The Karnataka High issued an order on Wednesday for the state government to assure that the investigating team working on the probe of the hospital bed scam should also involve cyber experts. A division bench led by Chief Justice ABhay Shreeniwas Oka was hearing the matters which are associated to Covid-19 pandemic. The bench scrutinized…
With the worsening situation of the ongoing second wave in the country, Italy had sent a consignment having 30 oxygen concentrators and two ventilators which arrived in India on Thursday as a part of the medical assistance initiated by Italy for India.’ Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi thanked Italy for the support…
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) declared on Thursday that Russian vaccine developed by Russia’s Gamaleya National Center, Sputnik V, to combat the Covid-19 pandemic will be launched in the Indian market early next week. The announcement was made amid a press briefing of the health ministry over Covid-19, by Dr VK…
India on Thursday evening received a consignment of 10,000 rapid testing kits from the Republic of Korea with the extended cooperation amid both the countries, revealed the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) spokesperson Arindam Bagchi. Bagchi tweeted, “Our continuing cooperation with the Republic of Korea. Welcome the shipment of 10000 rapid testing kits from the…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be conducting two meetings with the District Magistrates (DMs) of several districts across 19 states of the country having a high caseload for assessing the present situation of Covid-19 and several measures were taken to deal with it, revealed the official sources on Thursday. According to the information given by…
Bengaluru based Indian Institute of Science (IISC) is presently working on developing a novel vaccine against Covid-19 which could be stored at room temperature, and will therefore be a major invention for the healthcare infrastructure of the country amid the rising cases of Covid-19 in the ongoing second wave. The information was revealed by Health…
The Union Government on Wednesday granted approval for procuring 1,50,000 units of the ‘Oxycare’ system which has been advanced by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO). The units will be obtained at the estimated cost of ₹322.5 crore with the funds to be given from the PM-CARES fund for helping the Covid-19 patients with…
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has provided approval to Hyderabad based-Bharat Biotech for conducting clinical trials on children for the Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, thereby becoming the first Covid-19 vaccine which will be subjected to testing on children in India. DCGI has given the approval to conduct trials for children between the age group…
Karnataka is anticipated to receive 3 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine for which the state government had placed orders, however, when asked about the time, Karnataka Chief Secretary P Ravi Kumar candidly stated, “Not days, but it could take months.” While addressing the reporters, Kumar said, “We’re also waiting. I can’t say in how many…
France has sent a second consignment via shipping to India having 40 tons of oxygen that arrived in India on Wednesday, according to France ambassador Emmanuel Lenain. Lenain took to Twitter to post about it saying, “The second shipment of 40 tons of oxygen, donated by France’s Air Liquide Group and filled in Qatar reaches…
