PUNE: ZyCoV-D, the first vaccine to be approved for use in children above the age of 12 in India, will be also be made available to private sector hospitals across the country. The Centre’s supply principle in the ratio of 75:25 for public and private vaccination will remain applicable for …
Read More »Coronavirus India: Active Tally Falls Below 3 Lakh After 6 Months
New Delhi: The number of corona-infected people in the country increased to 3,36,78,786 and 26,041 new cases of Covid-19 were reported in India in a day. On the other hand, the number of patients (active cases) under treatment decreased to 2,99,620, the lowest in 191 days or just over 6 …
Read More »India Corona Cases Update 6 August 2021 India Reports 1.32 Lakh New Covid Cases, 3,207 Deaths In 24 Hours
New Delhi: After days of respite, once again India has started to report a surge in its daily count of Coronavirus cases. As per the Union Health Ministry bulletin, the country witnessed 44,643 new COVID-19 cases and 464 deaths in the last 24 hours while 41,096 Covid infected patients recovered. …
Read More »Centre To Increase Daily Covid Testing Capacity To 45 Lakh By June End, More Self-Test Kits To Get Nod
New Delhi: The Central Government is aiming to increase the per day number of Covid-19 tests to 45 lakh by the end of June, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) Director General Dr Balram Bhargava said on Thursday, adding the target is to is to do 25 lakh tests by …
Read More »Quota for the rich? 28% of MBBS seats cost over Rs 10 lakh per year in tuition fees, Health News, ET HealthWorld
About 28% of MBBS seats in India cost over Rs 10 lakh per annum in just tuition fees. The high fees effectively makes these seats a quota for the rich, one that is larger than those for the SC (15%), ST (7.5%) or OBC (27%). And that’s without taking into …
Read More »IT rules: Government sets 50 lakh users threshold to define ‘significant social media intermediary’
The Government has fixed fifty lakh registered users as the threshold for defining ‘significant social media intermediary’, which will have to adhere to additional obligations and compliance under the new IT rules that seek to crack down on misuse of social media platforms. The new rules, announced earlier this week, …
Read More »Active caseload slips below two lakh after nearly 7 months, Health News, ET HealthWorld
NEW DELHI: India’s Covid-19 active caseload has fallen below the 2-lakh mark after nearly 7 months and comprises just 1.86 per cent of the total infections, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. It said that 72 per cent of the active cases are concentrated in Kerala, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, …
Read More »Air pollution causing over 3 lakh pregnancy losses in India, says Lancet Health report | Health News
New Delhi: Pregnant women in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, who are exposed to poor air quality, may be at higher risk of stillbirths and miscarriages, according to a modelling study published in The Lancet Planetary Health journal on Thursday (January 7). Researchers found that an estimated 349,681 pregnancy losses per year in …
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