Health

New Delhi, Jan 8 : Continuing with its pandemic relief initiatives, the government may extend income tax deduction benefits for Covid-19 treatment to individuals not covered under any health insurance.Sources said that several pre-budget proposals fo…

New Delhi, Jan 8 : Continuing with its pandemic relief initiatives, the government may extend income tax deduction benefits for Covid-19 treatment to individuals not covered under any health insurance.Sources said that several pre-budget proposals fo…

New Delhi, Jan 8 : Days after getting Drugs Controller General of India’s (DCGI) nod for India’s first indigenously-made coronavirus vaccine, Bharat Biotech has again knocked on the doors of the drug controller seeking permission to conduct clinical …

Amaravati, Jan 8 : At a time when the Andhra Pradesh authorities have been battling the Covid-19 pandemic, the fresh scare of bird flu that has spread its tentacles across various states in the country has pulled down the consumption, price and sale …

Hyderabad, Jan 8 : The government of Telangana will finalise an action plan for administering Covid-19 vaccine in the state on January 11.Chief Minister K.Chandrasekhar Rao has convened a meeting with all ministers and district collectors to discuss …

Chennai, Jan 8 : Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Friday said the government is in the process of ensuring vaccination of all and the drive will start soon.Vardhan was here to oversee the anti-coronavirus vaccination dry run at the Rajiv Gandhi…

New Delhi, Jan 8 : The Central government on Friday said that a total of 82 persons have been detected with the new ‘more transmissible’ UK coronavirus mutant strain.They have been kept in physical isolation in health facilities.Earlier on the day, a…

New Delhi, Jan 8 : Flight services between the UK and India recommenced on Friday, with national carrier Air India flying in over 250 passengers from that country.An AI-112 flight landed at Delhi’s IGI Airport from the UK.The special flights would be…

New Delhi, Jan 8 : With 18,139 new coronavirus infections and 234 deaths in the last 24 hours, India’s overall tally stood at 1,04,13,417, while the death toll touched 1,50,570, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Friday.India continued…

Jammu, Jan 8 : The Jammu and Kashmir government has banned the entry of poultry into the union territory following the outbreak of bird flu in neighbouring Haryana and Himachal Pradesh.The ban was announced on Thursday and comes into effect from Frid…