Health

DEHRADUN: Uttarakhand High Court has directed the state government officials to submit details of people suffering from leprosy and arrangements to look after them by the state government within two weeks of time. The matter dates back to 2017 when the district administration of Haridwar had demolished houses in the Chandighat area of Haridwar in […]

NEW DELHI: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has appealed to the people to get their booster dose as soon as possible if they have completed their six months of the time period of administering the second dose. He also informed that the booster or precautionary dose is being given free of cost by the government. […]

AIZAWL: Mizoram NHM Mission Director Dr Eric Zomawia has sent a show cause notice to National Health Mission (NHM) Employees Union Mizoram (NEUM), who are currently on a mass leave from July 11-13 and have been on indefinite strike since July 14. The show cause notice mentioned that the employees have violated the Mizoram Essential […]

KOLKATA: Union health minister Mansukh Mandaviya calls it an “extraordinary achievement that will be etched in history” as India proudly crosses the major landmark of giving two billion, 200 crores, COVID vaccination on Sunday. This significant achievement took only 18 months after the drive began on January 16, 2021. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted, “India […]

LUCKNOW: Saharanpur Jail administration has ordered an enquiry after 23 inmates lodged in the prison were detected to be HIV positive. The Jail administration has confirmed with The New Indian. The matter came to the fore last week when a health check-up camp was conducted by the Health Department in Saharanpur Jail on June 15. […]