Tag: Ministry Of Health And Family Welfare

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has approved establishment of two new medical colleges in Odisha, informed Union Health Minister JP Nadda. Nadda in a letter to Union Petroleum Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday stated that his Ministry has approved two schemes of the Odisha Government for establishment of the two new […]

Bhubaneswar: Acknowledging the strong commitment, compassion and dedication that nurses display in the practice of their profession, President Ram Nath Kovind, on Saturday, conferred the ‘National Florence Nightingale Awards- 2018’ to as many as 35 nurses from across the nation on the occasion of International Nurses’ Day at a function organised by the Ministry of […]

New Delhi: The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, on Saturday, issued a revised strategy of testing for COVID-19 infection. According to the revised advisory, all asymptomatic individuals who have undertaken international travel in the last 14 days, should stay in home quarantine for at least 14 days. They should be tested only if they […]

New Delhi: The government on Thursday announced a financial package of Rs 15,000 crore to ramp up the overall healthcare infrastructure in tackling the coronavirus pandemic that has infected nearly 6,500 people and has left at least 196 dead in the country. The government said an amount of Rs 7,774 crore out of the package will […]

New Delhi: With 1383 new cases and 50 fatalities in 24 hours, the total tally of novel coronavirus cases in India reached to 19,984 on Wednesday, health ministry said. In a morning update, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said, of the total cases at least 15474 are active cases of novel coronavirus, while […]

New Delhi: Indian has reported a spike in the number of COVID-19 cases with 1990 new positive cases and 49 deaths in the last 24 hours, informed Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Department. The number of active COVID-19 cases now stood at 26,496 including 19868 active cases, 5804 cured/discharged/ migrated and 824 deaths, the […]

New Delhi: Migrant workers, tourists, students and other people stranded in different parts of the country were on Wednesday allowed to move to their respective destinations with certain conditions, giving a big relief to the distressed people. In an order, Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla said buses shall be used for transport of such groups […]

New Delhi: The total cases of the novel coronavirus in India crossed 40 thousand mark and mounted to 40,263 on Sunday. In an evening update, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said that of the total tally 28,070 are active cases, while 1,306 fatalities have been reported. Earlier in a press statement, the Health […]

New Delhi: Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Dr. Harsh Vardhan digitally participated in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Health Minister’s Digital Meet at Nirman Bhawan today. The meet was chaired by  Mikhail Murashko, Minister of Health of the Russian Federation. The ongoing COVID crisis was the key topic of discussion. At the outset, […]

New Delhi: Neurological disorder may be one of the coronavirus infection’s symptoms as per a case presentation by Fortis Memorial Research Institute (FMRI) in Gurugram. However, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has not come to any such conclusion regarding the symptom’s link to the disease. The FMRI, the flagship hospital of Fortis Healthcare […]

New Delhi: With a fresh spike of 50,356 coronavirus infections and 577 deaths in 24 hours, India’s tally on Saturday rose to 84,62,080, said the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Out of the total Covid-19 cases in the country, 5,16,632 are currently active, 78,19,886 have been discharged, and 1,25,562 lost the battle against […]

Bhubaneswar: The Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) has announced the reserve list of the Combined Medical Services Exam 2019. As per the official notification, a total of 97 candidates have been recommended by the UPSC for recruitment. Earlier, the result of the Combined Medical Services Examination, 2019 was declared (vide press Note dated 27.12.2019) recommending […]