Agartala: Dr Sandeep Namdeo Mahatme IAS has been appointed as Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India under the central staffing scheme for a period of four years from the date of taking...
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has said that 80% of cases in Punjab are due to the UK variant of COVID-19. This has been confirmed by genome sequencing. "The increase in cases is event-driven like large...
Patna: In a bid to motivate students, the Bihar Government has decided to give laptop to 101 students who have secured place in the merit list of the Bihar Board class 10 exams. The students would be given laptop,...
Riding high on the promising results in treating Covid-19 patients, Zydus Cadila on Monday announced it has sought national drugs controller’s approval for use of its viral hepatitis drug as its phase 3 clinical trials showed good results.
In a...
Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) suggested that people with a second bout of Covid-19 should be considered cases of reinfection if their first bout was at least 102 days prior to their latest positive test result and they...
Pune: The district administration in Pune has decided to impose strict restrictions owing to the rising number of cases in Pune. On Friday, a decision to this effect was taken in a meeting chaired by Deputy Chief Minister Ajit...
The think tank of an institution of higher learning is mulling over the use of technology to detect occupancy in classrooms and hostels to reduce electricity consumption. Another university is facilitating booking hostel rooms, time slots in auditoriums and...
Obese young people with leukemia are 50% more likely to relapse after treatment than their lean counterparts, says a latest study. In some cancers, including leukemia in children and adolescents, obesity can negatively affect survival outcomes.
The study was supported...
Mumbai: With a growing number of Covid-19 cases, the Mumbai civic authorities sought to avoid chaos over allotment of beds and issued strict instructions to all government, municipal, private hospitals and nursing homes to admit Covid-19 positive patients through...
New Delhi: There seems to be no respite from the Covid-19 pandemic. In the last 24 hours, more than 72,330 more people tested positive for Covid-19 and in the process taking the total to 1,22,21,665, said Union health ministry...
Ratnagiri: In a first, the JSW Jaigarh Port in Ratnagiri district in Maharashtra has received the first Floating Storage and Regasification Unit (FSRU). The...