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Chhattisgarh govt to introduce mobile clinics for women marking 103rd birth date of Indira Gandhi

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Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Bagel will be launching special mobile clinics exclusively for women on Thursday for commemorating the 103rd birth anniversary of former Prime Minister late Indira Gandhi. According to the official statement passed, the special medical mobile clinics assigned for women, referred as ‘Dai-didi’ (mother-sister) clinics will be providing healthcare services and consultation…

Sharp fall of Covid-19 cases in Bengaluru invokes BBMP to alter bed-blocking policy

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With the declining Covid-19 cases in the capital city of Karnataka, Bengaluru, there has been a lack of demand for beds in the private hospitals and medical colleges has invoked the civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagare Palike (BBMP) to make a formal amendment with respect to bed blocking protocol. As per the recent circular dated…

India and Canada discuss bilateral ties and cooperation on Covid-19 response

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Indian foreign minister S Jaishankar Prasad and Canadian counterpart had a discussion emphasizing to enhance the existing trade ties amid the nations and boost the cooperation with respect to the Covid-19 pandemic as they were involved in a Track 1.5 dialogue co-hosted by think tanks. S Jaishankar, India’s external affairs minister, spoke at the virtual…

ICMR’s advisory for plasma therapy for Covid-19 patients reveals indiscriminate usage not recommended

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The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed on Wednesday an alarming update about treatment against Covid-19, stating that the indiscriminate usage of convalescent plasma therapy (CPT) for treating the Coronavirus disease was not recommended, though considering the present scenario of the country, with over 8.9 million cases. An open label phase – II multicentre…

US gives a green signal for the first self-testing kit for diagnosis of Covid-19

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United States has given the approval for the first diagnostic kit regarding the self-testing at home, which will be an added tool for fighting the pandemic as the nation has a heavy burden regarding the testing of the general population. Based on the official statement passed by the government agency on Tuesday, the Food and…

Health Minister Sudhakar says, Covid-19 fatality rate lowest in Bengaluru among major Indian cities

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The Covid-19 case fatality rate in Bengaluru accounts to only 1.1 per cent and has become the lowest among all the key cities in the country, said Karnataka Health Minister K Sudhakar on Wednesday. Sudhakar tweeted, “Bengaluru’s Covid-19 case fatality rate (1.1%) among all major cities in India. With 3,36,880 recoveries and 17,707 active cases…

MP CM Shivraj Chouhan declares formation of ‘Gau Cabinet’

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Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made an official announcement on Wednesday regarding the decision of the state government for formulating ‘Gau cabinet’ with the objective of protecting the cows of the state. Shvraj Singh Chouhan took to Twitter to share the news, “A decision has been taken to set up a ‘gau cabinet’…

BBMP initiate Covid-19 testing as city colleges resume

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As the colleges in the city commenced with the offline classes, the civic body Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) initiated the Covid-19 testing of around 15 per cent of the students, teaching and non-teaching staff from the 360 colleges in the city. As many as 222 testing teams were deployed who tested 11,574 individuals among…

The year-long journey of novel Covid-19 and its impact on human ecosystem

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Today, November 17, marks exactly one year of the first person being infected with COVID-19. A 55-year old individual, based in the Hubei Province in China, was the first one, when a month later, it was suspected that the novel virus originated from the wet markets. China, concealed the intricate details about the virus for…

Indian envoy confers on bilateral relations with Japanese Upper House President Santo Akiko

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Indian Ambassador to Japan, Sanjay Kumar Verma, on November 11 had a review discussion over the much evolving bilateral relations with Japan’s Upper House President, Santo Akiko in Japan’s National Diet as revealed by the Embassy of India in Japan on Tuesday. In a series of tweets, Sanjay Kumar Verma stated about attending the Japanese…