Covid-19 Management By Centre

The Opposition today hit out at the Modi government over the COVID-19 management, accusing it of favouring BJP-ruled states in allocation of vaccines and dubbed the celebrations over the 100-crore vaccination mark as premature.

Kerala, which has been witnessing an alarming surge in daily COVID-19 cases, has further extended the weekend lockdown from this week.

The State Licensing Authority of Uttarakhand has granted license for Coronil tablet to be used as supporting measure in the management of COVID-19 without claiming cure following the advice of a review committee set up by the AYUSH ministry, the Lok

Guidelines for compensation to families of COVID-19 victims - including amount of compensation - should be framed by the NDMA, or National Disaster Management Authority, within six weeks, the Supreme Court told the centre on Wednesday.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has agreed to his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik's suggestions that COVID-19 vaccines should be procured by the Centre from abroad and the states should be given the flexibility to manage the procedure.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari alleged that the Mamata Banerjee government is desperate to shield former chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who was show-caused by the Centre, as he is aware of the "irregularities" of Covid-19 management in state.

Around 130 ventilators out of the total 809 life saving machines sent by the Centre to Punjab for COVID-19 management are "faulty", said a senior official of the state health department on Wednesday.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) on Saturday condemned the "non-cooperative" attitude of the JNU administration in starting a COVID care facility on the campus.

With a huge spike of 35,871 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily rise since early December, India continues to see a surge in Covid caseload. The government yesterday said a total of 70 districts in 16 states have seen an increase of more than 150 per cent in active cases between March 1 and 15. Amid a worrying rise, Prim...

The Management Aptitude Test (MAT) in computer-based mode will be conducted today, February 20. The All India Management Association (AIMA) will hold the MAT in the computer-based mode in multiple exam centres across the country.

Centre's new COVID-19 guidelines: The States have been given more power to decide on steps like imposing night curfew if the local situation requires. The guidelines given today will be effective from December 1 till the end of the year. National Directives for COVID-19 Management shall continue to be followed throughout the country.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that 75% of the state's candidates could not take JEE Main 2020 on Tuesday while only half of them managed to turn up in exam centres in other states due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation.

India's COVID-19 management is marked by "two significant achievements" of continuously rising recovery rate among COVID-19 patients and a case fatality rate that has remained much below the global average, according to the health ministry.

Police in Nagaland have set up the north-eastern state's biggest quarantine facility managed by police personnel, a senior official said on Sunday.

Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases without any travel history in Guwahati, Assam is considering to impose a ward-wise lockdown in the city for at least seven days, said state health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The minister further said that medical centres would be created in all the 31 wards of the city, which will act as area-wise COVID management ...

The Opposition today hit out at the Modi government over the COVID-19 management, accusing it of favouring BJP-ruled states in allocation of vaccines and dubbed the celebrations over the 100-crore vaccination mark as premature.

Kerala, which has been witnessing an alarming surge in daily COVID-19 cases, has further extended the weekend lockdown from this week.

The State Licensing Authority of Uttarakhand has granted license for Coronil tablet to be used as supporting measure in the management of COVID-19 without claiming cure following the advice of a review committee set up by the AYUSH ministry, the Lok

Guidelines for compensation to families of COVID-19 victims - including amount of compensation - should be framed by the NDMA, or National Disaster Management Authority, within six weeks, the Supreme Court told the centre on Wednesday.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has agreed to his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik's suggestions that COVID-19 vaccines should be procured by the Centre from abroad and the states should be given the flexibility to manage the procedure.

BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari alleged that the Mamata Banerjee government is desperate to shield former chief secretary Alapan Bandyopadhyay, who was show-caused by the Centre, as he is aware of the "irregularities" of Covid-19 management in state.

Around 130 ventilators out of the total 809 life saving machines sent by the Centre to Punjab for COVID-19 management are "faulty", said a senior official of the state health department on Wednesday.

The Jawaharlal Nehru University Teachers' Association (JNUTA) on Saturday condemned the "non-cooperative" attitude of the JNU administration in starting a COVID care facility on the campus.

With a huge spike of 35,871 fresh coronavirus cases in the last 24 hours, the highest daily rise since early December, India continues to see a surge in Covid caseload. The government yesterday said a total of 70 districts in 16 states have seen an increase of more than 150 per cent in active cases between March 1 and 15. Amid a worrying rise, Prim...

The Management Aptitude Test (MAT) in computer-based mode will be conducted today, February 20. The All India Management Association (AIMA) will hold the MAT in the computer-based mode in multiple exam centres across the country.

Centre's new COVID-19 guidelines: The States have been given more power to decide on steps like imposing night curfew if the local situation requires. The guidelines given today will be effective from December 1 till the end of the year. National Directives for COVID-19 Management shall continue to be followed throughout the country.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said that 75% of the state's candidates could not take JEE Main 2020 on Tuesday while only half of them managed to turn up in exam centres in other states due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation.

India's COVID-19 management is marked by "two significant achievements" of continuously rising recovery rate among COVID-19 patients and a case fatality rate that has remained much below the global average, according to the health ministry.

Police in Nagaland have set up the north-eastern state's biggest quarantine facility managed by police personnel, a senior official said on Sunday.

Amid a spike in COVID-19 cases without any travel history in Guwahati, Assam is considering to impose a ward-wise lockdown in the city for at least seven days, said state health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The minister further said that medical centres would be created in all the 31 wards of the city, which will act as area-wise COVID management ...