Odisha hikes stipend of house surgeons by 50 per centThe Odisha government has increased the stipend of house surgeons in medical colleges. The stipend will now be 50% of the remuneration paid...
CoWIN data breach: FIR has been registered, MoS IT Rajeev Chandrasekhar tells ParliamentOn June 12, reports had emerged that a bot on the messaging platform Telegram was allegedly returning personal data of Indian citizens who ...
Nagaland government rolls out eSanjeevani serviceThe minister was speaking after rolling out the health scheme during a programme coinciding with the felicitation of three health care unit...
Health, Ayush ministries to work in synergy to integrate Ayush in India's healthcare systemCabinet ministers, Mansukh L Mandaviya (MoHFW) and Sarbanand Sonowal (MoAyush) both ministries committed to streamline and operationalise a...
Following surge in COVID cases in Manipur, Health Ministry deploys multi-disciplinary teamThese team will assess the situation, suggest remedial actions, and report every evening by 7 PM on the public health activities being unde...
Google to help people find vaccination centresShortly after the first phase of vaccinations commenced, Google had rolled out knowledge panels in Google Search that show up for queries r...
SC says posters should not be affixed outside homes of COVID patientsThe SC bench said the Centre has already issued guidelines, and therefore, states and union territories should not affix such posters.
Covid-19 patients treated as untouchables once posters pasted on their homes, says SCThe Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) said however that its guidelines do not contain any instructions or guidance regarding af...
With very high COVID-19 testing, India's positivity rate fallen below 8%: MoHFWThe MoHFW further said that very comprehensive testing has thus worked as a highly effective tool to curb the spread of COVID-19 infection....
COVID-19 recoveries in India cross 60-lakh markAs per the Ministry, Maharashtra (12,29,339 recoveries), Karnataka (5,61,610), Kerala (1,75,304), Andhra Pradesh (6,91,040) and Tamil Nadu ...
With 828 tests/day per million population, India exceeds WHO advisory on COVID-19 testing by almost six timesAs per a graph shared by the Union Health Ministry, India is performing 828 tests per day per million population, as per the latest data.De...
India scales up testing capacity from 1 in January to over 7.7 crore in October: MoHFWThe MoHFW also said that the increased pace of testing has led to "early identification, prompt isolation, and effective treatment of COVID...
25 states/UTs report fall in active COVID-19 cases during last week: MoHFWMaharashtra is leading the states' tally with more than 2.5 lakh cases, the government informed, adding that active cases contribute only 1...
COVID-19: 27 lakh patients recover in India, recovery rate at 76.61%India has posted nearly 19.5 lakh (19,48,631) recoveries more than the active cases (765302, which are under active medical care). The acti...
Panel: Include bed availability in Aarogya SetuEarlier this month, the task force discussed the availability of information on testing labs and the challenges posed by "unassigned cases ...
UNICEF Rapid Survey on Children commissioned in November 2013: Women and Child Development MinistryThe key objective of the survey was to assess the situation of children and women in the country with special emphasis on access and utilis...
- S K Srivastava repatriated to parent cadre
Srivastava, a 1980-batch IAS officer of Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram-Union Territories (AGMUT) cadre, was working as Special Secretary and...