Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar was opposed to it, state BJP chief Chandrakant Patil

" In fact, retaining this gap has the possibility of giving stronger protection and longer-lasting immunity." Government officials have said they are trying to encourage more of those who are still unvaccinated to get inoculated.A 12-week gap was more logical and scientific for vaccinations drives such as those in India, where some studies have shown many people already had antibodies against COVID-19, Lahariya said.In July, the studies estimated that more than two-thirds of Indians already had

India on Tuesday declared a new coronavirus variant to be of concern, and said nearly two dozen cases of the variant had been detected in three states. The variant, locally identified as Delta Plus, was found in 16 cases in the state of Maharashtra, Federal Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan told a news conference. The ministry said Delta plus showed increased transmissibility and advised states to increase testing.On Monday, India vaccinated a record 8.6 million people as it began offering free sh

THE body of a British woman has been found decomposed on a beach in India causing mystery over her cause of death. Cops have been left confused as a 46-year-old was found lying on Agonda beach close to the city of Canacona, southern Goa without any visible injuries on her body.... 1 A 46-year-old British woman was mysteriously found dead on a beach in India A group of locals spotted the lifeless body of the Brit on Tuesday night, lying on the wall of a church that backs on to the beach, accordi

NEW DELHI: Bypolls elections were held in several parts of the country, the counting of which was conducted today.... The verdict is a complete swing in favour of TMC. TMC’s Babul Supriyo won the Ballygunge Assembly seat.... Babul Supriyo defeated his nearest Left rival Saira Shah Halim by a margin of 19, 904 votes....

BENGALURU( REUTERS)-India on Tuesday( June 22) declared a new coronavirus variant to be of concern, and said nearly two dozen cases had been detected in three states. The variant, identified locally as" Delta plus", was found in 16 cases in the state of Maharashtra, Federal Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan told a news conference. The ministry said Delta plus showed increased transmissibility and advised states to increase testing.On Monday, India vaccinated a record 8.6 million people as it began

Devotees rest on the river bank on the day they take a holy dip at Sangam, the confluence of the Ganges and Yamuna rivers with the mythical, invisible Saraswati river during the “ Maha Kumbh Mela ”, or the Great Pitcher Festival, in Prayagraj, India on January 13, 2025.... Vast crowds of Hindu pilgrims in India began bathing in sacred waters on January 13, as the Kumbh Mela festival opened, with organisers expecting 400 million people – the largest gathering of humanity.... India is the world’

We would need to get to about 10 million doses per day to ensure that a future wave is less potent." Fresh jolt India's challenges in accelerating its inoculation drive are considerable.... There is also considerable hesitancy to overcome and logistical hurdles to reaching much of the countryside, where more than two-thirds of Indians live. Nevertheless, Prime Minister Narendra Modi must hope that the record jump will be the jolt the immunisation campaign needs.... However, Serum's chief execu