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Friday, September 27, 2024
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Topic: Health Ministry

India registers less than 300 Covid deaths in a day after 6 months, reports 22,273 new cases

While the number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 97,40,108, the infection tally rose to 1,01,69,118, on Saturday.

India registers 24,712 new Covid cases, caseload rises to 1.01 crore

The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 96.93 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95%, while fatality rate stands at 1.45%.

India suspends flights from UK till 31 December amid concerns over new coronavirus strain

Suspension to begin Tuesday midnight. Health Secretary says all passengers arriving before suspension must undergo RT-PCR tests, and isolate for 7 days even if found negative.

Health Ministry calls urgent meeting tomorrow to discuss new Covid strain behind UK case surge

A number of European countries have banned flights from the UK after the British government warned that the new strain of coronavirus is 'out of control'.

India adds 26,624 new Covid cases, recovery rate at 95.5%

Active coronavirus infections stand at 3,05,344, comprising 3.04 per cent of the total caseload, shows data.

India registers 26,382 new Covid infections, total caseload rises to 99.32 lakh

According to the health ministry data, the death toll rose to 1,44,096 with 387 new fatalities reported in a day.

Mortality rate of infants, those under 5 years dips in 18 states & UTs, finds NFHS survey

Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday released the fifth National Family Health Survey which contains information on population, health, and nutrition for India.

India unequivocally against forcing family planning, Centre tells Supreme Court

The health ministry told SC that family welfare programme is voluntary. It enables couples to decide the size of their family and adopt planning methods best suited to them.

30,006 new cases take India’s Covid tally to 98.26 lakh, death toll climbs to 1.42 lakh

According to the Union health ministry data, there are 3,59,819 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 3.66 per cent of the total caseload.

Officials told to gear up infrastructure, systems for Covid vaccine rollout by 25 Dec

At a 2-day virtual workshop, govt discusses plan for Covid vaccine rollout, including protocol and delivery mechanism. No confirmation yet on which vaccine will be administered.

On Camera

India has 2 women CMs now. Atishi and Mamata Banerjee are both victims of bad PR

Women look up to women in power as role models. But so far, Atishi’s public image is that of a woman-in-waiting rather than a woman-in-charge.

Tamil Nadu govt & Ford go way back. How carmaker’s return is new chapter in story that began in 1995

High value of 350-acre Ford plant property drove TN to encourage Ford to return over nearly a yr of negotiations. It's expected to reinforce state's resurgence as global manufacturing hub.

A fitness & fighter aircraft enthusiast, who is Air Marshal AP Singh, the next Chief of Air Force

Air Marshal Amar Preet Singh will take over as chief on 30 September. During his service of nearly 40 yrs, he has served in variety of command, staff, instructional & foreign appointments.

Lesson from Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Pakistan: if you have no patience, you don’t deserve democracy

Sri Lankan transition was smoothly managed. Check Bangladesh for contrast. They forced their incumbent into exile, installed a mostly unelectable govt of non-political people.