Health

Thiruvananthapuram, May 31 : Kerala heaved a sigh of relief on Monday as the Covid test positivity rate (TPR) fell to 13.77 per cent, with 12,300 people turning positive from 89,345 samples tested in the past 24 hours.Incidentally, it is the first ti…

Srinagar, May 31 : Continuing a steady decline in Covid spread, J (and) K on Monday reported 1,525 new cases and 37 deaths during the last 24 hours.Officials said 525 cases and 20 deaths were reported from the Jammu division and 1,000 cases and 17 de…

Chennai, May 31 : The Tirunelveli district administration in Tamil Nadu has created a special ward at the Reddiyarpatti Primary Health Centre at Palayamkottai for taking care of pregnant women who have tested Covid-19 positive.A 38 oxygen bed facilit…

Thiruvananthapuram, May 31 : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Monday reached out to 11 other non-BJP Chief Ministers, stressing the need for jointly taking up the issue of vaccine for all with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.In a letter to his …

New Delhi, May 31 : Delhi is likely to get the Russian-manufactured Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V after June 20, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Monday.Speaking to the press on the availability of Sputnik V, the chief minister said, “We hav…

New Delhi, May 31 : Delhi Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday said there is a severe shortage of the medicines needed to treat at least 944 people undergoing treatment for mucormycosis or black fungus in Delhi’s hospitals.There may have been a d…

Shimla, May 31 : BJP President J.P. Nadda on Monday virtually laid the foundation stones for two oxygen plants with a capacity of 140 litres per minute each in Himachal Pradesh in the presence of Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur and Union Minister of St…

New Delhi, May 31 : Tobacco consumption has long been associated with lung disease, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer.But, a recent guidance by the World Health Organization (WHO) states that smokers face a 40-50 per cent higher risk of de…

Guwahati/Agartala, May 31 : The eight states of the northeastern region dealt effectively with the first wave of Covid-19 last year, but now face a tougher battle, compared to other states, against the second wave of the pandemic.According to the Uni…

Bengaluru, May 31 : The Bengaluru civic body’s much touted pilot project of aerial spraying in crowded areas has been halted.Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) chief commissioner Gaurav Gupta said on Monday that the aerial spraying operations …