Health

Puducherry, July 15 : Sixteen children, aged between 1 and 8 years, are under treatment in various hospitals Puducherry after testing Covid-19 positive, an official said on Thursday.According to the Union Territory’s Director, Health and Family Welfa…

Srinagar, July 15 : Recoveries stayed ahead of new Covid cases in J (and) K on Thursday as 334 patients recovered while 203 new cases and one death was reported during the last 24 hours.Officials said that 148 recoveries, 74 cases and one death were …

Bhubaneswar, July 15 : As there is no significant improvement in Covid-19 situation in 10 coastal districts, the Odisha government on Thursday announced extension of the partial lockdown till August 1.Chief Secretary S.C.Mahapatra said, “The test pos…

New Delhi, July 15 : The Centre on Friday sought the expenditure proposals from all states and the Union Territories (UTs) at the earliest to enable expeditious approval and sanctioning of recently approved Rs 23,123 crore Emergency Covid-19 Response…

Bengaluru, July 15 : Karnataka’s Bharatiya Janata Party government is all set to announce a loan waiver for the families of farmers who have lost their bread winner to Covid.As many as 10,187 farmers across the state have died from coronavirus.The go…

Bengaluru, July 15 : Hospitals across Karnataka have been told by the state government to be better equipped by October 15 to face Covid’s third wave, expected to hit children badly.The directive from the Health Department comes as the image of the r…

Kolkata, July 15 : West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his ‘biased attitude towards some states regarding the supply of Covid vaccines.The Chief Minister also wrote a letter to the Prime…

Puducherry, July 15 : Chief Minister of Puducherry, N. Rangasamy on Thursday decided to postpone the opening of schools and colleges of the union territory due to the Covid pandemic.While the education department of the union territory had announced …

Kochi, July 15 : The Kerala High Court on Thursday told the State Government that the time has come for a policy decision to be made on opening of shops.The court made this observation while hearing a petition from the organisation of Textiles sector…

Hyderabad, July 15 : With the Indian Medical Association (IMA) warning that a third wave of Covid-19 pandemic is inevitable and imminent, leading hospitals in Hyderabad are gearing up to meet any challenge in the weeks and months ahead.The IMA, while…