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AIIMS releases guidelines on reuse of PPE, says depletion of stocks due to Covid-19

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According to the guidelines, decontamination of PPE kits for purpose of reuse is not recommended as it might degrade performance of the equipment.

Cancer, dialysis patients struggle for treatment as hospitals are stretched by Covid-19

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Most government hospitals have stopped routine services & are running only emergency departments and conducting emergency surgeries.

AIIMS plans to use prototype of ventilators for Covid-19 patients due to shortage

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AIIMS is in talks with AgVa Healthcare, which claims to offer a lightweight, handy and cheap ventilators that can be used for COVID-19 patients.

Need more masks, sanitisers — doctors say hospitals ill-equipped to fight COVID-19

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Doctors across UP, Jammu, Delhi and Puducherry say there is a lack of N95 masks, sanitisers or protective equipment in their hospitals.

AIIMS to shut down OPD from 24 March till further notice

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AIIMS earlier issued a circular postponing all nonessential elective procedures, surgeries and directed for only emergency life-saving surgeries with effect from 21 March.

Govt asks AIIMS to set up isolation beds for coronavirus cases in new emergency wing

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The health ministry also asked the National Cancer Institute (NCI) in Jhajjar to augment its isolation bed capacity to 125 from the existing 25.

AIIMS confirms 18 people from JNU admitted with head injuries and abrasions

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Hospital officials say JNU Students' Union president Aishe Ghosh has suffered lacerations on her forehead and is undergoing investigations.

AIIMS conducts second post-mortem on bodies of Hyderabad rape accused

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The Telangana High Court Saturday ordered another post-mortem of the four killed by Hyderabad Police in an alleged encounter on 6 December.

AIIMS and ICMR working on developing ‘virtual autopsy’ technique, Harsh Vardhan says

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The medical institutes are working on a technique that allows doctors to conduct postmortems without dissecting the body.

Nitish’s ‘double-engined’ NDA govt hits another bump, second AIIMS in Bihar is stalled

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Bihar CM Nitish Kumar said repeated attempts to turn Darbhanga Medical College into state’s 2nd AIIMS had been blocked by Union health ministry.
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Wang Yi’s Delhi visit shows India is shifting away from US, say Chinese analysts

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Even as Chinese discourse celebrates rapprochement, commentators stress its fragility. A thaw does not equate to normalisation of bilateral ties.

How Modi’s call for self-reliance is different from Nehru’s

India needs to talk about over-tourism, before the great asset becomes the greatest liability

Economy

Amid Trump’s tariff bombs, India’s business with America surged while imports from Russia dipped 10%

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As India-Russia trade decreases, India's April-July exports to the US this year increased by 21% compared to last year & imports from the US grew by 12%.

Defence

India provides Nepal with military equipment, medical supplies; PM Oli likely to visit next month

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New Delhi: India has handed over military equipment, medical supplies, trained dogs and horses to the Nepalese Army Monday, ahead of Prime Minister K.P....

National Interest

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

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Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?

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