Health

New Delhi, Oct 21 : After India on Thursday achieved a major milestone of 100 crore vaccination, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said that the credit should be given to the government and this is a matter of pride for the entire country.”This is a matter …

New Delhi, Oct 21 : India reported 18,454 fresh Covid-19 cases on Thursday, and 160 deaths in the last 24 hours, even as the recovery rate continues to be 98.15 per cent as per the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare data.With the new 160 fatalitie…

New Delhi, Oct 21 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday visited the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital here to express gratitude to doctors, nurses and others who helped India cross the 100 crore Covid-19 vaccination-mark.Modi visited the vaccination ce…

Bengaluru, Oct 21 : Edtech company BYJU’S on Thursday introduced an enhanced and tailor-made health insurance policy for its employees that covers and further scales up focus on their physical and psychological well-being.The new policy aims to aid e…

Chennai, Oct 21 : The Tamil Nadu health department will organise sixth mega Covid vaccination drive for the second jab on October 23, Saturday.This, after the poor percentage of the second dose, as the state has till Wednesday administered second dos…

New Delhi, Oct 21 : India on Thursday achieved the major milestone of 100 crore vaccination-mark, nine months after the nationwide inoculation programme was started to protect the people against Covid-19.The CoWin portal mentioned that a total of 100…

Lucknow, Oct 21 : The Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) in Lucknow has successfully performed its first ABO incompatible (mismatched blood group) kidney transplant, becoming the second medical education institute in the state c…

New Delhi, Oct 20 : The Central government on Wednesday extended the ‘Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Care Workers Fighting Covid-19’ for a period of further 180 days.The current period of the insurance policy is endi…

Panaji, Oct 20 : Goa has completed nearly 72 per cent coverage of the second Covid vaccination dose, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Tuesday.”72 per cent completion of the second dose has been completed.We have targetted 100 per cent coverage by…

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 20 : Kerala on Wednesday recorded a rise in new Covid cases, at 11,150, after 94,151 samples were tested in the past 24 hours and the test positivity rate also went up to touch 11.84 per cent, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan s…