The Karnataka Government on Monday directed the officials to not restrict the movement for cremation purposes, following which people are now allowed to conduct cremation, immerse ashes and finish the complete death ceremonies according to their religious rituals. In an observation, where several individuals were travelling to immerse the ashes and performing the death ceremonies…
Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) has developed a drug for the treatment of Covid-19 which will be available in the market at a price of Rs 990 per sachet which be sold by Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, officials revealed on Friday. Although, The Centre and the states will able to get the medicine at a…
Indian Air Force chief RKS Bhadauria visited Leh with the objective of reviewing the operational preparedness of the force allotted there, alongside which Chinese forces are having underway rigorous training opposite eastern Ladakh. The sources revealed the chief was informed about the air maintenance operations backing up the Indian Army and the paramilitary troops. There…
Karnataka BJP president Nalin Kumar Kateel revealed on Friday that the current chief minister BS Yediyurappa will finish the tenure as he issued orders to the party legislators to not interfere in any activities apart from Covid-19 management. Kateel said, “There is no change, Yediyurappa is our unanimous leader. The Centre (central leadership) has already…
Zydus Cadila India has sought regulatory approval for human trials of its Covid-19 antibody cocktail for the treatment of mild Covid-19 infections, as the country is dealing with the shortage of medicines and vaccines required to fight the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic. The candidate, ZRC-3308, has depicted significant results in decreasing the lung damage…
The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday raised a question about the policy of the state government of limiting the vaccine administration to the second dosage beneficiaries and for people in the 18-44 age group, to get vaccines from private hospitals by paying more than Rs 1,000. The court inquired whether such kind of rule will…
The Ministry of Ayush (Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy) will be introducing the clinical repository portal along with a mobile application of Ayush Sanjivani in an event on Thursday. The portal will display the required information about the clinical outcomes of the alternative therapy along with further research and analysis. In a…
The Karnataka government will initiate testing of sewage water to check the presence of Covid-19 virus with a city-wide surveillance system where small proportions of Covid-19 will be the lead to identify the cluster zones. The state government has planned to commence the testing throughout 45 wards in the city, according to Additional Chief Secretary…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday recommended the concerned agencies to assure normal life is restored in the affected regions as soon as possible after the destruction caused by cyclone Yaas in West Bengal and Odisha. During a review meeting, PM Modi made a note of the effective and proactive role played by the Central…
With the ongoing vaccination drive in the country, Apollo Hospitals will start with the Russian vaccine Sputnik V from the second week of June, declared the group on Thursday. Executive Vice-person of Apollo Hospitals, Shobana Kamineni said in a statement, “…Sputnik the third vaccine approved in India [and] will be available through the Apollo system…
