Health

New Delhi, June 30 : The Supreme Court on Wednesday said the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) is statutorily mandated to provide minimum standards of relief, which should include ex-gratia for those who have succumbed to Covid.A bench he…

New Delhi, June 30 : India reported 45,951 new Covid-19 cases and 817 deaths in the last 24 hours, according to data released by the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry on Wednesday.This is lowest deaths due to Covid since April 10.On April 10, …

Bengaluru, June 30 : The Karnataka government has made a negative RT-PCR report mandatory for travellers from Maharashtra to the southern state to contain the pandemic, said an order on Tuesday.”Travellers entering Karnataka from Maharashtra by air, …

Bengaluru, June 30 : Karnataka would seek more vaccines from the Centre to ramp up its drive to inoculate as many of its citizens soon, said state Health Minister K.Sudhakar on Tuesday.”We will urge the Centre to allot more vaccines to the state for …

Gurugram, June 29 : To fight the Covid-19 infection, the Gurugram health department has decided to deploy a mobile vaccine van in slum areas as part of the inoculation drive in the district.Under this initiaive, doses will be given through mobile van…

New Delhi, June 29 : The Supreme Court on Tuesday issued a notice on a plea filed by Matrix Cellular challenging a Delhi High Court order which refused to grant permission to release its oxygen concentrators seized by the Delhi Police amid the Covid-…

New Delhi, June 29 : The national capital on Tuesday witnessed a slight surge in the number of new Covid infections with 101 cases getting reported in the last 24 hours, according to the daily health bulletin issued by the Delhi government .It is aft…

New Delhi, June 29 : There is no definitive agreement yet between Cipla and US major Moderna on commercial supplies of Covid 19 vaccines, Cipla said on Tuesday. Cipla said it is helping Moderna with approvals and imports of vaccines to be donated to …

Hyderabad, June 29 : Five major pharma companies announced on Tuesday that they will collaborate for the clinical trials of the investigational oral anti-viral drug Molnupiravir for the treatment of mild Covid-19 in an outpatient setting in India.Cip…

Chennai, June 29 : Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Tuesday sanctioned an amount of Rs 100 crore from the Chief Minister’s Public Relief Fund (CMPRF) towards procuring liquid oxygen for treating Covid patients.The sanctioned fund would also b…