Covid `19  

Reviewing the Covid-19 situation in the country, the health ministry added that although certain states are witnessing a surge in active virus infections, India's active cases less than 2%, recoveries over 97%
 

India has vaccinated more than 7 million people against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19, covering at least 50% of targeted health-care workers in 26 days of the launch of the world’s largest immunisation campaign, making it fastest to reach the landmark, the government data showed

Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau dialled Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and place a request for Covid-19 vaccines

Indian Army has trained its canines – Chippiparai dogs – to detect Covid-19 samples 

Uttar Pradesh has become the first state in the country to inoculate more than 5.5 lakh people

The PMCARES fund has provided over Rs 2,200 crore for the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive which aims to inoculate frontline healthcare workers

The Economic Survey 2020-21, tabled by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in Parliament, has observed that in spite of an unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic and consequential challenges, the industrial and infrastructure sectors of Indian economy are on a fast V-shaped recovery path.
 

British Medical Journal Lancet has jumped to the defence of India, asserting that Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, is safe and generated immune response in the participants of the vaccine's phase-1 trials
 

 The construction of national highways in the year 2020 surpassed that of the year 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday interacted with chief ministers of all states via video conferencing for reviewing the plan for nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive

India's Covid-19 caseload rose to 1,03,95,278 with 20,346 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of recoveries surpassed one crore, according to data updated by the Union health ministry on Thursday

Brazil has now turned to its dear friend India for vaccine
 

Covishield uses a replication-deficient chimpanzee viral vector based on a modified adenovirus virus (which causes the common cold) that contains genetic material from the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Vaccine dosage enables the immune system to attack the Covid-19 virus if it infects the body
 

Addressing a gathering via video conferencing while laying the foundation stone for a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences in Gujarat's Rajkot, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that preparation is on full swing to mobilise and distribute India-manufactured vaccine to everyone

Union minister of state Anurag Thakur feels the year 2020 is a year of historic reforms, tectonic transformation and of opportunities in the wake of adversities