Health

New Delhi, Sep 1 : While there is no direct indication of a third wave in the country, state-specific waves are seen, say health experts.In an interview to a news outlet, Dr Samiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at the Indian …

New Delhi, Sep 1 : Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday spoke with his counterparts in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu to take stock of the Covid situation in these states.As Covid cases are rising in Kerala, he discussed …

Kolkata, Sep 1 : The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Wednesday conducted raids at 10 locations across Kolkata in connection with the fake vaccine case.Though the ED officials didn’t divulge the details of the raids, they were conducted following the …

New Delhi, Sep 1 : Google on Wednesday announced to help users with more detailed information on the availability of Covid vaccines and appointments through its features like search, Maps and Assistant.The added information, which will start from thi…

New Delhi, Sep 1 : The All India Institute of Ayurveda has initiated a month-long ‘Poshan Maah’ 2021 celebration under which a series of programmes have been initiated.A Nutri-garden was inaugurated by Union Minister Smriti Irani to mark the beginnin…

Aizawl, Sep 1 : Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, the outbreak of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Mizoram since March has killed around 25,260 pigs in all the 11 districts of the northeastern state, officials said on Wednesday.Officials from the state Animal …

New Delhi, Sep 1 : A study by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) has found that 480 million people in northern India face the “most extreme levels of air pollution in the world.”Indian cities routinely dominate global pol…

Chennai, Sep 1 : Coming out with separate policies for senior citizens, and women, and for measuring the body mass index (BMI) of the students under the nutritional noon meal scheme are some the programmes the Tamil Nadu government plans to come out …

Lucknow, Sep 1 : UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has removed Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of Firozabad, Nita Kulshreshtha, for her apparent failure to check spread of viral fever in the district, following the death of at least 32 children and seven…

New Delhi, Sep 1 : A two-fold increase in anxiety, and depression cases among adolescents has been seen, as compared to pre-pandemic times, doctors at Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals reported.Covid pandemic, associated mandatory protocols, and restrict…