Health

Bengaluru, May 21 : With the deadly second wave of Covid infections spreading in rural parts of the state, Karnataka on Friday decided to extend its lockdown, slated till May 24, till June 7.After a meeting with experts, senior bureaucrats and minist…

Bengaluru, May 21 : South Korean firm Seoul Semiconductors has donated medical supplies worth Rs 7.5 crore to treat Covid patients in Karnataka, Deputy Chief Minister C.N.Ashwath Narayan said on Friday.”The medical supplies include face masks, gloves…

Mumbai, May 21 : In a step to enhance the preparedness against a future surge of Covid-19 cases in Mumbai, the Sir H.N.Reliance Foundation Hospital (RFH) has scaled up its operations towards management of adult and paediatric beds in the city and to …

New Delhi, May 21 : The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has mooted a proposal with a total cost of around (Dollar) 50 billion to vaccinate at least 40 per cent of the population in all countries by the end of 2021 and at least 60 per cent by the f…

New Delhi, May 21 : Digital transformation provider Tech Mahindra on Friday announced the roll-out of the vaccination drive against Covid-19, for its associates and dependent family members above the age of 18 years at its office campuses in Delhi NC…

Hyderabad, May 21 : As no public examinations could be conducted for Class 10 in Telangana this year due to Covid-19 pandemic, the state education authorities have declared all students qualified.Education Minister P.Sabitha Indra Reddy on Friday ann…

Jammu, May 21 : The first ‘Black Fungus’ (mucormycosis) patient in J (and) K succumbed on Friday in the Government Medical College Hospital Jammu.College Principal and Microbiology Department head, Dr Shashi Sudon, told IANS that the patient has succ…

Hyderabad, May 21 : Hyderabad’s Yashoda Hospitals will start Phase 3 trials of Molnupiravir, in association with NatcoPharma, in their Somajigida unit, the private hospital announced on Friday.NatcoPharma has already received approval from Drug Contr…

Patna, May 21 : A legislator of the ruling Janata Dal United said that his wife lost her life since ventilators were not functional at the Sadar Hospital in Bihar’s Araria district and at the Covid care centre in adjoining Forbesganj.Achmit Rishidev,…

Lucknow, May 21 : Miffed over the Opposition’s ‘negative’ politics even in times of crisis, Uttar Pradesh government spokesman and Minister of Micro, Small and Medium enterprises (MSME), Siddhartha Nath Singh said on Friday that it is highly disgrac…