The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has obtained permission for “restricted use in public health emergency” of two second-line HIV medications for use against the novel coronavirus (nCoV).
The eight-lane expansion of the Delhi-Jaipur National Highway 8 has taken a heavy toll: Thousands of trees have been cut and tens of thousands of birds have been rendered homeless. People For Animals
The Cabinet cleared the NABARD (Amendment) Bill that would enable NABARD to disburse loans at cheaper rates to farmers. This comes days after the announcement that crop loans upto Rs 50,000 would not
There is some good news on the Mid Day Meal (MDM) scheme. Findings of a survey released show that because of this scheme, school enrolment between July 2001 and July 2002 went up by 14%, with a
At least seven people have died due to a confirmed outbreak of gastroenteritis in Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Two cholera cases have also been reported and over 40 people suffering from gastroenteritis
The 13-day-long Kumbh festivities have just begun but the Nashik Municipal Corporation (NMC) has already begun to reel under the impact of hosting the religious show. With the volume of garbage going
At least five people, including four women, are feared to have been washed away in flash floods caused by a cloudburst in the Lalooni Nallah in Lalooni village, about 65 km from here in the Baijnath
While the floods of the Brahmaputra and its numerous tributaries have receded in the past one week, diarrhoea, Japanese encephalitis, malaria and other water-borne diseases are threatening to take on
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit set a deadline of one month for making the the Capital city clean and bereft of all sanitation-related problems. Expressing grave concern over the state of
The Jharkhand Drug Administration has imposed a state-wide ban on the use and distribution of five medicines manufactured by Lupin Ltd, Aurangabad, Nestor Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Faridabad and Pure
A study by a Delhi-based fact-finding team has revealed that workers of
