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Wednesday, November 5, 2025
TopicHealth Ministry

Topic: Health Ministry

Govt allows private labs to test for COVID-19, but its appeal for free tests has few takers

Private lab owners say if the govt provides them testing kits, then coronavirus tests can be done for free, otherwise, they will not be able to manage.

Coronavirus cases rise to 107 in India, with 12 fresh ones reported in Maharashtra

Govt has asked people not to panic, saying no community transmission of the virus has been observed and there has only been a few cases of local transmission.

Hours after announcement, Modi govt makes U-turn on Rs 4L ex-gratia for coronavirus deaths

The government released a revised notification where it deleted the clause on ex-gratia and cost of hospitalisation for all coronavirus patients.

Coronavirus cases rise to 84, stranded Indian students to be brought back from Italy

The health ministry said that seven patients have been discharged and a plane to bring back stranded Indians from Italy will leave Saturday.

Coronavirus cases rise to 81 in India, govt says COVID-19 not a health emergency

Health Ministry Joint Secretary Lav Agarwal said seven more coronavirus patients have been cured and conditions of 71 are 'clinically stable'.

After first coronavirus death, govt shares list of helpline numbers for all states & UTs

With a 76-year-old Karnataka man being confirmed as India’s first COVID-19 fatality, the government has stepped up efforts to contain the outbreak.

These are the two laws Modi govt has invoked to tackle coronavirus. But it’s not enough

The Disaster Management Act, 2005, and the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 are innovative, but they still fall short of comprehensibly dealing with outbreaks.

Health ministry asserts focus on prevention to tackle the coronavirus outbreak

In the wake of coronavirus being declared a pandemic by the WHO, ministry officials said developing a vaccine will take at least one-and-a-half to two years.

Coronavirus cases rise to 73 in India with 13 new patients confirmed

The fresh cases include nine from Maharashtra, and one each from Delhi, Ladakh and Uttar Pradesh as well as one foreign national.

Coronavirus patients stable, showing signs of recovery: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan spoke to some of the infected patients admitted at Medanta and Safdarjung hospitals via video calls on Tuesday.

On Camera

Indians have a complicated relationship with Zohran Mamdani

Mamdani’s politics feels unusual compared to India’s current climate. He unapologetically foregrounds Muslim identity at a time when doing so in India invites scrutiny.

What does NCLAT order mean for data-sharing ban, penalty imposed by CCI on Meta & WhatsApp

On 4 November 2025, NCLAT bench, comprising Chairperson Justice Ashok Bhushan and Member Arun Baroka, noted that WhatsApp and Meta are distinct legal entities.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Trump’s trade wars have rewritten powerplay, but India didn’t get the memo

This world is being restructured and redrawn by one man, and what’s his power? It’s not his formidable military. It’s trade. With China, it turned on him.