Anti-Covid drug developed by DRDO cleared for emergency use
The Drugs Controller General of India has approved an anti-COVID oral drug, developed by DRDO, for emergency use as adjunct therapy in moderate to severe coronavirus patients, the defence ministry said on Saturday. It said clinical trials of the drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) showed that it helps in faster recovery of hospitalised patients and reduces More...
Allow states to have own apps for vaccination: Maha CM
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has urged the central government to allow states to develop their ownapplications for COVID-19 vaccination programme. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Thackeray More...
Positive Covid Report Not Mandatory For Admission in Hospitals, Says Health Ministry
New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Saturday took a major decision, bringing major relief to all those who have been seeking hospital admission. The ministry said that a positive coronavirus disease (Covid-19) report More...
Maha to have separate Covid task force for kids
With the possibility of a third wave of COVID-19 pandemic looming, the Maharashtra government is setting up a paediatric task force to create infrastructure for the treatment of children, health minister Rajesh More...
Complete lockdown in Karnataka from May 10-24;
CM says Covid-19 cases rising The Karnataka government has decided to impose a 14-day complete lockdown in the state to check the spread of Covid-19 cases. Announcing the decision Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa More...
Justice Ambadas Joshi sworn in as Lokayukta of Goa
Mumbai – Retired judge of the Bombay High Court Justice Ambadas Haribhau Joshi was sworn in as the Lokayukta of Goa at a brief oath taking ceremony held online on Friday (7th May). Maharashtra and Goa Governor More...
3rd Covid wave may not happen if… says govt
Principal Scientific Advisor to Centre, Prof K Vijayraghavan on the Covid crisis: “If we take strong measures, the third wave may not happen in all the places or indeed anywhere at all. It depends much More...
No supply of Covaxin: Maharashtra govt
Rajesh Tope, Maharashtra Health Minister: “We need 1700 MT of oxygen. We urge the Central govt to provide us the required oxygen. “We received 9 lakh vaccines two days back and 8 lakh vaccines have More...
Chhota Rajan alive: AIIMS
Underworld don Chhota Rajan is still alive. He is admitted at AIIMS for treatment of COVID19: AIIMS official. It was reported widely that the gangster had died of Covid-19 at the AIIMS, Delhi. However, the hospital More...
Modi spoke his ‘Mann ki Baat’, didn’t listen: Soren
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday described Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s phone call to him on the COVID-19 situation in the country as the PM’s “Mann Ki Baat”, instead More...
