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Smoking may increase risk of Covid-19 severity, death: Study Coronavirus: Smoking can lead to a higher risk of COVID hospitalisation and death, study suggests. Coronavirus news Covid virus expected to continue to transmit for a very long time: WHO Tamil Nadu schools to open for Classes 1 to 8 from …

Bharat Bandh Today highlights: Traffic disruptions, 50 trains affected: Bharat Bandh evokes a mixed response. Highways, rail tracks blocked; strike successful, says Rakesh Tikait. Rahul Gandhi voices support for farmers, slams govt as exploitative. Extremely heavy rain forecast for Telangana Cyclone Gulab: Odisha and Andhra Pradesh receive heavy rainfall. ‘Not …

‘Offer more short-term courses for paramedics, assign them a larger role in public health’: Vice President VP stresses the need to Indianize the education system in the country New Delhi 25 SEP 2021: The Vice President, M. Venkaiah Naidu, today called for addressing the shortage of trained human resources in …

Studies Show More COVID-19 Cases in Areas Without School Masking Policies On Friday, September 24, 2021, – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention affiliated with the US Department of Health and Human Services (CDC) released three studies in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) that highlight the importance of …

World Lung Day: 25 September 2021. Think twice, it is not another day in paradise : Air is deadlier than we thought it is! While we observe World Lung Day on 25 September 2021, let us also pay heed to the latest policy guidelines on one of the major preventable …

Meeting between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Vice President Kamala Harris of the USA Prime Minister Narendra Modi met Her Excellency Kamala Harris, Vice President of the United States of America, in Washington DC on 23 September 2021, during his visit to the USA. They expressed happiness at their …

New Delhi, Sep 24: Researchers from the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)’s Pune-based National Chemical Laboratory (CSIR-NCL), Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL), and several other companies from Pune have pooled their expertise to manufacture moulded plastic components from COVID-19 PPE waste. The project, which is presently on a pilot …

WHO welcomed the addition of another therapeutic to the world’s arsenal against COVID-19, but… Geneva, 24 September 2021 – The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed the addition of another therapeutic to the world’s arsenal against COVID-19 but urges producing companies and governments to address the high price and limited production …

KABUL/CAIRO/GENEVA 22 September 2021 – The World Health Organization (WHO) has said that serious health needs in Afghanistan must be addressed urgently and health benefits must be protected. Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, and Dr Ahmed Al-Mandhari, WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean said …

New Delhi, Sep 22: Newer and better treatments could soon be on the anvil for leukemia and other blood-related disorders with researchers developing a new model that could give a better insight into the molecular mechanism behind their development. Every cell in the human body, and that of other mammals, …

‘Power of humanity’ can overcome COVID-19, climate challenges – Assembly President The President of the UN General Assembly on Tuesday opened the annual General Debate, this year held as a hybrid in-person and virtual event, reflecting on the darkest days of the pandemic, “when cities were shuttered and vaccines still …

A report released recently by NCD Alliance during the Annual Global Week for Action on Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), calls for the integration of NCDs prevention and care into global health initiatives and universal health coverage. Jointly produced by the George Institute for Global Health and NCD Alliance, the report makes …

“Offensive, Racism”: Shashi Tharoor, Jairam Ramesh Slam UK Vaccine Rules ‘Offensive’, ‘smacks of racism’: Tharoor, Ramesh on UK’s new Covid travel policy for India. US to lift travel ban for vaccinated international travellers US To Lift Covid Travel Ban For Fully Vaccinated Passengers From November. President of the Akhil Bharatiya …

The Covid pandemic has hard drilled the lesson why the health and social security of each one of us is inter-dependent on the health and social security of one another. But do we see more equity (or inequity) in the Covid response, such as the rollout of the vaccination worldwide? …

Fourth Meeting of the Multilateral Leaders Task Force on Scaling COVID-19 Tools Geneva 16 September 2021| The heads of the International Monetary Fund, World Bank Group, World Health Organization and World Trade Organization met with the CEOs of leading vaccine manufacturing companies to discuss strategies to improve the access to …

Gujarat: New cabinet delayed as old guard weighs on the fresh start Gujarat CM Bhupendra Patel keeps home ministry, Kanubhai Desai finance minister. GST Council to discuss treating food delivery apps as restaurants, levying 5% tax Centre trying to bring petrol, diesel under GST; will oppose any move to curb …

Why is Patient Safety important? World patient safety day theme 2021. World safety day 2021 date. Geneva, 16 September 2021 – The World Health Organization is calling on healthcare facility managers, leaders and health workers around the world to adopt a set of 5 World Patient Safety Day Goals 2021 …

Pak ISI-Trained Terror Module Busted, Festivals Likely Target: Delhi Police Terrorists trained by Pakistan’s ISI planned festival attacks, 6 arrested: Delhi Police Special Cell claims. Media reports. After houses, Aligarh will now secure the country’s borders: PM Modi In Aligarh, PM Modi talks about a Muslim salesman who visited his …

New Delhi/Geneva, 14th September 2021. An aircraft carrying around 23 metric tonnes of life-saving medicines and supplies from WHO landed in Kabul. The shipment, which is among the first humanitarian aid to arrive at Kabul airport since operations were disrupted on 15 August, was flown by a Qatar Airways flight …

Mumbai, Konkan and Western Maharashtra on Heavy Rain Alert Says IMD Extremely heavy rains likely over Odisha, Chhattisgarh for next two days, says IMD. Check full forecast Surprise Candidate Bhupendra Patel Is New Chief Minister Of Gujarat Bhupendra Patel To Take Oath On Monday: CR Patil, Gujarat BJP President | …