Health

Mumbai, May 4 : Filmmaker Aditya Chopra has come forward to vaccinate daily workers of the Hindi film industry, and has requested Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray to allow his production house Yash Raj Films (YRF) to purchase 60,000 Covid-…

Mumbai, May 4 : Aiming to tackle the shortages of medical oxygen, the automobiles giant Mahindra Group has rolled out a free initiative, ‘Oxygen on Wheels’ to supply oxygen to hospitals and other treatment centres, an official said here on Tuesday.Th…

New Delhi, May 4 : The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 15.89 crore on Tuesday with more than four lakh people aged between 18 to 44 years vaccinated in the Phase-3 drive.A total of 4,06,339 benefici…

Panaji, May 4 : Days after government resident doctors claimed that Covid patients in the state have died due to oxygen shortage, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant has taken charge of the crucial aspect of oxygen management, Health Minister Vishwajit Rane…

Patna, May 4 : To reduce the rapid surge in coronavirus infections in Bihar, the Nitish Kumar government has decided to impose a complete lockdown in the state till May 15. Nitish Kumar tweeted on Tuesday, “After discussions with fellow ministers and…

Chennai, May 4 : With the Covid-19 infections touching about 20,000 per day in Tamil Nadu, the state government has further tightened the lockdown relaxations between May 4 and May 20.In a statement issued late on Monday, the Tamil Nadu government sa…

Chennai, May 4 : Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) President and the Chief Minister in-waiting, M.K. Stalin, on Tuesday said media personnel will be considered as frontline workers and the necessary benefits will be extended to them.In a statement issu…

Chennai, May 4 : Tamil Nadu braces for tough Covid-19 restrictions from Thursday up till 4 a.m. on May 20. Standalone grocery outlets will have to cut the ACs, also like in urban ares salons and spas in rural zones are banned and there will be no fis…

New Delhi, May 4 : India continued to report a dip in Covid numbers with 3,57,229 fresh cases and 3,449 fatalities recorded in last 24 hours taking the total caseload to 2,02,82,833, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said here on Tuesday.It…

Bengaluru, May 4 : On a day when 24 Covid patients allegedly died to due to lack of oxygen at a state-run hospital in Karnataka’s Chamarajanagar district, Chief Minister B.S.Yeddiyurappa directed gas manufacturers to ensure uninterrupted and timely s…