Health

New Delhi, March 16 : A day after achieving the highest inoculation figure, the country’s vaccination number fell by over 11 lakh with just over 19 lakh beneficiaries turning up for their immunisation against Covid-19 on Tuesday.As per the provisiona…

Bengaluru, March 16 : Karnataka Health Minister D. Sudhakar on Tuesday warned of taking tough measures to contain Covid spread in the state if people violate the guidelines.”We will take tough measures if Covid guidelines like wearing a mask, maintai…

New Delhi, March 16 : Parliament on Tuesday passed The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020, which increases the upper limit for abortions from 20 to 24 weeks for certain categories of women, and removes limits in the case of subst…

Gandhinagar, March 16 : With the number of Covid-19 cases on the rise in Gujarat, the state government on Tuesday announced to extend the night curfew timing in Ahmedabad, Surat, Vadodara and Rajkot for two hours.Accrodingly, the curfew in these four…

New Delhi, March 16 : The Indian government has supplied as many as 70 nations with over 58 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines so far, parliament was informed on Tuesday.In a reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Minister of State for Health and Fa…

Jammu, March 16 : Jammu and Kashmir reported 97 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, while two persons succumbed to the virus in the past 24 hours.During the same time period, 59 persons were discharged from different hospitals across the Union Territory, …

New Delhi, March 16 : The Centre warned Maharashtra on Tuesday that the state is witnessing a beginning of the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and asked the state government to focus on containment strategies and scale up the pace of vaccination…

New Delhi, March 16 : Researchers have recently developed a molecular sensor which can identify cancer drugs by detecting how such chemicals modify microtubules inside living cells, said the Ministry of Science and Technology on Tuesday.Microtubules …

Chennai, March 16 : Information technology company Bahwan CyberTek and government owned Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) on Tuesday said they would reimburse the Covid-19 vaccination cost for the employees and their dependent family members.According to Ba…

Chennai, March 16 : People Living with HIV (PLHIV) demand a minimum of Rs 12,500 per month as salary under the Employment Guarantee scheme for those working in government and non-government sectors.The PLHIV has already petitioned major political par…