NEW DELHI – World Health Organisation Chief Scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Saturday said the coronavirus variant spreading in India was more contagious and might be evading the protection offered by vaccines, AFP reported. In an interview to the news agency, the scientist said that these factor were contributing to the massive outbreak of the infection […]
NEW DELHI – Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday announced that the government has decided to extend the lockdown till 05:00 am on May 17 in national capital due to Covid-19 situation. The was scheduled to end on Monday (10 May) at 05:00 am. Announcing the extension of lockdown, Kejriwal said that metro services […]
NEW DELHI – The coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic continued to worsen in India as the trajectory maintained an upward trend. On Sunday, the nation added 403,738 to its tally as the national capital Delhi and other metro cities continue to report fresh infections, according to the Union ministry of health family welfare’s daily bulletin. It is […]
NEW DELHI – The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Saturday said that the Union health ministry should “wake up” and respond to mitigate the growing challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. The doctors’ body in a statement also alleged that the ministry has not taken appropriate action to deal with second COVID-19 wave. “IMA demands the […]
NEW DELHI – The Union health ministry on Saturday revised the national policy for admission of COVID patients to various categories of COVID facilities. “This patient-centric measure aims to ensure prompt, effective and comprehensive treatment of patients suffering from COVID-19,” the Centre said in a statement. The official statement stated that as per the Union […]
NEW DELHI – The Drugs Controller General of India has approved an anti-COVID oral drug, developed by DRDO, for emergency use as adjunct therapy in moderate to severe coronavirus patients, the defence ministry said on Saturday. It said clinical trials of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) showed that it helps in faster recovery of hospitalised patients […]
KOLKATA – Launching a fresh attack on the BJP-led Central government, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee demanded a universal vaccine programme for all and asserted that Rs 30,000 crore for vaccination is nothing for the Central government. “Rs 30,000 crore is nothing for the Central government… There should be a universal vaccine program for […]
NEW DELHI – India saw a record 4,187 fatalities due to COVID-19 in a single day, taking the country’s death toll to 2,38,270, while 4,01,078 new infections were reported in a day, pushing the tally to 2,18,92,676, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. Registering a steady increase, the active cases have […]
NEW DELHI – The panel counsel for the Election Commission in the Supreme Court, Advocate Mohit D. Ram, stepped down Thursday citing incompatibility of values with the poll body. Ram, who has held the post since 2013, wrote a letter to the Director of the Law Commission conveying his decision. “It was an honour to […]
NEW DELHI – The Supreme Court Friday asked respective state governments to release prisoners from jails in view of the prevailing COVID-19 pandemic, which it termed as “alarming”, NDTV reported. “The Covid situation is alarming and we have to decongest the prisons,” the NDTV report quoted Chief Justice NV Ramana as observing adding that orders […]