'Please be patient': Adar Poonawalla urges nations waiting for Covishield vaccines

Pune/IBNS: Serum Institute of India (SII) CEO Adar Poonawalla on Sunday requested countries and governments to "be patient" amid the wait for 'Covishield' supplies, the coronavirus vaccine his pharmaceutical company has developed in partnership with the Oxford University and British-Swedish pharma firm AstraZeneca.

PM Modi, Chief Ministers to get Covid-19 vaccine in second phase

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will receive coronavirus vaccine  in the second phase of the country-wide immunisation drive along with chief minister and MPs and MLAs over 50, reported the media.

PM Modi to launch pan India Covid-19 vaccination drive at 10:30 AM on Saturday

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the pan India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive on Jan 16 at 10:30 AM via video conferencing. 

Mamata Banerjee announces free Covid-19 vaccine for every citizen in West Bengal

Kolkata/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday announced that the state government is arranging to make Covid-19 vaccines available to all its citizens at free of cost.

ISRO's collaboration with private sector will boost Atmanirbhar Bharat: Jitendra Singh

New Delhi/UNI: Union Minister for Space Jitendra Singh on Monday said the Indian Space Research Organisation's (ISRO) collaboration with private sector will boost the 'Atmanirbhar Bharat'.

Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech get DCGI approval for emergency use of Covid-19 vaccines

New Delhi/IBNS: Two Covid-19 vaccine candidates-Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and the Serum Institute of India's Covishield-on Sunday received the approval of the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use in India.

India registers over 41000 Covid-19 cases in last 24 hours

New Delhi/IBNS: India added 41,810 new infections of coronavirus in the last 24 hours taking the country's total tally to 93,92,919 cases, the Union Health Ministry said on Sunday.

Population of Asiatic lions in Gujarat's Gir forest registers highest increase; PM Modi shares the good news on social media

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today shared "some very good news" about Asiatic lions inhabiting the Gir forest in his home state Gujarat.

Total positive Coronavirus cases in India rise to 491

New Delhi/IBNS: The total positive Novel Coronavirus cases in the country rose to 491 on Tuesday with the state of Kerala reporting the most of them.

PM Modi lauds India's response towards Coronavirus outbreak

New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday came out with all praises for his country over its response towards the deadly Coronavirus outbreak.

Time has come to say goodbye to single use plastic: PM Modi at COP 14

Greater Noida: Addressing the COP 14 UN Convention in Greater Noida, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said time has come for the world to ban the single use of plastic.

Scripting history Chandrayaan 2 to land close to moon's south pole tonight

New Delhi, Sept 6 (IBNS): The highly popular and talked about mission of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) will finally reach its crescendo with Chandrayaan 2 scheduled to soft land on the lunar surface at 1:55 am on Saturday.

Kerala Flood: Rahul speaks to PM Modi, urges to increase Army, Navy deployment

New Delhi, Aug 16 (IBNS): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Thursday spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the Kerala flood situation, urging the latter to increase the deployment of Army and Navy in the southern state.

PM Modi congratulates ISRO for successful launch of navigation satellite IRNSS-1I

New Delhi, Apr 12 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi has congratulated all scientists for the successful launch of navigation satellite  IRNSS-1I by PSLV on Thursday.

World Water Day: PM Modi urges people to save every drop of water

New Delhi, Mar 22 (IBNS): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday urged people to save every drop of water, on the occasion of World Water Day.