Health

Chennai, May 29 : Amending the productivity linked incentive scheme (PLI) to favour manufacturing of Covid-19 related items, Association of Indian Medical Device Industry (AIMED) has demanded stockpiling of 47 critical Covid related devices to meet t…

New Delhi, May 29 : The Indo-French Chamber of Commerce (and) Industry (IFCCI) has raised over EUR 6.1 million (Rs 55 crore) from French companies based in India to support its ongoing fight against the Covid pandemic.As part of the French Solidari…

New Delhi, May 29 : India’s Covid-19 recovery rate has gone up to 90.80 per cent and the active caseload slid down to 22,28,724 — a positive sign amid the second wave of the deadly pandemic.India’s daily recoveries continued to outnumber the daily n…

Chennai, May 29 : Former Vice Chancellor of Anna University and former Chairman of IIT-Kanpur, M. Anandakrishnan succumbed to Covid-19 on Saturday morning.A recipient of Padma Shri award Anandakrishnan, 93, passed away at a private hospital here.A re…

New Delhi, May 29 : India on Saturday reported 1,73,790 fresh Covid-19 cases while 3,617 patients succumbed to the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry said.This is for the third time since April 13 that Indi…

New Delhi, May 29 : The Centre has so far provided 22,77,62,450 Covid-19 vaccine doses to States and Union Territories (UTs), and 4,86,180 doses are still in the pipeline and will be received by them within next three days.The supplied vaccines inclu…

Bengaluru, May 29 : In a clear sign of breaking the chain, recoveries shot up to 52,253 even as new Covid cases declined to 22,823 in a day across Karnataka, said the state health bulletin on Friday.”With 52,253 patients discharged in the day, recove…

Bengaluru, May 29 : Hit hard by Covid second wave, Karnataka is introducing a sewage surveillance system across 45 wards of the 198 wards on pilot basis to track the deadly mutant virus at an early stage, even among asymptomatic individuals.Additiona…

Bengaluru, May 29 : The opposition Congress in Karnataka on Friday urged the state government to ensure relief package for all the Covid affected people, who are reeling under the fallout of the pandemic’s second wave across the state.”Instead of mak…

Bengaluru, May 29 : An ambulance driver in Bengaluru was arrested for allegedly dumping a Covid-19 patient’s body outside a crematorium on the city’s outskirts as the deceased’s family refused pay the “exorbitant fee” he sought, police said on Friday…