London, The protection offered by the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine, named Covishield in India, declines after three months of receiving two doses, according to a study published in the journal The Lancet.

The findings suggest that booster programmes are needed to help maintain protection from severe disease

Amaravati,  Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy turned 48 on Tuesday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Andhra Pradesh Governor Biswa Bhusan Harichandan, Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan and eminent people from various walks of life greeted the chief minister on his birthday.

Bhubaneswar,  For the first time, two Omicron cases have been detected in Odisha.

Both are foreign returnees and their health condition is stable, an official said here on Tuesday.

"After genome sequencing, we found two Omicron positive cases. While one person returned from Nigeria, anothe

Bengaluru,  Three staffers working at a reputed hospital in Bengaluru have been booked for forcing a Dalit employee to clean the manhole to unclog sewers, police said on Tuesday.

The hospital housekeeping supervisor D. Raja, Gilbert and the administrator have been booked under Section 3(1) (J) of the SC/ST Pr

New Delhi,  Delhi Health Minister Satyendra Jain said on Tuesday that of the 34 Omicron variant cases reported so far, three do not have any travel history.

Of the total Omicron positive cases in the city's Lok Nayak Jai Prakash hospital, three such cases do not have any travel history and have not b

New Delhi, India registered 5,326 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, which is the lowest in 581 days, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.

On Monday, the country had recorded 6,563 new Covid cases and 132 deaths.

With the addition of 453 new deaths on Tuesday, the de

Jaipur, In the wake of shortage of coal in the state, Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has written a letter to Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi enumerating the political losses being reported due to delay in the approval of the coal mines by the Chhattisgarh government.

The letter states that there wil

Washington,  Even as Omicron has now become the dominant variant in the US, the country has reported its first death from the highly transmissible variant, the media reported.

An unvaccinated man in his 50s with underlying health conditions is believed to have been the first American to die from the Omicron v

Patna,   Facing criticism over abusive remarks on Brahmins, Jitan Ram Manjhi, former Chief Minister of Bihar has said that he is against Brahmanism and not Brahmins.

"The words used against Brahmins could be a slip of tongue and I want to publicly apologise for it. I am not against Brahmins but

Amaravati, Former union minister and Rajya Sabha member Y.S. Chowdary on Tuesday alleged that the attack on a leader of YSR Congress Party in Ongole and threats to realtor Jagdishwar Reddy in Visakhapatnam indicate the lawlessness in Andhra Pradesh.

He urged the victims to fearlessly lodge complaints with the poli