Health

DDMA has issued an order “banning all cultural events and gatherings for Christmas and New Year celebrations in the national capital” citing “rising cases of Omicron”

The powerful Lingayat community leaders of Karnataka want the state government to serve a “pure vegetarian” school meal

The variant is said to be more infectious, and in many cases, even fully vaccinated people have contracted the virus

21 people have tested Omicron-positive so far and over 2,000 deaths due to Covid-19 recorded on Sunday, despite GoI assurances that Covid-cases are lowest in 552 days

According to reports, the Kamla Nehru hospital in Bhopal lacked the necessary fire safety precautions despite repeated notices

Fire brigade officials said that a short circuit was the likely cause of the fire

Affidavit before Guj High Court cites lack of competent vendors and Diwali related fire safety duties as reasons for delay in implementing fire safety norms

UP had been in the limelight as one of the states worst hit by Covid-19 as its health system failed

The court has directed the central and state governments to conduct HIV tests on all prisoners, and provide treatment to whoever needs it

Instead of trying to address the glaring issue of prevalent hunger which indicates an undernourished population and stunting and wasting among children, the government has deemed Global Health Index (GHI)'s methodology to be “unscientific” while the methodology is clearly explained in the report.