Health

By Mihir Sharma, India is recovering from a quadruple hit that is virtually unique even during this pandemic. First, growth has suffered an impact that appears to be greater than any of its peers, with GDP contracting 23.9% in the first quarter after the pandemic. While the economy has reopened …

New Delhi, September 6 The Center has asked 5 states and a UT from where 35 districts have been reporting a high number of active COVID-19 cases and a death rate to strengthen containment measures and increase testing to reduce the positivity rate below five percent. These 35 districts comprise …

HYDERABAD / NEW DELHI: Crowded roads, cricket matches without masks, and Sunday fish markets are not things you imagine when India is about to leave Brazil behind and behind only the United States as the nation’s most affected by Covid. Unfortunately, that was a reality in Chennai, as it obtained …

The accused ambulance driver Noufal is arrested Key points The State Commission on Women’s Rights has requested a detailed report from the Pathanamthitta police and ordered the team to submit a report on the incident within 7 days. There is a protocol to avoid having more patients together. The girl …

Kochi: A teenager, tested positive for COVID-19, was raped by a ambulance driver in Aranmula in the Pathanamthitta district of Kerala late on Saturday night. Pandalam police said the scandalous act took place after 10 pm. The driver, identified as V Noufal (29), apparently a habitual offender with criminal charges …

Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac tested positive for Covid-19. Members of his staff and others who were in contact with him have been urged to self-quarantine. This is the first time that a Kerala minister has contracted the virus. Isaac has been transferred to the Thiruvananthapuram Medical College Hospital. On …

The Center has approved Covaxin coronavirus vaccine from Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech for phase 2 clinical trials starting on September 7. The trials will be carried out with 380 volunteers, according to a letter sent to Bharat Biotech International by Dr S Eswara Reddy, Joint Controller of Drugs of India. In …

Russia shocked the world last month when it claimed that it has become the first country to create a vaccine for the coronavirus disease. And now, one of the country’s top officials has said that the Covid-19 vaccine will be released for civilian use starting this week. The “Sputnik-V” vaccine …

Nirvendra Kumar Mishra, a three-time former member of the National Liberation Army, was allegedly killed on Sunday in Lakhimpur Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh, over an alleged case of land dispute. (Image: ANI) Some local men allegedly carried out the crime near the Trikolia Padhua bus station. Mishra’s relatives said the …

Furthermore, this is the fifth day in a row that Maharashtra has reported a record number of cases in a single day. The second largest increase was recorded on Saturday with more than 20,000 new cases emerging in the 24-hour period. With 23,350 patients testing positive on Sunday, Maharashtra’s overall …