According to a source with the ministry, the Election Commission and Union Health Ministry discussed the rising number of new Covid variant Omicron cases across the country with special focus on the five poll-bound states.
December 27, 2021The Health Index is a useful tool to measure and compare the overall performance and incremental Performance across states/UTs over time and is an important instrument in understanding the variations in performance across various parameters including health outcomes, governance, and data integrity, and key inputs and processes.
December 25, 2021The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said its early findings are "encouraging" but the variant could still lead to large numbers of people in hospital, reports the BBC.
December 25, 2021Expenditure on food and utility bills remained consistent during all months while food and beverages saw high spending after the lockdown restrictions were eased from July to October, according to data provided by credit card bill management platform CRED.
December 17, 2021Singapore has recorded new 2,079 cases of Covid-19, bringing the total number of cases to 257,510.
November 25, 2021Amongst the age group 31-45, over 37% samples tested prediabetic and over 39% are found to be diabetic suggesting an onset of diabetes in a healthy, young age group.
November 12, 2021“Overall, Africa will need investments of over $3 trillion in mitigation and adaptation by 2030 to implement its (national climate plans), requiring significant, accessible and predictable inflows of conditional finance,” the WMO’s Taalas said.
October 19, 2021The monthly report of the finance ministry also cited that global investor confidence in India stays intact with the country attracting total FDI inflow of $ 27.37 billion during the first four months of FY 2021-22
October 11, 2021People have been trying to flee, with long lines of vehicles forming below the valley's craggy peaks
September 14, 2021The report's author Chris Littlecott, Associate Director at E3G, said: "The collapse of the global coal pipeline and the rise of commitments to 'no new coal' are progressing hand in hand. Ahead of COP26, governments can collectively confirm their intention to move from coal to clean energy."
September 14, 2021In Wednesday's online update, CTU Chief of Staff Jennifer Johnson said the quarantine policy seems to be "varying across schools, We have to have consistency, transparency and policy".
September 10, 2021The report also highlights significant declines in HIV testing and prevention services for key and vulnerable populations who were already disproportionately affected.
September 8, 2021There is a lack of evidence for a laboratory leak. The Wuhan Institute of Virology often cited as the source of a lab leak, is a distance away from the live animal markets from where the first cases reportedly emerged, said the researchers.
August 23, 2021The overall contribution of NBFCs and HFCs (including trusteeships) towards the total lending to Indian real estate is at 63 per cent
July 26, 2021“True deaths are likely to be in the several millions not hundreds of thousands, making this arguably India’s worst human tragedy since Partition and independence,” the report said.
July 20, 2021"The UN health body plans to change the virus sequence IDs associated with three of the 13 early patients listed in a chart in the report and will clarify that the first family cluster was not linked to the Huanan seafood market in Wuhan,"
July 16, 2021The Covid-19 pandemic has had a severe impact on 220 million students as universities in 175 countries closed their premises and countries shut their borders. Although higher education institutions were quick to adopt lectures with online learning, these closures affected learning and examinations.
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