Health

New Delhi, April 24 : The Oxygen Express trains being run by the Indian Railways have delivered nearly 150 tonnes of the life-saving gas in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Railways said on Saturday.In the wake of severe shortage of oxygen for Covi…

Bengaluru, April 24 : Karnataka will set up a 200-bed modular Intensive Care Units (ICU) with ventilator facility in key districts — Mysuru, Shivamogga, Hubballi, Belagavi and Bidar in the next fortnight, health minister K.Sudhakar said here on Satu…

Hyderabad, April 24 : Hyderabad-based vaccine and pharmaceutical company Biological E. Limited (BE) announced on Saturday that its Covid-19 subunit vaccine candidate has received approval to begin Phase III clinical trials in India.A statement issued…

New Delhi, April 24 : The Serum Institute of India (SII) on Saturday broke its silence over the pricing of its Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covishield’ and said that it is the most affordable vaccine available in the market today.SII, which manufactures the Ast…

Jammu, April 24 : J (and) K on Saturday logged 2,030 new Covid cases and 15 deaths, while the number of active cases mounted to 18,064 in the Union Territory.Health officials said that out of the 2,030 fresh cases, 834 are from Jammu division and 1,1…

Thiruvananthapuram, April 24 : With Covid-19 cases continuing to rise in Kerala, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday chaired a meeting with the private hospitals and asked them to allocate 25 per cent of the total beds for Covid patients.As m…

Chennai, April 24 : With the number of Covid-infected persons increasing in the state, the Tamil Nadu government has ordered closure of movie theatres, auditoriums, temples for public worship and others from Monday.The government’s new restrictions i…

New Delhi, April 24 : As people get more health-conscious these days owing to the pandemic, smartphone maker OPPO has unveiled a new fitness band — OPPO Band Style — for the fitness lovers in the country.The fitness band is a lightweight and stylis…

Gurugram, April 24 : The daily Covid cases’ positivity rate in Gurugram has reached 23 per cent, officials said on Saturday.The district has recorded 2,000 plus Covid cases during the last one week out of which 200-300 patients required hospitalisati…

New Delhi, April 24 : The Union government on Saturday decided to grant full exemption from Basic Customs Duty and health cess on import of oxygen and oxygen related equipment for three months.The government also exempted basic customs duty on import…