Health

Mumbai, May 3 : Concerned at the sharp drop in the number of Covid-19 tests being conducted in the country’s commercial capital, the BrihanMumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) on Monday appealed to Mumbaikars to undergo tests and help flush out the cor…

Chandigarh, May 3 : Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday announced that all accredited and yellow card journalists in the state will be included in the list of frontline warriors in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.All power corpora…

Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), May 3 : Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Mandi have invented a method to simultaneously study the variations in nerve functions and brain blood flow associated with brain disorders such as ischemic str…

Mumbai, May 3 : The Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) on Monday extended time-limit of the ex-gratia amount of Rs 500,000 for the death of any frontline staffers due to Covid-19, till June 30, an official said here.The compensation amount is gi…

Chandigarh, May 3 : Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said on Monday that strict action would be initiated against private hospitals found overcharging Covid-19 patients.He said the rates of beds and other facilities have been fixed for coronavirus pa…

Patna, May 3 : As Bihar reels under the Covid-19 pandemic, the facilities announced by the state government in hospitals are far from reality.The Bihar government recently declared the Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS), Patna, as a …

Bengaluru, May 3 : Venting his ire against the Mysuru district administration, Karnataka Education Minister S.Suresh Kumar said on Monday that it can not adopt the big brother attitude when it comes to supply of oxygen or other life-saving drugs to t…

New Delhi, May 3 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi had a telephonic conversation with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday, and discussed the prevailing Covid-19 situation in India and the ongoing efforts to contain the second wa…

New Delhi, May 3 : The Central Association of Private Security Industry (CAPSI) has signed an MoU with the UK-based International Security Industry Organisation (ISIO) to offer first-of-its-kind “Certified for Biological Threat Security” (CBTS) cert…

Chandigarh, May 3 : With a surge in Covid-19 cases, the Chandigarh administration on Monday decided to shut all shops selling non-essential items for a week from 5 p.m.on Tuesday till May 11 early morning.The night curfew will continue daily from 6 p…