Health

Mumbai, Aug 26 : Well-known Mumbai-based neurosurgeon Dr. B.K. Misra has been conferred the prestigious American Association of Neurological Surgeons ‘International Lifetime Achievement Award in Neurosurgery’, an official said here on Thursday.Dr.Mi…

Chandigarh, Aug 26 : With the further decline in coronavirus cases in Haryana, the government has decided to open all schools from September 1 for class IV and V. Education Minister Kanwar Pal said that the classes would be held by strictly following…

New Delhi, Aug 26 : In a significant achievement, India’s Covid-19 vaccination coverage has crossed the 60-crore landmark on Wednesday.The country’s total vaccination count under the mass vaccination drive now stands at 60,24,25,271.An official said …

Bhubaneswar, Aug 25 : Odisha on Wednesday reported death of another 69 persons due to Covid-19, taking the death toll in the state to 7,562.According to State Covid-19 dashboard, the death of 25 persons were confirmed in Cuttack district while 21 dea…

Jaipur, Aug 25 : In the wake of schools reopening from September 1 for classes IX to XII, the Rajasthan education department has finally issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) under which schools shall run in two shifts.As per the guidelines issue…

Patna, Aug 25 : Keeping in view a possible third wave of Covid-19, the Bihar health department is gearing up for arrangement of medical facilities in the state.The aim is to minimise casualties during the possible third wave of the pandemic.The peopl…

Hyderabad, Aug 25 : The International Vaccine Institute (IVI) on Wednesday announced that the first participant received Bharat Biotech’s Chikungunya vaccine candidate (BBV87) in a Phase II/III clinical trial in Costa Rica.This marks the beginning of…

Lucknow, Aug 25 : As life limps back to normalcy with lifting of curfew restrictions, a huge backlog is being witnessed at the major hospitals that have now opened up their OPD services.The King George’s Medical University (KGMU) has increased the da…

Lucknow, Aug 25 : The virology labs at Central Drug Research Institute (CDRI) and National Botanical Research Institute (NBRI) in Lucknow have been included in Indian Sars Cov-2 Genomic Surveillance Consortium (INSACOG) — a conglomerate of 28 labora…

New Delhi, Aug 25 : India on Wednesday witnessed a surge in new Covid cases after 37,593 fresh infections and 648 deaths were reported in the last 24 hours, as per the Covid bulletin released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.This is a sha…