The state government has decided to temporarily suspend the vaccination of the 18-44 age group and instead use utilize the vaccine stock for vaccination of beneficiaries due for 2nd dose.Read More
This is to clarify that WHO has not associated the term “Indian Variant” with the B.1.617 variant of the coronavirus in its 32 page document. In fact, the word “Indian” has not been used in its report on the matter," it added.Read More
In view of the pan India impact of the second wave of corona virus pandemic across the country and the manifold rise in oxygen demand for both medical facilities and for home treatment of patients , the Ministry of Power has undertaken a number of pro-active preventive and remedial measures to ensure there is uninterrupted power supply to Oxygen Plants by the State Utilities. Read More
A sudden increase in demand has been observed in some states for Amphotericin B which is being actively prescribed by the physicians to patients suffering from Mucormycosis, a post COVID complication. Read More
National Bamboo Mission launches MIS module for strengthening domestic Agarbatti industry Read More
The first Oxygen Express to Karnataka with six cryogenic containers carrying medical oxygen arrived at Inland Container Depot, Whitefield Bengaluru, at 9.35am on May 11. The special train started from Tatanagar (Jamshedpur, Jharkhand) on May 10 at 3am. Read More
It has come to the notice of the Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications that several misleading messages are being circulated on various social media platforms claiming that the second wave of coronavirus has been caused by the testing of the 5G mobile towers. Read More
The government had asked people to walk to the nearby shops for groceries. But it was not practical especially in the rural and Malnad region where people had to travel several miles to reach the shops.Read More
The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance,yesterday released an amount of Rs. 8,923.8 crore to 25 States for providing grants to the Rural Local Bodies (RLBs). The grants are meant for all the three tiers of Panchayati Raj Institutions – village, block and district.Read More
New Delhi, May 09, 2021: As a token of its commitment to serve the out of hospital COVID patients, the Ministry of Ayush has started free distribution of AYUSH 64 at many locations in Delhi since last Saturday. From Monday onwards, many more centres will become operational. Those COVID-19 patients who are in home isolation […]Read More