London, May 12 Britain will hold a public inquiry into the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic next year, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Wednesday. “This process will place the state’s actions under the microscope,” he told parliament. The inquiry will have the backing of legislation giving it far-reachingRead More

New Delhi/Mumbai, May 12 As states face an acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccines, Maharashtra decided on Wednesday to suspend its drive to vaccinate people in the age group of 18 to 44 years while Delhi also temporarily shut Covaxin administering centres for them as it has run out of stock.Read More

New Delhi, May 12 Twelve opposition party leaders, including Congress chief Sonia Gandhi, TMC president Mamata Banerjee and NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, on Wednesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi demanding immediate commencement of a free, universal mass Covid vaccination campaign across the country. In the letter, the leaders saidRead More

Like many Ontarians, more than a year of on-and-off lockdown restrictions has taken a toll on Ross Kutisker-Jacobson. “I’ve lived with immense frustration and feelings of hopelessness,” said the father of two from Mississauga. Kutisker-Jacobsen acknowledges he’s in a privileged position — he and his wife have been able toRead More

Muktsar, May 10 Congress MLA from Gidderbaha Amarinder Singh Raja Warring has requested CM Capt Amarinder Singh to announce free treatment for Covid patients in private hospitals in the state, just like the neighbouring Congress-ruled Rajasthan. On Sunday, Warring tweeted, “The Congress-led Rajasthan Government announced free treatment of Covid patientsRead More

Chandigarh, May 10 As Punjab grapples with the Covid pandemic, the state government today terminated the services of around 1,400 protesting contract employees working under the National Health Mission (NHM) after they refused to join work. Most from Jalandhar district Most of the sacked employees belonged to Jalandhar district (318),Read More

London, May 10 British Prime Minister Boris Johnson will set out on next Monday the next phase of lockdown easing, giving the green light to “cautious hugging” and the serving of pints inside pubs after months of strict restrictions. News about the next easing, to begin on May 17, comesRead More

Thiruvananthapuram, May 11 The first Revenue Minister of Kerala and JSS leader KR Gouri Amma passed away on Tuesday at a hospital in Thiruvananthapuram where she was admitted due to age-related ailments. She was 102. Also read: One hundred years of attitude KR Gouri had recently stepped down from theRead More

New Delhi, May 11 Top Indian scientists and clinicians on Monday wrote an open letter to government Covid strategists demanding the removal of convalescent plasma therapy from national Covid clinical protocols and warned against possibilities of plasma use triggering virulent Covid variants while being of no clinical benefit among CovidRead More

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is committed to making COVID-19 vaccines readily available around the world and will consider waiving intellectual property (IP) rights enjoyed by vaccine makers to improve that access. Speaking to reporters at a COVID-19 briefing today, Trudeau said Canada understands “this pandemic will not endRead More