Health

Bengaluru, April 13 : An all-party meeting would be held here on April 18 to contain the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in Karnataka, Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa said on Tuesday.”I have convened an all-party meeting on April 18 to draw more …

Chennai, April 13 : With Covid-19 cases surging across Tamil Nadu, there is an increase in the number of containment zones in Chennai.The Greater Chennai Corporation has decided to classify each street with more than 3 active cases as a containment z…

Patna, April 13 : Nine persons died owing to Corona infections in the last 24 hours at three leading hospitals in Patna, an official said on Tuesday.Three patients, including two women, Saili Devi of Purnea and Kalpana Singh of Patna and Yogendra Nar…

New Delhi/Moscow, April 13 : More than 50 million doses of Sputnik V vaccine will be produced in India in a month over the summer in partnership with five Indian companies, Kirill Dmitriev, the CEO of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), said on Tu…

New Delhi, April 13 : As Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical major Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories (DRL) announces it has received permission from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to import Sputnik V vaccine in India for restricted use in emergencies…

Bengaluru/Hyderabad, April 13 : Karnataka Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Tuesday welcomed Bharat Biotech’s move to start manufacturing Covaxin coronavirus vaccine at its Bengaluru plant, amid reports it plans to double production to 12 mn by July.In …

Jammu, April 13 : Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday logged the highest single day spike in its Covid-19 tally as 1,269 new cases and three deaths were recorded during last 24 hours.Officials said that of the new cases, 582 were from the Jammu division and…

Beed (Maharashtra), April 13 : In an unusual but welcome step on the eve of the holy Ramzan month, a mosque in Maharashtra’s Beed became the venue for a blood donation camp as the state grapples with a huge shortage of blood, an organiser said on Tue…

New Delhi, April 13 : Amid the exponential surge in Covid-19 cases, India is mulling to allow vaccines manufactured in countries like the US, the UK, Japan or which are listed in the WHO’s emergency use listing.The aim is to augment the basket of vac…

New Delhi, April 13: Paranoia is once again building up with the surge in the Covid 19 with widespread circulation of misinformation regarding the intensity of the new strain of virus and Coronavirus vaccines.The government is now facing another challe…