Health

Jaipur, June 3 : Rajasthan, which became the first state to announce a capital subsidy package for medical oxygen manufacturing units, has now started encouraging private hospitals to set up oxygen plants in the state.The private facilities in the st…

New Delhi, June 3 : The Delhi government on Thursday blamed the Centre for not providing it the required amount of Covid-19 vaccines despite its preparedness and facilities to inoculate people.Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain called on Central go…

Bengaluru/Chitradurga, June 3 : Karnataka’s fight against the Covid pandemic got another boost with the commissioning of a Covid field hospital at Chitradurga on Thursday.Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa inaugurated, in virtual mode, a 100-bed facility …

Mumbai, June 3 : On expected lines, the Maharashtra government on Thursday too decided to cancel the HSC (Class 12) board exams for 2021 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic second wave, Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad announced.The move came a day af…

Thiruvananthapuram, June 3 : Kerala’s Covid scenario on Thursday seemed more positive as the test positivity rate remained steady around 15 per cent and the number of Covid deaths, which had even crossed 200, came down to 153.A statement issued here…

Bengaluru, June 3 : Biotechnology company Mylab Discovery Solutions has on Thursday commercially rolled out India’s first Covid-19 self-test kit CoviSelf.Designed as the mid-nasal swab test, CoviSelf shows results in just 15 minutes.It is priced at R…

Mumbai, June 3 : In a significant move, the Maharashtra government has decided to lift all lockdown restrictions in half of the state’s 36 districts from Friday, state Relief and Rehabilitation Minister Vijay Wadettiwar said here on Thursday.However,…

New Delhi, June 3 : At least 624 doctors died in the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic across the country, with the national capital losing the most.According to the latest report of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), so far 109 doctors have…

Aurangabad (Maharashtra), June 3 : In a significant ruling the Bombay High Court has said that it will be the responsibility of the Centre in case any faulty ventilators supplied by a Gujarat-based company through the PMCares Fund, cause deaths of C…

Chikkamagaluru (Karnataka), June 3 : Four persons of a family were arrested for assaulting and seriously injuring a paediatrician in a town in Karnataka’s Chikkamagaluru earlier this week following a child patient’s death, police said on Thursday.The…