Two Indians part of crew of luxury cruise ship that reported hantavirus outbreakA hantavirus outbreak has been reported on the Dutch vessel MV Hondius, with five confirmed cases and three deaths, including two Indian na...
08 May, 2026, 11.18 AM IST
Trump admin confirms probe of possible Covid vaccine deathsSince Trump's appointment of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, the US government has initiated a major overhaul of vaccine policy,...
10 Dec, 2025, 07.20 AM IST
Unexplained sudden death among young adults in India not due to Covid vaccination: ICMR study"We found no evidence of a positive association of COVID-19 vaccination with unexplained sudden death among young adults. On the contrary, ...
21 Nov, 2023, 08.03 PM IST
Covid-19: Parliamentary panel recommends audit of 'deaths due to oxygen shortage'"The ministry must meticulously examine the oxygen-stricken Covid deaths and ensure that proper compensation is accorded to the families of...
13 Sep, 2022, 12.18 PM IST
CBDT notifies condition for claiming tax exemption for receiving ex-gratia amount due to Covid 19The clarification comes about a week after the last date for filing income tax return for Financial year 2021-22. As per the notification, ...
06 Aug, 2022, 10.39 PM IST
No state should deny Rs 50,000 ex-gratia to kin of those who lost lives to COVID-19: SCThe amount shall be provided by the concerned states from the State Disaster Response Fund and is to be disbursed by the District Disaster ...
04 Oct, 2021, 09.30 PM IST
SC appreciates Centre's stand on ex-gratia assistance for kin of COVID victimsThe apex court had in its June 30 verdict directed the NDMA to recommend within six weeks the guidelines for ex-gratia assistance on accoun...
23 Sep, 2021, 04.51 PM IST
NDMA for Rs 50,000 ex-gratia to kin of those who lost lives to COVID, Centre tells SCThe NDMA said that ex-gratia assistance will also be given to the kin of those who died of the virus due to involvement in COVID-19 relief ...
22 Sep, 2021, 08.15 PM IST
COVID-19:SC asks Centre to reconsider decision to exclude compensation for those who died by suicideThe top court was considering the fresh guidelines issued by the Centre to simplify the process of issuance of death certificates, as per t...
13 Sep, 2021, 09.46 PM IST
Demise within 30 days of diagnosis to be treated as Covid-19 death: GovernmentAfter being reprimanded by the top court over delay in framing guidelines for issuance of deaths certificates to the families of those who ...
13 Sep, 2021, 07.43 AM IST
Health ministry, ICMR have issued guidelines for 'official document' for Covid deaths: Centre to SCAccording to the guidelines, the deaths occurring due to poisoning, suicide, homicide and deaths due to accident, among others, will not be...
11 Sep, 2021, 10.54 PM IST
Pregnant women should be informed about benefits, risks and likely side-effects of vaccine: Govt"The full impact of COVID-19 disease on pregnancy outcomes for mother and fetus as well as for newborn is still unclear. Therefore, pregnan...
02 Jul, 2021, 10.17 PM IST
Frame norms for ex-gratia to families of COVID victims; NDMA failed to perform duty: SCThe Centre had earlier told the Court that though there was no issue of "fiscal affordability" with it, but ex-gratia compensation of Rs 4 ...
30 Jun, 2021, 09.54 PM IST
SC seeks Centre's response on compensation to Covid victims' kinA vacation bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M R Shah also asked the Centre to place before it the ICMR guidelines on issuance of death c...
24 May, 2021, 12.37 PM IST
Delhi govt asks DMs to document their initiatives to deal with COVID-19 situationThe DMs have been asked to also mention the difficulties they faced while executing new initiatives in their districts to combat the spread...
12 Jul, 2020, 01.19 PM IST
No invasive techniques be adopted for autopsy of COVID-19 patients: ICMR documentSome of the cases of suspected COVID-19 death which are brought dead to hospitals are labelled by emergency doctors as MLC and the body is ...
11 May, 2020, 04.22 PM IST
ICMR issues guidance for appropriate recording of COVID-19 deaths to create robust dataExplaining the public health significance of recording the cause of death in the COVID-19 pandemic, ICMR said COVID-19 is a new disease and...
11 May, 2020, 01.24 PM IST