Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech on Saturday concluded a final analysis for its vaccine Covaxin efficacy from phase-3 clinical trial claiming it to be 77.8 per cent effective against COVID-19. It also added that Covaxin gives 65.2 per cent protection against the SARS-CoV-2, B.1.617.2 Delta variant. “Efficacy analysis demonstrates Covaxin to be 77.8 per cent effective against […]

All eyes are now on the Meghalaya government which has been posed with the challenge of meeting the deadline to provide tap connections under the mega project, Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM), as COVID-19 continues to hamper the execution of many projects in state. The government is looking to provide all rural households with tap water […]

India’s active COVID-19 cases dropped below 5 lakh after 97 days, which constitutes 1.62 per cent of the total positive cases. On Saturday, as many as 44,111 fresh cases and 738 deaths were reported in the country. With 57,477 recoveries in the last 24 hours, daily recoveries continued to outnumber the daily new cases for […]

Nagaland Health and Family Welfare (HFW) Department on Friday said 93 cases of Delta variant of COVID-19 have been detected in the state. The fresh cases were detected from 98 samples sequenced so far. “Results of the sample for Whole Genome Sequencing sent to NIGB, Kalyani, West Bengal have been received by the HFW Department,” […]

Maana Patel has become the first Indian female swimmer to qualify for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics confirmed Sports Authority of India (SAI) on Friday. Maana will take part in the 100 m backstroke at the Tokyo Games and is the third Indian swimmer to have qualified after Srihari Nataraj and Sajan Prakash achieved Olympic Qualification […]

The Manipur BJP is gearing up ahead of the state assembly elections likely to be held early next year. Party national general secretary BL Santosh is camping in the state to overview the party’s preparedness for the elections. Speaking to Northeast Live, State Chief Minister N Biren Singh termed the BJP central leader’s visit to […]

The Centre on Friday deputed multi-disciplinary teams to Arunachal Pradesh, Tripura, Manipur, Chhattisgarh Kerala and Odisha in view of the high number of COVID-19 cases being reported by these states. Teams will be supporting the states in their efforts to carry out a targeted Covid response and management and effectively tackling the pandemic, a Union […]

Indian security forces are witnessing a remarkable change in routine affairs in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district after Assam Rifles deployed female security personnel in the region. Assam Rifles has deployed Riflewomen at Mobile Vehicle Check Post (MVCP) for routine checking of female commuters. Speaking to ANI, Colonel R S Karakoti, Co 34 Assam Rifles said […]

Five cases of another opportunistic virus Cytomegalovirus also known as CMV have been reported, with rectal bleeding in COVID-19 immunocompetent patients for the first time in post-COVID recovered patients. Sir Gangaram Hospital has reported five patients with CMV and rectal bleeding so far. As per the hospital authorities, the five patients were presented with a […]

Simmering tension continues to prevail along the Assam-Mizoram border with the Mizoram police accusing its Assam counterpart of damaging two makeshift camps erected by its personnel on Thursday. Kolasib Deputy Commissioner H Lalthlangliana said that three makeshift camps were erected at the disputed area by the Mizoram police following mutual agreement between two sides on […]