Health

Amaravati, Oct 18 : Kin of the Andhra Pradesh government employees who died of Covid-19 will be provided government jobs, Chief Minister Y.S.Jagan Mohan Reddy announced on Monday.He directed the officials to provide jobs to the kin of deceased employ…

Mumbai, Oct 18 : A day after Mumbai recorded zero Covid-19 deaths for the first time since March 26, 2020, the Maharashtra government on Monday decided to further relax the pandemic norms.At a meeting with the Covid Task Force and Children’s Task For…

New Delhi, Oct 18 : External Affairs Minister Dr S. Jaishankar and his Israeli counterpart Yair Lapid on Monday agreed on the mutual recognition of the Covid-19 vaccination certificates.Jaishankar, who is on a three-day visit to the West Asian countr…

Chennai, Oct 18 : The Tamil Nadu environment department has issued orders to all district administration officers to enforce strict measures over the use of polythene covers after reports that recycled plastics are being used at several places.The en…

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 18 : Kerala on Monday saw 6,676 new Covid cases after 68,668 tests were conducted in the past 24 hours and the test positivity rate was 9.72 per cent, said a statement from Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan.The statement also sa…

New Delhi, Oct 18 : The Union Health Ministry’s initiative eSanjeevani on Monday clocked 1.4 crore consultations.Operating in two variants – eSanjeevani AB-HWC (Ayushman Bharat-Health and Wellness Centre) and eSanjeevani OPD, this initiative of minis…

New Delhi, Oct 18 : The national capital’s Sir Ganga Ram Hospital has become the first centre in India to perform confirmatory test for Covid Vaccine Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia (VITT).The Hematology Department at the hospital is the only cen…

New Delhi/Mumbai, Oct 18 : Mumbai has lost 81 per cent of open land, 40 per cent green cover and nearly 30 per cent of its water bodies between 1991 and 2018 while the built-up area has increased by 66 per cent during the same period, a recent study …

New Delhi, Oct 18 : Delhi has recorded the first death due to dengue in 2021 on Monday morning, according to South Delhi Municipal Corporation (SDMC) report.The report says that total 720 dengue cases have been reported so far this year.October has s…

New Delhi, Oct 18 : In the last 24 hours, India registered 13,596 new Covid-19 cases, which was the lowest single-day spike in 230 days, according to the Union Health Ministry’s latest update on Monday.In the same period, there were 166 new fatalitie…