Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, who is at the forefront of India's battle against COVID-19, is set to take charge as the chairman of the World Health Organization (WHO) Executive Board on May 22, officials said on Tuesday. Mr Vardhan would succeed Dr Hiroki Nakatani of Japan, currently...

A Chinese laboratory has been developing a drug it believes has the power to bring the coronavirus pandemic to a halt. The outbreak first emerged in China late last year before spreading across the world, prompting an international race to find treatments and vaccines. A drug being tested...

62 countries, including India, have backed a joint effort by Australia and European Union, calling for an independent inquiry into the WHO's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a draft resolution proposed for the 73rd World Health Assembly (WHA) meeting beginning today. The...

The government on Sunday announced that debts related to coronavirus pandemic not to be included in default category under Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) for one year. Besides, it was also announced that an ordinance will be passed to ensure that no fresh insolvency proceedings...

India's total novel coronavirus cases rose to 85,940 on Saturday, taking it past China, where the pandemic originated last year, though a strict lockdown enforced since late March has reduced the rate of contagion. State leaders, businesses and working-class Indians have called on Prime...