New Delhi, June 8, 2021: “It is a piece of misinformation that subsequent waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are going to cause severe illness in children. There is no data – either from India or globally – to show that children will be seriously infected in subsequent waves.” This was informed by Director, All India […]
New Delhi, May 12, 2021: Indian Grid Operator POSOCO a central Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Power organised a Covid-19 vaccination drive during which 300 employees working in various CPSEs under Ministry of Power were vaccinated today. The drive was organised by Power System Operation Corporation in collaboration with Apollo Hospital, Delhi, for the persons […]
New Delhi, May 4, 2021: Due to second wave of Covid – 19, Ministry of Education urged for the postponement of all offline examinations scheduled in the month of May, 2021 said Ministry of Education. In a letter addressed to all the heads of centrally funded institutions, Secretary, Higher Education Amit Khare has urged the […]
New Delhi, May 1, 2021: Indian Railway has waived off charges for Covid testing and diet supplied during Coronavirus-related hospitalization for non Railway patients. Ministry of Railways stated yesterday that the Government of India is following the “Whole of Government” approach where all, Ministries/Departments are working as one to prevent and fight the spread of […]
New Delhi, April 30, 2021: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has come up with a creative and ingenious solution to addressing the medical oxygen shortage needed for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the country. The pilot project which has been tested successfully relies on a simple technological hack: conversion of PSA (Pressure […]
New Delhi, April 30, 2021: Modi government has so far provided nearly 16.16 crore COVID vaccine doses (16,16,86,140) to States/UTs Free of Cost, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare released the details yesterday. Of this, the total consumption including wastages is15,10,77,933doses. More than 1 crore vaccine doses (1,06,08,207) are still available with the States/UTs to […]
New Delhi, April 28, 2021: Ministry of Ayush has released on April 27, 2021 the revised guidelines for Ayurveda & Unani Practitioners for COVID-19 Patients in Home Isolation and Ayurveda & Unani Preventive Measures for self-care during COVID-19 Pandemic. The main focus is on self-care and home management of COVID-19, as the vast majority of […]
New Delhi, April 25, 2021: Indian govt. has ramped up efforts to beat Covid-19. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade(DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Government of India has decided to monitor the status of transportation and delivery of goods, manufacturing, delivery of essential commodities to common man and the difficulties being faced […]
New Delhi, April 24, 2021: Three prominent doctors of the country, Prof (Dr) Randeep Guleria, Director, AIIMS, Dr. Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Health and Dr. Naresh Trehan, Chairman, Medanta Hospital, addressed various issues being related to the rational utilization of Remdesivir, included under the category of Investigational therapy under the National Treatment Protocol of the […]
New Delhi, April 23, 2021: Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) have granted conditional exemption to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for conducting feasibility study of Covid-19 vaccine delivery using drones in collaboration with IIT Kanpur. The permission exemption is valid for a period of one year […]
