India Vaccination Drive

All citizens will be vaccinated against COVID-19 by December, claims Prakash Javadekar

The BJP leader also slammed Rahul Gandhi’s attack on the Centre's handling of the pandemic, saying that an attempt to stoke fears confirmed the Congress was behind the 'toolkit'

COVID-19 vaccine: Poor planning, production glitches likely behind shortage in 'world's pharmacy' India

The Government of India says supplies will improve soon and expects more than 2 billion shots to be available between August and December, but experts warn that such estimates are once again too optimistic

'We need vaccines, not tears': Congress leaders slam Centre over 'slow pace' of vaccination

Stating that accelerating the pace of vaccination is necessary to prevent a third wave of coronavirus, senior Congress leader P Chidambaram also urged the Centre to back its claim of getting 216 crore vaccine doses by 31 December with hard data

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra govt postpones Class 10, 12 board exams due to COVID-19 surge

State education minister Varsha Gaikwad added that the Class 12 exams are likely to be held by the end of May, and Class 10 in June

Over 3.25 million vaccine doses administered on 22 March, highest single-day vaccination so far, says Centre

Out of these, 29,03,030 beneficiaries were vaccinated across 48,345 sessions for the first dose and 3,50,065 healthcare workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) received the second dose of vaccine

COVID-19: Adverse events seen in 0.18% of those vaccinated, says Centre; India to supply vaccines to 6 countries

India reported 10,064 new covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest single-day spike in seven months. Out of the total cases, active cases further dropped to 2 lakh while recoveries went up to over 1.02 crore

No foreign dignitary at R-Day parade due to COVID-19 crisis; new cases under 20,000 for 7th day

In view of the global COVID-19 situation, the Centre has decided not to have a foreign dignitary present at the Republic Day celebrations this year. It will be for the first time in over five decades that there will be no chief guest at the Republic Day parade

COVID-19 vaccine shipments speed up ahead of inoculation drive; Delhi schools to reopen for classes 10, 12

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said the AAP government will provide coronavirus vaccine free to the people of Delhi if the Centre fails to do so

Flights ferry COVID-19 vaccine to 13 cities ahead of roll out on 16 Jan; preparations on track, says health ministry

India on Tuesday recorded 12,584 new cases of coronavirus, the lowest in around seven months, taking the country's COVID-19 caseload to1,04,79,179, as per the Union health ministry's morning update

Narendra Modi says India prepared for world's biggest inoculation drive, urges public caution post COVID-vaccination

Speaking after laying the foundation stone of the AIIMS in Rajkot via video conferencing, Modi said people should not believe in rumours and unfounded claims regarding the vaccine