Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has been named the next chairman of the World Health Organisation’s Executive Board. Let’s hope we’ve seen the last of his science gaffes.

Cyclone Amphan – the fiercest storm over Bay of Bengal in decades – is expected to make landfall in a few hours with winds gusting at 185 kmph. The heavy rainfall and high waves are leaving a trail of destruction with uprooted trees and collapsed houses.

If Yogi Adityanath and Priyanka Gandhi would have buried their differences and arranged buses for migrants, they would have set an example for the rest of the country. Instead, they decided to play the blame game.

Over 300 nurses from Kolkata have migrated back to their home state Manipur, alleging a severe lack of PPE and facilities, as well as racist vitriol. There is a serious lack of information about what is going with Covid-19 testing in West Bengal.

Super Cyclone Amphan became the strongest storm ever recorded in the Bay of Bengal on Monday night, after intensifying with sustained wind speeds of up to 270 kilometers per hour. How prepared are Odisha and West Bengal?

In a horrific incident, visuals of injured migrants travelling in an open truck, with tarpaulin-wrapped dead bodies, have just surfaced. Uttar Pradesh sent bodies of those killed in the Auraiya accident in plastic bags, along with those who were injured.

As Mumbai prepares 76,000 beds for Covid-19 patients, many of the city's most famous locations have been turned into modular hospitals. This includes places like Mahalaxmi Racecourse, Nehru Planetarium, Mahim Nature Park, and National Sports Club of India.

“Those who are infected had the option of home and sharing memes. They came to work because they are committed professionals,” tweeted Zee News editor-in-chief Sudhir Chaudhary. Then he had a clarification to offer, but Indian Twitter isn’t buying it.

On Monday, Yashwant Sinha and a few AAP ministers sought to put an end to the migrant crisis in the only way they know how — by sitting on dharna in the national capital. They demanded the armed forces be brought in to assuage the crisis. They were promptly detained by the Delhi Police.

Researchers from the United States biotech company “Moderna Inc” confirmed that their experimental vaccine had shown signs that it can create an immune-system response to fend off the coronavirus. Yet, this is just the first of several trials.