1. Antimicrobial Resistance: A crisis in the making -- 2: New Cephalosporins: 5th and 6th generations -- 3: New β-lactam-β-lactamase inhibitor combinations -- 4: New Glycopeptides: Televancin, dalbavancin and oritavancin -- 5: A new fluoroquinolone-Delafloxacin -- 6: New Oxazolininone---Tedizolid -- 7: New Tetracyclines: Eravacycline and Omadacycline -- 8: Pleuromutilin: A new class of antibiotic: Lefamulin -- 9: New anti-tuberculous drugs: Bedaquiline, Delamanid and Pretomanid -- 10: New systemic antifungal: Isavuconazole -- 11: Newly approved anti-parasitic drugs for malaria, fascioliasis, onchocerciasis, Chagas disease and African trypanosomiasis -- 12:New antiretroviral agents for HIV infection -- 13: New Antiviral agents for cytomegalovirus diseases -- 14: New antiviral agent for influenza: Baloxavir -- 15: Direct antiviral agents for hepatitis C -- 16: Antiviral drugs for SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 -- 17: New promising antimicrobials in development and novel approaches for treatment of infections.-.