India

New Delhi: The death toll in India due to COVID-19 reached 17 on Friday. The total number of positive patients has increased to 724. Around 39 people have recovered from...

Bhubaneswar: After the Regional Medical Research Centre (RMRC), the Apollo Hospitals here will become the second medical unit in Odisha to have the coronavirus testing facility. The Indian Council of...

Pharmacies and e-commerce sites are reporting an increase in the sales of condoms and contraceptive pills as India stays home during the 21-day COVID-19 lockdown. Some experts are predicting a...

New Delhi: China has claimed that India will win the fight against COVID-19 at an early date and also offered to help contain the pandemic in the country. “We believe...

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced Rs 50 lakh medical insurance cover for doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, sanitation workers, and paramedics, who are serving the nation by...

New Delhi: In view of the coronavirus crisis in the country, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced that ration card holders will be given extra 5 kg of...

New Delhi: Saying that the Centre “doesn’t want anyone to remain hungry”, Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday announced a comprehensive relief package of Rs 1,70,000 crore for both...

New Delhi/Bhubaneswar: Politics divides, disaster unites. Congress president Sonia Gandhi on Thursday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, expressing her party’s full support for the 21-day national lockdown as a...

New Delhi: To reduce the risk of COVID-19 transmission, the Centre has allowed doctors to write prescriptions based on telephonic conversations with patients. The Union Health Ministry informed this in...

New Delhi: The number of positive COVID-19 cases has reached 649 in India. 13 persons have died of the disease so far, the Union Health Ministry informed. Maharashtra is the...