Health

Hyderabad, May 15 : A 45-year-old man who is working in an IT Software Company Bengaluru got a new lease of life after a team of cardiologists at Medicover Hospitals, here, performed a critical heart procedure using US Food and Drug Administration (F…

Bengaluru, May 15 : Karnataka Revenue Minister R. Ashoka on Friday favoured extension of the 14-day lockdown to contain the Covid spread in the state, which is in the grip of the pandemic’s second wave.”As the 14-day lockdown since May 10 has helped …

Bengaluru, May 15 : With no let-up in the pandemic’s second wave, total positive cases in Karnataka crossed 21-lakh mark, while 373 patients died of the infection in the last 24 hours, said the state health bulletin on Friday.”With 41,779 new cases…

New Delhi, May 14 : India’s covid-19 crisis is devastating its most desperate people, The Economist said in a report.The poor are losing jobs, going hungry and falling victim to scams, it added. “Pye dogs and circling scavengers gave the first clue. …

Mumbai, May 14 : Maharashtra saw Covid-19 fatalities and new infections drop sharply on Friday, but the state tally crossed the 53 lakh mark and the toll raced past the 79,000 level, health officials said.Compared with 850 deaths on Thursday, the sta…

New Delhi, May 14 : Amid the deadly second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the national capital, a medical team under the New Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) has launched an initiative to provide consultations to its employees and their family member…

Guwahati, May 14 : Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma is keen to increase trade and further improve connectivity with neighbouring Bhutan, officials said on Friday.A senior official of Assam Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said that Bhutan’s Cons…

Bengaluru, May 14 : Lauding the Defence Research and Development Organisation’s (DRDO) contribution in the fight against the pandemic, Karnataka Health Minister K.Sudhakar on Friday said its anti-Covid drug would be a game-changer in treating the inf…

New Delhi, May 14 : The national capitals Covaxin stock for the 45-plus age group and healthcare and frontline workers will last for two days, while the Covishield stock for the same beneficiaries would last for three more days, the Aam Aadmi Party s…

Srinagar, May 14 : With 3,027 new Covid cases reported in J (and) K on Friday, there has been a decline in the tally, but the number of daily deaths at 60 belied any hope that the pandemic was relenting in the Union Territory.Officials said of the ne…