Prevalence of obesity in India has increased by nearly 25 per cent during the last five years, both in adult men and women. Ultra-processed foods might be the cause.
A reduction of 20,546 cases has been recorded in the active Covid caseload in the last 24 hours, though the recovery rate has decreased to 93.33%, the health ministry said.
Additional Health Secretary Arti Ahuja cited a decline in Covid testing in the states and said strategic testing can avert the progression of the disease to a severe category.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said 20-23% of Covid patients needed hospitalisation during 2nd wave. He also asked states to keep a daily watch on the situation of cases.
The government in a tweet said that Union Health Secretary in his meeting with ECI presented the global and domestic status of spread of Covid and Omicron in the country.
Manish Nigam, who is leading the protest in Delhi, says doctors are 'dissatisfied with response' of Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya after their meeting, want 'immediate action'.
Healthcare workers, frontline workers and people above the age of 60 with comorbidities will be eligible to get a third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine from 10 January 2022.
Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
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