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Abortion: India extends MTP deadline from 20 to 24 weeks for certain women

October 14, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: The Centre has increased the medical termination of pregnancy (MTP) deadline from 20 to 24 weeks with some women. Under the new abortion rules incorporated in the MTP (Amendment) Act of March 2021, the extended gestation limit of terminating a pregnancy (abortion) will apply to mentally ill women, and survivors of sexual assault, […]

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Country’s first ‘One Health’ consortium launched by Dept. of Biotechnology

October 14, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: COVID-19 pandemic showed the relevance of ‘One Health’ principles in the governance of infectious diseases, especially efforts to prevent and contain zoonotic diseases throughout the world. The risk of infectious agents capable of jumping the barriers of species is increasing, mainly because of the potential of novel infectious agents to spread rapidly around the […]

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Vaccine for Children has Arrived, All Flight Restrictions to go from Monday

October 12, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 12: Finally a vaccine for the children has arrived. The subject expert committee on Covid-19 vaccines has recommended the national drug regulator to grant an emergency use authorisation to Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for the 2-18 age group, the union health ministry sources said on Tuesday. In another significant development, the centre has […]

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Covid-19: India reports 18,312 new cases, lowest in 215 days

October 11, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Monday informed that the Nation has reported 18,132 new infections in a single day. The Data updated by the Health Authority said that “India logged 18,132 new coronavirus infections, the lowest in 215 days, taking the country’s total tally of cases to 33,971,607. The national COVID-19 recovery rate, […]

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Covid-19: ‘For goal of a $5 trillion economy, India must grow at 9% for five years’

October 8, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Now that the Covid-19 pandemic has made it impossible to achieve India’s hope of becoming a USD 5 trillion economy by 2025, what the country can do now is to grow at a rate of nine percent for the next five consecutive years to realize this aim, former Reserve Bank of […]

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India to Open for Foreign Tourists from October 15, but Government “preparing” for up to Five Lakh Cases a Day

October 7, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Oct 7: Even as India is preparing to open up for foreign tourists from October 15, nearly a year and a half since suspension of all international flights in the wake of the Coronavirus pandemic, the government said it was “preparing” for a surge of 4.5-5 lakh cases per day during […]

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Lowest Active Cases in 203 Days

October 6, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 6: Amidst the cautioning of a possible third wave, India’s total active cases on Wednesday declined to the lowest in the last 203 days, according to the data released by the union health ministry. India added 18,833 new coronavirus infections taking the country’s tally of COVID-19 cases to 3,38,71,881, while the active cases declined […]

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Stop Wasting Water! More than five billion people may face water shortage by 2050: UN

October 6, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The United Nations agency warned the world over the future water crisis. The UN in a statement said that “More than five billion people globally are expected to face a shortage of water by 2050.”  The World Meteorological Organization on Tuesday said that “climate change increases the global risk of water-related hazards like floods […]

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ZyCoV-D for Phase III Trial

October 5, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Oct 5: Zydus Cadila, the Ahmedabad-based pharmaceutical company, has received the Indian drug regulator’s nod for conducting phase III trials of its two-dose Covid-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D. The company has “got the permission for conduct of phase III trials for two-dose Covid vaccine,” Cadila Healthcare said in a regulatory filing. ZyCoV-D, the first DNA […]

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Healthcare: India presents first two of 109 life support ambulances to Bangladesh

October 5, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: India on Tuesday presented two life support ambulances to Sylhet Osmania Medical College and Hospital and the Khadimpara 31-bed hospital in Sylhet Sadar, Bangladesh, respectively. The Indian Ambassador to Bangladesh, Vikram Doraiswami, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bangladesh, Dr. A.K.Abdul Momin, were present at the event held at the Sylhet Osmania […]

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