A survey conducted recently by Tobacco Free India has shown that more than 92% Indian people support smoke-free public places across the country. The poll, which was carried out in Hindi and English on X (Twitter) between 2nd October & 19th October, received 65,272 respondent entries. The findings come at a time when debates on ...

World Health Organization declared mpox a global health emergency due to its rising cases in Africa and Europe. India is also under the impact and now both central and state governments are ready to take action and prevention measures. High-level meetings are being held, and new guidelines are being issued to prevent the virus from ...

World Economic Forum (WEF) Chairman Klaus Schwab has lauded the early policy response initiated by the Modi government in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic. In a recent interview, the WEF founder hailed the early lockdown decision taken by the government, along with steps taken to ensure the distribution of large-scale food rations and collateral-free ...

Amid the ongoing efforts to combat the novel Coronavirus pandemic in the country, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Tuesday said that a person can get reinfected with COVID-19 if antibodies against the virus reduce in their body within five months after recovering from the disease. In line with this development, ICMR Director-General ...

In an unprecedented development, World Health Organisation (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the efforts of Mumbai authorities in containing the COVID-19 outbreak in Dharavi – Asia’s largest slum. Speaking at a virtual press conference in Geneva on Saturday, the WHO chief lauded the efforts of the authorities in ensuring the basics of testing, tracing, ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday held a telephonic conversation with US President Donald Trump on an array of topics. In a statement released by the Ministry of External Affairs, the US President spoke about his desire to expand the ambit of G7 group to PM Modi, extending an invitation to India to attend the ...

According to the latest updates by the Union Health Ministry’s, the total number of Covid-19 positive cases in India has reached 13,387, around 437 deaths, and 1,749 recovered. In fighting the Covid-19, the State of Kerala has been the first state to have reported just one new case of COVID-19 on April 16. Kerala managed ...

India has the second-largest population on the planet, which is around 1.2 billion people, is locked down by the government for 21 days to battle the Covid-19 pandemic. The extreme measure has been taken to contain the spread of the virus. India has reported 902 positive cases and 20 deaths from the novel coronavirus. Experts ...