Health

New Delhi, April 17 : Covid cases are now rising again on a global basis which was not the case as recently as late February and this pick up is mainly due to India, Turkey and Brazil, according to Christopher Wood of Jefferies.In his Greed and Fear …

New Delhi, April 17 : Jeevan Seva App — a mobile application — is proving to be a saviour in hassle free commute for Covid-19 patients in Delhi as the national capital is passing through the fourth wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.Last year, during th…

Shimla, April 17 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Saturday said over 90 per cent of the Covid patients are under home isolation in the state.Emphasising the need to strengthen the mechanism of home isolation, he asked the doctors t…

New Delhi, April 17 : Indias 10 states on Saturday accounted for 85.83 per cent of the new deaths in which Maharashtra, Delhi and Chhattisgarh reported more than half of the total number registered in the last 24 hours.A total of 1,341 deaths were re…

Chennai, April 17 : Only a few employees who are more than 45 years of age are reluctant to take the Covid-19 vaccination while a majority have gone for it, said a senior official with the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) here.”Out of about 10,000 employ…

Lucknow, April 17 : The coronavirus pandemic is spreading rapidly in Uttar Pradesh with more than 5,000 new cases being reported every day.Sugarcane Development Minister Suresh Rana and Additional Chief Secretary of the Information Department, Navnee…

Panaji, April 17 : The Goa government on Saturday banned the export of oxygen cylinders outside the state because of an increase in the requirement of the same to treat the rising number of Covid-19 cases in the state, said state Health Minister Vish…

New Delhi, April 17 : Hours after the weekend curfew began in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday appealed to the citizens to follow the guidelines imposed by the state government to win the war against Covid-19.The weekend lockdown cam…

New Delhi, April 17 : With reports of huge number of Covid positive cases from ‘Kumbh Mela’ area in Haridwar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to observe the event “symbolic” to strengthen fight against the deadly virus.The Prime Min…

New Delhi, April 17 : India has reported 2,34,692 fresh Covid cases in the last 24 hours, the highest single-day spike ever, pushing the country’s overall Covid tally to 1,45,26,609, according to the Health Ministry data released on Saturday.This is …