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March 12, 2024 03:05 PM ISTThe public issue of Bharat Highways Infrastructure Investment Trust (InvIT) was subscribed 8.02 times as investors bought 82.53 crore units against an offer size of 10.3 crore units
February 19, 2024 04:56 PM IST No new COVID-19 deaths have been reported in a span of 24 hours, the data updated by the Union Health Ministry at 8 am stated.
January 04, 2024 09:45 PM IST The deaths took place in Solapur and Kolhapur, while Mumbai reported 32 cases, followed by 16 each in Thane city and Navi Mumbai
December 31, 2023 10:27 AM IST Three new fatalities due to Covid– one each from Kerala, Karnataka and Bihar — have been reported in a span of 24 hours, according to the ministry's data updated at 8 am.
December 28, 2023 04:44 PM IST Delhi has reported its first case of COVID-19 sub-variant JN.1, officials said on Wednesday. Delhi has more than 35 active cases with nine fresh infections being reported on Wednesday, an official said, adding that a 28-year-old man, who had comorbidities, died, with Covid not being the primary reason. A total of 109 cases of JN.1 have been reported across the country till 26 December. Health officials have asked people to take the necessary precautions.
December 28, 2023 12:43 PM IST Talking to PTI Video, he said the government has ramped up Covid testing, with 636 tests conducted on Wednesday.
December 25, 2023 09:04 PM IST Social Welfare Minister Anand said that the Delhi government will provide all possible assistance to the families of Covid warriors who lost their lives during the pandemic.
December 25, 2023 08:35 PM IST Out of 34 JN.1 cases in State - 20 are from Bengaluru city, while four from Mysuru, three from Mandya, one each from Ramanagara, Bengaluru Rural, Kodagu and Chamarajanagara, and three deaths.
December 25, 2023 01:33 PM IST The case fatality rate stands at 1.19 per cent. According to the ministry website, 220.67 crore Covid vaccine doses have been administered.
December 24, 2023 11:01 PM IST COVID-19 in India LIVE: The JN.1 patients include five from Thane city, two from Pune city, and one each from a rural pocket of Pune district, Akola city and Sindhudurg district.
December 22, 2023 01:35 PM IST However, it was yet to be ascertained whether the trio were infected by the new JN.1 strain of COVID-19, officials said.
December 20, 2023 10:55 PM IST There are currently 2,311 active COVID-19 cases in India, as per the health ministry data. So far, 21 cases linked to the contagious JN.1 subvariant have been detected.
December 19, 2023 12:47 PM IST India detected its first JN1 case in Kerala’s Karakulam on December 8. A 79-year-old woman tested positive in an RT-PCR test. The confirmation of JN1 has put the Centre and states on alert. The health ministry is in touch with state authorities and is monitoring the situation Source of Information: CDC, WHO, Reuters, PIB & News18 Interview with Dr Saumitra Das.
December 18, 2023 03:07 PM IST Have you been feeling under the weather in Kerala? JN.1, a new Covid sub-variant, could be the culprit. Identified in a woman from Kerala, the JN.1 Covid sub-variant raises concerns about its transmissibility and immune evasion. What are the symptoms this new omicron subvariant & how can you protect yourself? Watch to find out.
November 28, 2023 01:42 PM IST While a majority of the women had to settle for low-paying agriculture jobs or work without pay in household enterprises, there have been some bright spots too — 86 percent of net new hiring in the manufacturing sector are females while men join construction
November 27, 2023 10:57 AM IST Some public health agencies took years to admit what had quickly become obvious: that the COVID virus was airborne. Others suggested extreme precautions, which had minimal benefits or were hard to implement. Rebuilding trust is not just about clearer, more persuasive communication but also admitting to mistakes
November 03, 2023 10:23 AM IST Humans have finite mental resources, and they’ve been decidedly depleted by years of dealing with Covid and its fallout, plus economic woes and worries about geopolitical upheaval
October 10, 2023 01:09 PM IST COVID, the Ukraine war and climate chaos make for anxious reading, so maybe it’s time to go back to numbers
October 05, 2023 11:40 AM IST By sifting through sewage, scientists can study unusual cases and even the origin of the virus
October 03, 2023 04:56 PM IST The Covid-19 shots that seemed to appear overnight built on decades of work by Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman
September 28, 2023 11:24 AM IST A new study, led by the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and the Yale School of Medicine and published in Nature, defines some critical differences in certain biomarkers of people with long COVID. The next step is even more critical: coming up with a way to cure them
September 18, 2023 03:16 PM IST The profession built to help others weather disruption benefited from a rush of demand during the COVID-19 pandemic and expanded accordingly. But that has come to an abrupt end...
September 18, 2023 10:35 AM IST Containment zones, door-to-door medical checkups, and closure of schools and colleges are some of the steps that authorities have taken in Kerala. For the fourth time since 2018, the state is again battling the deadly Nipah virus. It was earlier detected in Kozhikode in 2018 and 2021 and in Ernakulam in 2019. So what is the Nipah Virus, what are its symptoms, and is it dangerous? Watch to find out
September 01, 2023 05:47 PM IST Pirola first appeared on the radar on July 24, 2023, and has quickly earned the WHO's classification as a 'variant of interest'.
August 21, 2023 11:02 PM IST Covid-19 Update Highlight: An overview of the global COVID-19 situation was given by Secretary, Health including certain newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus like BA.2.86 (Pirola) and EG.5 (Eris), which have been reported globally. He underlined that as per World Health Organization (WHO), while EG.5 (Eris) has been reported from over 50 countries, the variant BA.2.86 (Pirola) is in four countries.
