Health

New Delhi, Aug 27 : The Supreme Court on Friday observed that while saving people from the Covid pandemic, there is no protection for them from fire as it directed the Gujarat government’s July 8 notification, restraining coercive action against the …

Mumbai, Aug 27 : With the possibility of India hurtling towards a Covid-19 “third wave”, the Maharashtra government on Friday cautioned that the state could witness around 60 lakh cases in such a situation.Health Minister Rajesh Tope said that while …

Kolkata, Aug 27 : In a major decision, the Calcutta University has waived tuition fees for the next semester in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.The announcement was made via a notification issued by the university, making it the first educational insti…

New Delhi, Aug 27 : Several hospitals across the country are witnessing a spike in co-infections, that is, catching Covid together with dengue or malaria.While this is dangerous and can turn fatal, it is treatable if intervention is timely, said heal…

Thiruvananthapuram, Aug 27 : As Kerala leads the country in the number of Covid cases, veteran virologist T.Jacob John said that this is because only Kerala has the full data and it held on till the last minute in the first wave, but failed to go for…

Lucknow, Aug 27 : In an attempt to set a new record in vaccination, the Lucknow district health department has decided to administer 83,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine in the state capital on Friday.The drive aims to give highest number of doses in a s…

New Delhi, Aug 27 : India on Friday reported a total of 44,658 new Covid cases and 496 deaths in the last 24 hours, said the Union Health Ministry.India’s recovery rate from Covid infection has declined to 97.60 per cent.On the other hand, total acti…

Patna, Aug 27 : Amid rising cases of Covid-19 in Kerala, the Bihar government has decided that people coming from the state will now have to produce negative RT-PCR reports.Security has been enhanced in Patna and Darbhanga airports apart from the thr…

New Delhi, Aug 27 : The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has informed the Supreme Court that over a lakh children have either been orphaned, lost a parent, or abandoned amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic from April 2020.The …

Bengaluru, Aug 27 : The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) aims to vaccinate 1.25 lakh people as part of its ‘Covid-19 Lasika (vaccination) Mela’ across Karnataka on Friday.The state government is also launching a vaccination campaign across K…