Health

Shillong, June 24 : The Meghalaya High Court has held that administration of vaccine by way of coercive methods vitiates the fundamental purpose of welfare attached to vaccination, and ordered that the vaccination orders issued by the Deputy Commissi…

Amaravati, June 24 : The active Covid caseload in Andhra Pradesh dropped below the 50,000-mark to reach 49,683 on Thursday, even as 4,981 new cases took the states overall Covid tally past the 18.6 lakh-mark.On a positive note, 6,464 more persons rec…

Srinagar, June 24 : Recoveries continued to outnumber new Covid cases in J (and) K, as 682 patients more patients were recovered while 448 new cases and 11 deaths were reported during the last 24 hours, health officials said on Thursday.Officials sai…

Mumbai, June 24 : On a day when Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray warned of a possible third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, Maharashtra’s tally crossed the 60 lakh-mark, catapulting it to the fourth slot globally, health officials said here on Thursday…

Chennai, June 24 : Tamil Nadu Medical and Family Welfare Minister Ma Subramanian on Thursday said said that Kattur in Tiruvarur district has become the first village in the state to administer at least one vaccine dose to all eligible residents.The v…

New Delhi, June 24 : The Indian government, the Mizoram government, and the World Bank have signed a (Dollar) 32 million Mizoram Health Systems Strengthening Project to improve management capacity and quality of health services in the northeastern s…

Kolkata, June 24 : A day after West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee alleged that people are suffering for the Central governments decision to introduce Covaxin without proper authorisation from the World Health Organization (WHO), the Trinamool…

Gurugram, June 24 : Thousands of police personnel have got vaccinated against Covid-19 in Gurugram.As frontline workers, 91 per cent of the district police personnel have received their first Covid shot and 67 per cent the second dose.The vaccinatio…

New Delhi, June 24 : The National Anti-Profiteering Agency (NAA) has directed GST officials to ensure that the reduced tax rates on Covid-related items are passed on to the consumers.In an office memorandum, NAA said that the supplies are required to…

New Delhi, June 24 : A new tracker has been launched to help Commonwealth countries monitor progress towards halving malaria cases by 2023 and ultimately eradicating the disease by 2030.Developed by a group of malaria experts and the Commonwealth Sec…