Health

Hyderabad, Oct 27 : Eminent breast cancer surgeon Dr Raghu Ram on Wednesday achieved the rare distinction to become the first surgeon from South Asia to deliver the distinguished lecture of the US Chapter of International Society of Surgery.The direc…

Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 27 : Kerala on Wednesday saw 9,445 people turn Covid positive after 82,689 samples were tested in the past 24 hours, while the test positivity rate was 11.42 per cent, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said in a statement issued…

New Delhi, Oct 27 : Delhi reported 38 fresh cases of Covid on Wednesday, taking its tally to 14,39,709, while there were no new deaths – for the fifth day running, according to the latest bulletin issued by the Health Department.The city’s death toll…

Puducherry, Oct 27 : The Union Territory of Puducherry will open schools for students of I to VIII from November 8.This was announced by state education minister, A. Namassivayam on Wednesday.The education minister while addressing media persons said…

New Delhi, Oct 27 : Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday met ailing West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences here.The Union Minister enquired about the Governor’s health and spent some time with him.D…

Ranchi, Oct 27 : The Ananda Vihar-Bhuvaneshwar Sampark Kranti Express ran backwards to its previous station to save a woman and her new-born.The train, en route to Bhubaneshwar from Tata Nagar, ran back 2.5 km where a medical team from Railways rushe…

Hyderabad, Oct 27 : Authorities in Telangana are set to further intensify the Covid-19 vaccination drive in view of a surge in Covid infections in several countries which has triggered fear of a third wave in India.Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar has ur…

New Delhi, Oct 27 : Doctors at a private hospital here conducted a live surgery for weight loss, using a unique robot-assisted tool, on two extremely obese patients.It was India’s first live robot-assisted bariatric surgery — for weight loss — usin…

Bengaluru, Oct 27 : Karnataka Health Commissioner D. Randeep has clarified that there is no reason to panic on the detection of new Covid variant AY 4.2 in the state.The technical advisory committee has discussed in detail on the spread of AY 4.2 var…

Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Oct 27 : All the samples of family members and close contacts of the Zika virus patient in Kanpur, have tested negative.The health department had collected samples of 22 other persons who are family members or close contacts o…