Health

Mumbai, May 29 : Although Maharashtra’s Covid-19 daily infections continued to slide down but deaths remained high and the state toll raced past 94K-mark, health officials said here on Saturday.Compared with the 973 deaths on Friday, the state report…

New Delhi, May 29 : Ineffective handling of the second wave of the Covid pandemic is the primary driver for drop in citizen rating of the Narendra Modi government, as per a LocalCircles survey.There is a steady decline in citizen performance ratings …

New Delhi, May 29 : In a major welfare scheme for children who have been orphaned due to Covid, the Union Government on Saturday announced a monthly stipend once they turn 18 and a fund of Rs 10 lakh when they turn 23 from PM-CARES.Prime Minister Nar…

Thiruvananthapuram, May 29 : Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday announced the easing of lockdown norms, even as the lockdown was extended to June 9. “The Covid spread is coming down and on Saturday the test positivity rate (TPR) stood…

New Delhi, May 29 : Global Kashmiri Pandit Diaspora (GKPD) has made an appeal for donations to step up the relief work for those in distress due to the Covid pandemic.GKPD said India has suffered a devastating second wave of the Covid pandemic.Amid a…

New Delhi, May 29 : A Delhi court on Saturday granted bail to businessman Navneet Kalra arrested in a case for allegedly hoarding of oxygen concentrators.The court noted that bail cannot be denied to accused, merely because public sentiments are agai…

Chandigarh, May 29 : A total of 50 lakh doses have been administered in Punjab, state nodal officer Vikas Garg said on Saturday.He said out of quota received from the government of India for the frontline, healthcare workers and people above 45 years…

New Delhi, May 29 : Amid a shortage of Covid-19 vaccines across the country, the Delhi government has issued its first global tender for 10 million doses of vaccines, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday.”We have rolled out global te…

New Delhi, May 29 : In pursuance to the revision of GST Council at its meeting, the government on Saturday constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to examine the issue of GST concessions and exemption to Covid relief material.The eight-member GoM will…

New Delhi, May 29 : The Covid-19 second wave, since April, overwhelmed the health care system, leading to short supply of medical oxygen, essential drugs and left many people struggling to get hospital beds for their treatment.The worries of people w…