Health

Jaipur, Aug 4 : Addressing a webinar on ‘Fighting nutrition crisis in India during Covid-19, especially for women and children in India’, several experts on Wednesday raised concern over the adverse effects of the pandemic which are affecting million…

New Delhi, Aug 4 : The national capital on Wednesday reported 67 new Covid cases in the past 24-hour timeframe, though for the second time this month no deaths were reported in the said period, according to the daily health bulletin issued by the Del…

New Delhi/Agartala, Aug 4 : The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) have expressed concern about the potential of mass gatherings during upcoming festivals across the country turning into super…

Bhubaneswar, Aug 4 : The Shree Jagannath temple in Odisha’s Puri will be reopened for devotees from August 16 with strict adherence to Covid-19 protocols, an official said.The temple has been closed to devotees since April 24 in view of Covid’s secon…

Srinagar, Aug 4 : New Covid cases again outnumbered recoveries in J (and) K on Wednesday as 149 new cases, 127 recoveries, and one death were reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said that 49 cases were reported from the Jammu division and 100…

Chandigarh, Aug 4 : Even as the season for poll manifestos seem to have begun in Punjab with the Akali Dal-Bahujan Samaj Party releasing its initial 13-point election agenda, members of ‘Clean Air Punjab’, which is a network of citizens and civil soc…

Shimla, Aug 4 : With the spike in Covid-19 cases again, Himachal Pradesh on Wednesday made it mandatory for tourists coming to the state to produce a RT-PCR negative report obtained within 72 hours of entry.However, those carrying vaccine certificate…

Mumbai, Aug 4 : Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday inaugurated the first-ever Genome Sequencing Laboratory in Mumbai and a Spinraza Therapy Centre for children in BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation-run hospitals, officials said here.Speakin…

New Delhi, Aug 4 : An Indian scientist has developed human-based models to study neuron development and neuro-developmental disorders such as autism which can help design treatment strategies for such brain disorders.Yogita K.Adlakha, a recipient of …

New Delhi, Aug 4 : Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has said that four more Indian pharmaceutical companies may start the vaccine production by October-November to accelerate the inoculation drive. He said this in Parliament on Tuesday.Giving …