With people getting ready to celebrate festivals, starting from Navratri and Dussehra to Diwali and Christmas, health ministry warned that threat of Covid resurgence still existed
Rates for 400 procedures hiked between 20 and 400%, black fungus treatment added
Over 62 per cent of independent directors indicated that they believe fraud will increase over the next two years
At 5.6 mn daily doses, entire adult population can get one jab by November
Sources say the Centre has been working to create a stockpile of vaccines for India in case a third wave strikes
Business Standard's analysis showed that of the 20 million doses on Friday, nearly 40 per cent were second and remaining 60 per cent were first doses
The government has also condemned the report by the New York Times that said that the ICMR suppressed data showing the risks of a second wave
The IBBI has said that the CoC functions in an unregulated environment
Seeks to increase strength from 12 to 15-18 in order to build its regulatory capacity
Daily cases at the peak of the second wave were around four times the peak of the first one, which was on September 17, 2020
Useful for employers in general, and for enterprises like airlines, railways and hotels checking on their staff and customers
India has vaccinated 58% of its adult population with the first dose of Covid vaccine, while around 18% have been fully vaccinated with both doses
Experts say such a code could lead to litigation, which may affect the decision-making ability of the committee
According to the health ministry, more than 643.6 million vaccine doses have been provided to states so far
Board says this will improve stakeholders' confidence and participation in the process, lead to effective supervision and monitoring, and improve outcomes of the process
Tied grant 60% of total Rs 2.37 trn allocated to rural local bodies
Business Standard looked at the top five states contributing the most to the record
This comes a month after a Parliamentary panel flagged the "disproportionately large and unsustainable 'haircuts' taken by the financial creditors over the years"
If this pace is maintained it could enable the vaccination of the entire adult population by the end of year
The weekly positive rate has been less than 3 per cent for the eighth consecutive week