UN highlevel meeting on pandemic prevention and response in New York, Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava has called for Pathogen Access and Benefit Sharing (PABS) system under the WHO Pandemic Agreement, an official statement said on Saturday.

Three persons infected with Coronavirus have been admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata. Earlier, a 10-year-old boy had to be admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata after being infected with Coronavirus.

Experts say that along with Covid-19, there is also a rise in influenza, adenoviruses, and rhinoviruses, which has led to a growing number of patients visiting hospitals with cough, fever, sore throat, and body aches.

Doctors say older adults, pregnant women, and people with diabetes, heart disease, chronic lung disease, kidney disease, cancer, or weakened immunity remain more vulnerable to severe illness.

Jaan Kumar Sanu's Covid-19 diagnosis is a reminder that the virus has not disappeared. However, thanks to vaccination and widespread immunity, most infections today are mild and recover with supportive care at home.

The report noted that government spending on health received a significant boost during the COVID-19 pandemic, when expenditure rose to 1.84 per cent of GDP in 2021-22.

In its 43 years of operation, this is only the second time that nearly one-third of the Palace on Wheels' scheduled journeys have been cancelled in a single season.

Unlike early Omicron strains such as BA.1 and BA.2, Cicada has more changes that might help it dodge immunity from vaccines or past infections.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Centre to formulate a no-fault compensation policy for people who suffered serious adverse events following Covid-19 vaccination.

India's active coronavirus cases have climbed to 7,121, with Kerala fighting the latest resurgence of infections - followed by Gujarat and Delhi.

A 40-year-old patient on Wednesday succumbed to COVID-19 virus at the Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Sector 32, said an official.

Speaking in Hindi, Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das said the moratorium was a "temporary solution" for lockdown and not a permanent fix.

Authorities are lagging their existing financing target by Rs 188 billion ($2.5 billion) just one month into the new fiscal year, according to Bloomberg's calculations based on official data

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) expects the country's GDP or gross domestic product to contract in the current financial year, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday, as he announced a reduction in the repo rate by 40 basis points to 4 per cent. GDP growth will be in the negative territory in 2020-21, Mr Das said in his first address to the media after the government...

Domestic equity benchmarks S&P BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty 50 snapped a three-day winning streak on Friday dragged by losses in banking and financial services stocks, after the Reserve Bank of India announced (RBI) a surprise reduction in the key lending rate. The Sensex fell more than 450 points during the session, whereas the Nifty dropped below the key 9,000 mark brie...

The Indian economy has exited recession after two consecutive quarters of de-growth as the gross domestic product (GDP) expanded by 0.4 per cent in the three months ended December 2020 as against a contraction of 7.3 per cent in the September quarter. India is among the few major economies to post growth in the last quarter of 2020. For the full year, GDP is estimated...

Biocon Share: Biocon received approval from the Drugs Controller General of India to market its novel biologic drug Itolizumab for treating patients having Covid-19 complications.

Japan's No 4 automaker posted an operating profit of 1.3 billion yen ($12.29 million), its worst quarterly performance on record, due to plunging car demand in India, its biggest market

The World Bank, in its Indian Development Update' Report on Indian Economy, exuded confidence that economic slowdown will open new opportunities for the country.

The move is aimed at supporting the lenders against a surge in bad loans projected by the Reserve Bank of India due to the coronavirus pandemic and related restrictions.

The vaccination drive must be accelerated and vaccines should be opened to all age groups, Uday Kotak, MD and CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank and President of CII said

Hero MotoCorp: Each plant will remain shut in a staggered manner for four days between April 22 and May 1 and the time will be utilised to carry out maintenance work

Credit growth touched a record low of 5.6 per cent in financial year 2021, recently released Reserve Bank of India data showed, and it slipped even further in April