NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr VK Paul on Friday announced that India had surpassed the United States with a greater number of people administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine. Paul stated, “As per the data, the number of people who have received at least one dose of vaccine in India is 17.2 crore. We…
The All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS), New Delhi had initiated a study on the people who were found to be infected with Covid-19 after vaccination, and it was reported that there was no incidence of any fatalities. The time period when the study was conducted was in the months of April-May, exactly when…
Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa declared on June 3 the ongoing lockdown in the state which was earlier going to end on June 7, is further extended by a week till June 14. No new relaxations have been announced as of now, except the liquor shops will be permitted to give parcels till 10 am….
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday had a surprise interaction with students of class 12 amid a virtual meeting with the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE). The meeting was conducted by Union Education Ministry, days after the decision was implemented to cancel the class 12 exams. During the meeting, PM Modi also had an…
India and Germany on Thursday conducted bilateral consultation amid which both the countries mutually agreed to carry on with their engagement regarding the key issues, particularly about the UN agenda. As per the statement issued by the Ministry of External Affairs, the discussion happened via the mode of video conferencing, wherein India and Germany had…
Niti Aayog on Thursday presented the list of public sector banks which are planned to be privatized for the ongoing financial year to the Core Group of Secretaries on Disinvestment, according to the news agency PTI. The government think tank took charge of selecting the names of two public sector banks and one general insurance…
To increase the testing for Covid-19 and seize the pace of the viral transmission, Bengaluru’s Kempegowda International Airport (KIA) will be launching a quicker option – mobile van testing. The vans will comprise mobile laboratories which can carry on 2,000 tests on a daily basis. The testing figures can be increased to as high as…
India’s first indigenous home-based self-testing Covid-19 kit with a rapid test which will identify the viral infection within a span of 15 minutes, has been launched into the commercial market and will be available for purchase at the pharmacies in the country in 2-3 days, according to the statement of the manufacturer, Mylab Discovery Solutions…
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has declared that clinical trials in the country for the foreign Covid-19 vaccines which have already been approved by other international agencies, which is a big move to clear the foreign vaccines like Pfizer, and Moderna for the urgent requirement as the country is having shortage of the…
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday revealed that only one strain of the Covid-19 Delta variant first identified in India was now considered to be “of concern”, and the other stains have been demoted. The B.1.617 variant of the virus, which has been pointed at for the rapid transmission in India, has been dubbed…
