Unlike Covid-19, hantavirus not known for rapid human transmission, spreads through rodents: ExpertsHantavirus cases linked to a cruise ship with Indian nationals have sparked concerns, but experts declare these infections are confined to ...
08 May, 2026, 07.32 PM IST
WHO warns of more hantavirus cases in 'limited' outbreakThree passengers died from hantavirus after a cruise. The World Health Organization believes the outbreak will be limited if precautions ar...
07 May, 2026, 09.50 PM IST
Jaishankar highlights India's response to 'world in transition', stresses Global South unity, reformed multilateralism, multipolaritySpeaking at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, on Tuesday, as part of his three-nation official visit to the Caribbean, on the ...
06 May, 2026, 11.32 AM IST
What Noida's factory protests mean for India's wage debateFactory workers' protests in Noida have reignited India's minimum wage debate. Rising inflation erodes real wages, impacting workers' purch...
30 Apr, 2026, 12.47 AM IST
ET Prime Special Series: Multibagger or Bankrupt - Part 54: Will manufacturing capability help this firm move into defence space?The auto ancillary sector is being forced to answer a difficult question: When technology changes, which suppliers remain relevant and whic...
15 Apr, 2026, 11.41 PM IST
Delhi govt lays down SOPs for COVID-19 casesIn an order issued last week, the Health Department stated that it has prepared SOPs for Covid-care centres which also listed out guideline...
24 Jan, 2022, 03.26 PM IST
Telangana Police sends lockdown violators to non-Covid isolation centresOn Thursday, as many as 150 people who were caught flouting the state's lockdown guidelines were sent to isolation centres, the Ramagundam ...
28 May, 2021, 05.15 PM IST
India Inc steps up with coronavirus care centres for employees hit by second waveEmployees recuperating at these centres will have access to nurses and doctors, even oxygen, while for more serious cases, the necessary me...
01 May, 2021, 09.10 AM IST
COVID: Strictly follow admission protocol while admitting patients, Delhi govt to health facilitiesThe Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said that severe cases involving respiratory distress requiring mechanical ventilation sh...
13 Apr, 2021, 05.48 PM IST
IIT, Bhubaneswar campus "COVID-19 free": DirectorIIT Bhubaneswar said it nurtures preservation of academic life despite the pandemic prevailing around by maintaining safety measures to the...
29 Mar, 2021, 11.10 AM IST
Bihar orders home isolation for asymptomatic Covid patients, UP orders for SOP to be preparedBihar as of Sunday had 9,602 active cases while UP has almost the double number of active cases at 18,256, with UP reporting its highest nu...
19 Jul, 2020, 11.36 PM IST
No covid-19 death in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim so far: Health MinistryThe fight against the pandemic across the country has been a concerted and collective endeavour and the Centre has pro-actively and strongl...
26 Jun, 2020, 05.23 PM IST
Corona-positive persons will not have to visit COVID care centres for clinical assessment: Manish SisodiaIt has been decided to withdraw the Centre's order regarding the requirement of COVID care centre visit by corona-positive persons at the S...
25 Jun, 2020, 07.43 PM IST
Delhi govt issues revised order on home isolationThe Delhi govt has issued a revised order stating that the novel coronavirus patients who do not have comorbidities or require hospitalisat...
21 Jun, 2020, 05.20 PM IST
Railways to use 60% of its converted isolation coaches lying idle to operate Shramik Special trainsOfficials said that since these coaches have been lying idle after being converted into isolation wards and were yet to be deployed, the ra...
22 May, 2020, 06.10 PM IST
Malls draw up plans to live with coronavirusAs per new guidelines drawn up by the Shopping Centres Association of India (SCAI), seating will be allowed at alternate tables to maintain...
18 May, 2020, 12.27 PM IST
Covid-19 task force for turning train coaches into wardsThe Indian Railways has already set up stationary isolation coaches, but the task force said it would not serve the desired purpose. The is...
13 Apr, 2020, 07.30 AM IST