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World Hepatitis Day 2021: Remembering Nobel Laureate Dr. Blumberg

July 28, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Many people observed Wednesday (July 28) as the World Hepatitis Day (WHD) to raise global awareness about Hepatitis, in the memory of American Nobel Laureate Dr. Baruch Blumberg who had discovered the Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and developed a vaccine and a diagnostic test to treat it. Born on July 28, 1925, Dr. […]

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Centre Seeks Details from States/ UTs on Oxygen-Shortage Deaths

July 27, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, July 27: The Centre has asked the states and Union Territories to provide data on deaths related to oxygen shortage during the second Covid wave earlier this year. The information will be collated and presented in Parliament before the monsoon session ends on August 13, official sources said. “The Centre has written to […]

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Covid-19: Vaccination for Children Likely from Next Month, Centre Sticks to Official Death Figure

July 27, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, July 27: As the central government is preparing to launch Covid-19 vaccination for children from the next month, it refuted a claim that the actual death toll in the pandemic in the country could be in the region of 27 lakhs to 33 lakhs as against the official figure of 4.21 […]

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Healthcare: India’s largest Panchakarma Centre to come up in Jodhpur

July 27, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: India’s largest Panchakarma Centre is proposed to be set up at the Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Rajasthan Ayurveda University, Jodhpur, at a cost of nearly Rs. 60 crore. The university plans to develop it as an international wellness centre to promote health and tourism, sources said. The multi-storey International Panchakarma Centre, having 100 beds […]

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Covid-19: India registers less than 30,000 cases in the last 24 hours, lowest in four months

July 27, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry on Tuesday morning informed that “The Nation recorded less than 30000 cases in the last 24 hours which is lowest in 132 days. Active caseload fell below 400,000 after 124 days.” The data updated by the health ministry on-site shows that “India recorded 29,689 new coronavirus infections that pushed […]

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Brazil Suspends Clinical Trial of Covaxin

July 24, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, July 24: Brazil has suspended the clinical studies of “Covaxin” developed by the Indian company Bharat Biotech, following termination of the company’s agreement with its partner there, the Brazilian health regulator said. Bharat Biotech on Friday announced cancellation of the agreement it signed with the Precisa Medicamentos and Envixia Pharmaceuticals LLC for its […]

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Education: Rajasthan to reopen schools from August 2

July 23, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: All government schools in Rajasthan will reopen from August 2 after remaining closed since March due to the Covid-19. The state government took this crucial decision at a Cabinet meeting held on Thursday under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot. The government will allow the reopening of all colleges, universities, and coaching […]

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PM Modi to inaugurate 9 new medical colleges in UP on July 30

July 23, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will inaugurate 9 new medical colleges in Uttar Pradesh on July 30. According to a state government official, the PM will inaugurate colleges from the Siddharthnagar district. The colleges are set to begin functioning from July-end. These medical colleges are located at Deoria, Etah, Fatehpur, Ghazipur, Hardoi, Jaunpur, Mirzapur, […]

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PM Briefs Opposition Leaders on Pandemic Situation

July 21, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, July 21: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi told the Parliament floor leaders Tuesday that India was in a better position than many other countries but the Union government and the states must continue to work together as a team and rise above politics to tackle the spread of the pandemic. The Prime Minister […]

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Bird flu: first fatality of 2021 reported at AIIMS

July 21, 2021 virendra pandit

New Delhi: India reported its first documented bird flu fatality this year when a 12-year-old boy succumbed to the H5N1 avian influenza at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in the national capital on Tuesday. He was undergoing treatment for a respiratory tract infection. The boy was admitted to the paediatric department in June-end […]