Health

New Delhi, April 15 : With Delhi reeling under surging Covid-19 cases, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday suggested that the Hindu Rao and Swami Dayanand hospitals, coming under the BJP-ruled MCDs, be made Covid hospitals.Making the suggestio…

Hyderabad, April 15 : The Telangana government on Thursday decided to cancel the annual Class 10 exams and promote the students of intermediate first year (Class 11) without exams in view of the surge in Covid-19 cases.The decision has been taken co…

Patna, April 15 : The mounting number of Covid cases has resulted in a shortage of oxygen supplies at several hospitals in Patna.The city’s major facilities including Patna Medical College and Hospitals (PMCH), Nalanda Medical College and Hospital (N…

Jammu, April 15 : Surge in Covid-19 cases continued unchecked in J (and) K on Thursday, as 1,141 new cases and four deaths were witnessed during the last 24 hours while the number of active cases crossing the 10,000 mark.The number of active cases is…

New Delhi, April 15 : India has emerged as the worst hit nation by the latest wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, recording more than two-fold rise in fresh cases with 2,00,739 new infections getting reported on Thursday, as compared to the country’s high…

New Delhi, April 15: The rising number of false negative tests for Covid-19, surfacing in the second wave of the pandemic sweeping across India, have become a cause for grave concern.This is being attributed to some new strains of coronavirus that the …

New Delhi, April 15 : A plea has been moved in the Supreme Court by nine doctors seeking a direction to postpone the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) for post graduate candidates, scheduled for April 18, against the backdrop of the ongoi…

Mandi (Himachal Pradesh), April 15 : Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Thursday announced Rs 1,500 ex gratia for all Class III and Class IV employees, comprising staff nurses, ward boys and Asha workers, who have been involved directl…

Amaravati, April 15 : Andhra Pradesh on Thursday reported 5,086 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the tally to over 9.39 lakh, while the state’s active cases mounted to 31,710. Meanwhile, 1,745 more persons have recovered in the last 24 hours, raising the …

Mumbai, April 15 : As Maharashtra bears the brunt of the second wave of Covid-19 sweeping India, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Thursday appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare the pandemic a “natural calamity”.Penning two separate le…