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BPM firms brave storm of second Covid wave with help from easier WFH rules

An old rule barred work such as voice calls from home. DoT relaxed rules last November, allowing BPM and other service providers (OSPs) to work from anywhere in India

Pfizer vaccine can be stored in fridge for a month, says US regulator

Unopened, thawed vials of the vaccine can be stored in a refrigerator at 2 to 8 degrees Celsius for up to a month, up from a previous maximum limit of five days

India's test positivity rate for Covid-19 down to 15%; Centre ups caution

Positivity rate had been consistently increasing for 10 weeks since February and started to decline in the past 10 days

Chemists threaten to join lockdown, seek Covid-19 vaccination on priority

The medical devices makers' industry body, too, has written to the NITI Aayog seeking vaccination on priority.

Need dynamic strategy to deal with Covid-19, says PM Narendra Modi

Tells officials to assess data on children, ensure rural India is free of Covid

Self-use Covid-19 testing kits to be available at stores for Rs 250

Mylab's kit gets ICMR nod; labs say this won't impact demand for RT-PCR tests

Bharat Biotech adds 200 million dose per annum Covaxin capacity

The company said the quick ramp up of additional manufacturing capacities for Covaxin was done at Chiron Behring Vaccines, Ankleshwar Gujarat, a wholly owned subsidiary of Bharat Biotech

Fear of unknown grips govt's privatisation plan with second Covid wave

Despite the uncertainty and unpredictability on how things will unfold, Centre is hopeful of completing transactions listed in Budget with a delay of one to two months

Govt should ramp up facilities to protect children, says NCPCR

The country's apex child rights body on Thursday said with a third COVID-19 wave projected to hit the country, the Centre and states should ramp up their preparations to protect children and neonatals

Top headlines: FY21 ITR filing deadline extended; Havells Q4 net rises 71%

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PM Modi to interact with Varanasi doctors, paramedical staff on Friday

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with doctors, paramedical staff and other frontline health workers of Varanasi on Friday via video conferencing.

Alembic, Natco, 3 more firms to make anti-black fungus drug: Centre

Companies have also placed orders for importing 600,000 vials of Amphotericin-B, says Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya

Bharat Biotech to ramp up Covaxin production, make 200 mn doses a year

'Product availability of additional doses to commence from Q4, 2021 at Chiron Behring Vaccines Ltd, located in Ankleshwar, Gujarat,' Bharat Biotech says

Covid LIVE: Both Karnataka, Maharashtra see daily cases below 30,000-mark

Coronavirus live updates: India reported 276,110 fresh Covid-19 infections today, taking the caseload tally to 25,772,440. Stay tuned for corona-related news

Telangana sees 3,660 fresh Covid-19 cases, reports 23 fatalities

Telangana's total coronavirus case count soared past 5.44 lakh with 3,660 fresh infections being added on Thrusday while the toll stood at 3,060 after 23 people succumbed to the deadly disease.

DATA STORY: India's daily new Covid cases below 300,000 for 4th straight day

India has so far administered 187,009,792 vaccine doses. That is 749.09 per cent of its total caseload, and 13.44 per cent of its population

Punjab to explore possibility of procuring vaccines from global sources

Punjab CM Amarinder Singh on Thursday directed the health department to explore possibilities of floating a global tender for the procurement of immunisation shots from all possible sources

HC asks Centre, Delhi govt, MCDs to give accommodations to health workers

The Delhi High Court Thursday asked the Centre, Delhi government and municipal corporations to provide accommodations to all the health workers

150 Covid vaccine centres will have to be shut from Friday: AAP MLA

Delhi's stock of Covishield vaccine for the 18-44 age group will last less than a day and the city government will have to shut more than 150 vaccination centres on Friday, AAP MLA Atishi said.

329 doctors died due to Covid during 2nd wave, maximum 80 from Bihar: IMA

The Indian Medical Association on Thursday released fresh figures on Covid-related fatalities among doctors, saying 329 of them succumbed to the disease during the ongoing second wave of the pandemic.