NEW DELHI: Critical of the government’s handling of Covid, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said doctors need protection from coronavirus and the BJP dispensation’s callousness as he made an appeal to save them. Gandhi has criticised the government’s policies to check the spread of the pandemic and the vaccination drive. “Doctors need protection from […]
NEW DELHI: With 1,34,154 fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 2,84,41,986, while the daily positivity rate has further dropped to 6.21 per cent, the health ministry said on Thursday. The death toll due to the viral disease has climbed to 3,37,989 with 2,887 more people succumbing to it, while the number of active […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday quashed a sedition case against veteran scribe Vinod Dua for his alleged comments against Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his YouTube show last year, saying a 1962 verdict entitles every journalist to protection. A bench comprising Justices U U Lalit and Vineet Saran, however, declined the prayer of […]
NEW DELHI: Some people who take the drug methotrexate to treat common immune system disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis may mount a weaker immune response to a Covid-19 vaccine, according to a study. People with immune-mediated inflammatory disorders are typically treated with drugs that reduce inflammation, including methotrexate. The disorders result when the […]
New Delhi: The cases of Mucormycosis we are witnessing are a tiny fraction of COVID-19 cases, informed Gastroenterologist Dr. Rajeev Jayadevan during a webinar on ‘Mucormycosis and Dental Health in relation to COVID-19’, organized by the Press Information Bureau today. The other expert panelist in the webinar was Prosthodontist Dr. Neeta Rana. The doctors’ advice […]
NEW DELHI: India reported 1,32,788 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 2,83,07,832, while the daily positivity rate has further dropped to 6.57 per cent, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The COVID-19 death toll climbed to 3,35,102 with 3,207 fresh deaths. The active cases were recorded […]
NEW DELHI: The Centre has amended its rules barring officers who had worked in intelligence and security related organisations from publishing sensitive information by adding new clauses, including the conditions that they can’t share any material on “domain of the organisation” and its personnel. The Central Civil Services (Pension) Amendment Rules, 2021, dated May 31 […]
KOLKATA: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday dubbed as “hoax” the Centre’s claim of vaccinating the entire population above the age of 18 years by 2021, and asserted that the union government must provide jabs free of cost to states. “That claim is just a hoax. The Centre says things like these. Before the […]
NEW DELHI: More than 1.64 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday. The Centre has so far provided, both through the free of cost and through direct state procurement categories, more than 23 crore vaccine doses to states and UTs. […]
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court Tuesday took note of the Centre’s welfare scheme to provide relief to children who have lost parents to COVID-19 pandemic, and sought details of the plan along with the mechanism devised to monitor it. A bench comprising justices L Nageswara Rao and Aniruddha Bose also directed states and Union Territories […]