PM Modi hails ASHA workers for ensuring healthy IndiaTaking to Twitter, Prime Minister said, "Delighted that the entire team of ASHA workers have been conferred the WHO Director-General's Glob...
23 May, 2022, 10.22 AM IST
India's one million all-women ASHA volunteers honoured by WHOAccredited Social Health Activists -- or ASHA volunteers -- are Indian government's affiliated health-care workers who are the first point ...
22 May, 2022, 10.15 PM IST
Assam's door-to-door vaccination drive from November 22Government sources said ASHA workers are carrying on the door-to-door vaccination campaign along with other health workers in the state. Th...
11 Nov, 2021, 11.19 PM IST
States asked to augment health staff to arrest future Covid surgeThe union health secretary asked states to “quickly undertake gap analysis to identify the extent of preparedness needed at the state and d...
16 Aug, 2021, 07.22 AM IST
COVID: Only 25 people can attend marriage event in Uttarakhand nowReviewing the COVID situation in the state via video conferencing, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Tirath Singh Rawat directed all district magi...
01 May, 2021, 05.33 PM IST
Door-to-door survey in Delhi containment zones amid COVID-19 spikeThe survey will be completed within five days and will cover over 57 lakh people in containment zones, dense areas and identified clusters ...
20 Nov, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
India’s 600,000 strong army of virus-hunting women goes on a two-day strikeAfter months of harassment, underpayment and lack of protection from infection, about 600,000 of the country’s one million Accredited Socia...
07 Aug, 2020, 06.58 PM IST
Centre releases Rs 890 crore as 2nd tranche of package for Covid health system preparednessThose who received financial assistance in the second installment include Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telan...
06 Aug, 2020, 03.06 PM IST
All you need to know about the Rs 50 lakh insurance scheme for healthcare workersPublic healthcare providers including community health workers, who may have to be in direct contact and care of COVID-19 patients and who ...
22 Jul, 2020, 03.05 PM IST
AIIMS preparing database of critically ill patients to save them from coronavirus: Official"People suffering from critical ailments are more at risk of contracting coronavirus than people in general. We have begun preparing a data...
23 May, 2020, 05.19 PM IST
Odisha trains 1.72 lakh health personnel to combat COVID-19 in stateThe state government has trained 1,72,499 health personnel to deal with the novel coronavirus outbreak, Chief Secretary A K Tripathy said w...
09 May, 2020, 02.15 PM IST
'Ayushman Mitra' can be brought under national health agency payroll: Think tank associated with BJPThe recommendations have been submitted to NITI Aayog.
05 Mar, 2019, 06.20 PM IST
Google weighs a pact in Karnataka state health sectorSamsung will provide handheld devices for health workers so that the data they collect on diseases, maternal health, child health are updat...
01 Feb, 2017, 01.00 AM IST
Volunteers of government's flagship schemes to get social securityThe move that will make them eligible for provident fund to begin with and eventually entitle them to health insurance and medical benefits...
17 Dec, 2016, 12.46 AM IST
Govt to impart digital literacy training to 52.5 lakh by 2016Over 1 lakh common service centres are imparting digital training under government's mission.
17 Nov, 2015, 04.06 PM IST
No plan to give government employees' benefit to ASHAs: Harsh VardhanCurrently, there are 8.95 lakh ASHAs selected under the NHRM. ASHAs are given performance-based incentives in line with their role as honor...
12 Aug, 2014, 03.11 PM IST
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The economic slowdown has brought in its wake layoffs, shorter week days and forced holidays, and many executives have dedicated their free...
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