Health

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 23 : Kerala on Saturday registered 8,909 new Covid cases was registered after 86,111 samples were tested in the past 24 hours and the test positivity rate was 10.34 per cent, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement…

Gandhinagar, Oct 23 : The Gujarat government will be helped by the Agha Khan Rural Support Programme (AKRSP) in getting the state vaccinated against Covid-19 through ‘Project Pratiraksha’.The trust has targeted around 400 villages with the least vac…

Bhopal, Oct 23 : The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to extend the arrangement of five-day week in its offices across the state till March 2022 in view of the coronavirus pandemic.A notification in this regard was issued by the general administ…

Panaji, Oct 23 : India’s achievement of completing 100 crore Covid vaccinations earlier this week will boost confidence among domestic and international tourists, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday, while adding that Goa’s tourism sector w…

New Delhi, Oct 23 : India on Saturday registered 16,326 fresh Covid cases and 666 deaths, according to the latest data from the Union Health Ministry.The new fatalities have increased the overall death toll to 4,53,708.The recovery of 17,677 patients…

New Delhi, Oct 23 : Smart Watches have made our lives easier with their constant health/fitness monitoring, seamless work-home connectivity and more.While Indians are fast embracing smart watches of all kinds and sizes, Apple Watch is still the gold …

New Delhi, Oct 23 : While we have to infuse lots of funds into infrastructure, we also have to infuse more efforts and activities for capacity creation – both from public as well as the private sector, said Dr K Madan Gopal, Senior Consultant, NITI A…

New Delhi, Oct 23 : There is a need to incorporate alternative financing models to address financial gaps in health sector and to ensure mandatory health coverage for all to support the Universal Health Coverage targets, said a report titled ‘COVID-1…

Chennai, Oct 22 : Intake of sugar and salt went down in some foreign countries after the introduction of Front of Pack Labelling (FoPL) on food products and India must also follow the same, said experts in health and consumer welfare.At a webinar org…

New Delhi, Oct 22 : Even as India celebrates reaching a milestone of 100 crore Covid vaccine doses, Snapdeal co-founder and COO Rohit Bansal on Friday lauded a man who facilitated 64 registrations for the vaccine on the CoWin portal.In a video shared…