Bengaluru: The Accredited Social Health Activists (ASHA) on Thursday decided to hold protests at taluk level across the state on July 24 demanding a hike in their remuneration.

New Delhi: Pharmaceutical firm Cipla is all set to launch Favipiravir, developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in a cost-effective process, for the treatment of COVID-19 patients, according to an official statement on Thursday.

Bengaluru: Karnataka on Thursday recorded the biggest single-day surge of over 5,000 cases and 97 related fatalities, taking the total number of people who tested positive for the virus to 80,863, the health department said.

New Delhi: Two officers of a CBI team probing alleged extrajudicial killing of a man and his son by Tamil Nadu police personnel in Tuticorin have tested positive for COVID-19, officials said Thursday.

Mangaluru: Seven more patients being treated at private and government hospitals in the city succumbed to the virus on Thursday. With this, the district has neared the three-figure mark in total fatalities due to the virus. The total number of deaths in the district currently stands at 99.

New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP, Shashi Tharoor, in a recent tweet took a swipe at BJP Government and its desperation for revenue. The former international diplomat suggested the government can make much more money if they impose GST on the purchase of MLAs instead of taxing petrol and diesel.

Bengaluru: 109 Police personnel who had tested positive for Coronavirus have recovered from the deadly virus and have reported back to the duty in the state’s capital here.

New Delhi: The case of a Delhi policeman having a relapse of the novel coronavirus has baffled experts and the doctors treating him and has raised the question of whether a recovered patient can contract the infection again.