Health

New Delhi, Aug 28 : The Delhi Cabinet led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has approved a project to augment the number of ICU beds in city hospitals.Accordingly, a total of 6,836 ICU beds will be added to seven hospitals in the city, pushing the to…

New Delhi, Aug 28 : In a major boost to the initiatives to promote traditional medicinal practices in the north-east, Union Minister of Ayush Sarbananda Sonowal announced a slew of measures to strengthen these medicinal practices in the N-E at a conf…

Amaravati, Aug 28 : Andhra Pradesh on Saturday recorded 1,321 new Covid cases, raising the state’s overall tally beyond 20 lakh, even as its active caseload dropped to 14,853.As many as 1,499 more persons recovered from the disease in the past 24 hou…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 28 : Finally, after 36 days of silence, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday returned to address the media, but there was no respite in the surge of Covid as 31,265 new cases were reported in the state in 24 hour…

Srinagar, Aug 28 : New cases continued to outpace recoveries in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday where 166 new cases, 103 recoveries and one Covid related death was reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said 166 tested positive, 29 from Jammu divi…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 28 : As the Union government has nearly doubled the supply of vaccines to the states, the Odisha government has set a fresh target to administer 3.5 lakh Covid doses per day.State health (and) family welfare, additional chief secre…

New Delhi, Aug 28 : The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) on Saturday extended the existing Covid-19 enforcement of containment measures till September 30 and asked the state governments and union territory administrations to strictly follow the earlier…

New Delhi, Aug 28 : A single-dose of Covaxin provides a similar immunity response in previously Covid-infected people as those without previous history of Covid infection with two doses of vaccine, says Indian Council of Medical Research’s latest stu…

Mumbai, Aug 28 : The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has urged the Maharashtra government to impose and enforce ‘restrictions’ to prevent the spread of Covid-19, officials said here on Saturday.The directive from the Centre came l…

Jaipur, Aug 28 : Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, known for his simplicity, got his angioplasty done on Friday after registering himself with the new-launched state health services scheme as a common citizen.Suffering from chest pain since Thur…