Heatwave claims 25 poll personnel among 40 as north India boils

India Friday reported at least 40 suspected heat-related deaths, 25 of them of staff deployed on Lok Sabha poll duty in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, as heatwave conditions gripped a large swathe of the......

Centre asks states, UTs to enhance second Covid vax dose coverage

Highlighting that the nation is close to administering a billion Covid-19 vaccine doses, the Centre has urged the states and the Union territories to focus on increasing the coverage of the second......

Delhi health minister's daughter quits as advisor of mohalla clinics

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain's daughter Soumya on Thursday resigned from the post of advisor of Aam Aadmi Mohalla Clinics following the opposition's allegation of nepotism, even as her......

Bengal govt seeks list of medics for COVID-19 vaccination

The West Bengal government has asked all state-run and private medical establishments to send details of frontline health care workers (HCWs) and other staff who would be administered COVID-19......

Ashok Chawla to be new finance secy

Economic Affairs secretary Ashok Chawla is likely to be designated as the finance secretary on Monday. A decision to this effect has been taken after Arun Ramanathan retired as finance secretary on......

Modicare: Niti Aayog gets tough, seeks 'realistic' estimates

The government would be setting up a National Health Protection Council, National Governance Board and National Health Agency before  roll-out of the scheme on August 15. In a proposal put up......

How can Modi's Make In India achieve success?

Prime Minister Narendra Modi had launched the 'Make in India' campaign in September to attract foreign investors and make the country a global manufacturing hub. Thrust on education and healthcare......

Virtual 3-D human body may replace cadavers

A virtual three-dimension human body capable of replacing cadavers in surgical studies has been developed by a medical graduate in Kerala. The software, titled '3-D Indiana,' developed by Dr Jerome......

IOC sets June 29, 2021 deadline for Tokyo Olympics qualification

IMAGE: According to the letter dated April 2, the revised sport entries deadline has now been set for July 5, 2021. Photograph: Clive Rose/Getty Images The International Olympic Committee......