Glenmark’s favipiravir under govt scanner for ‘false claims’, cost, DCGI seeks clarification
New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), the apex body to approve and regulate drugs in India, has sent a letter to the Mumbai-based pharmaceutical giant Glenmark, accusing the company of selling its newly-approved Covid-19 drug, favipiravir, at an “unreasonable price” through “false claims”. The DCGI, who heads the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation […]
How to deal with dengue during Covid-19? States come up with new protocols
The state governments across the country are preparing protocols and finding ways to strengthen an already stretched healthcare infrastructure due to Covid-19, in the wake of the onset of dengue season. Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that spreads dengue, is most prevalent in cities, and experts have warned in the past that increased urbanisation and warming […]
Rajasthan Crisis: ‘Ban Defectors From Holding Public Office For 5 Years, Fighting Next Poll,’ Says Kapil Sibal
Amid the political firestorm in Rajasthan following Sachin Pilot’s rebellion, senior Congress leader Kapil Sibal on Sunday called for amending the anti-defection law to ban all defectors from holding public office for five years and fighting the next election. Sibal also said that the “antibodies” against the “virus of corrupt means” to topple elected governments […]
Covid cases continues to increase in Budgam district
The number of coronavirus patients in Budgam district continue to rise. The Department of Health urges the general public to fully adhere to the global guidelines, to wear masks, not to panic, not to come out of homes unnecessarily. A government official told to KNS, Every human being needs to learn a lesson from the […]
Masks made mandatory in Melbourne as Covid-19 cases continue to rise
People in Melbourne must now wear masks when leaving their homes as Victoria, Australia’s second most-populous state, marked two weeks of triple-digit increases in new coronavirus infections on Sunday. Melbournians not wearing face coverings will be fined A$200 ($140), said Victoria Premier Daniel Andrews. Victoria, which has forced nearly 5 million people into a partial […]
Navy’s forward posture against PLA aggression in Ladakh muscles out Chinese threat on high seas
While the Indian Army and Air Force are fully deployed on the Aksai Chin border, the Indian Navy through its forward posture has ensured that there is no Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy threat in either the Arabian Sea or the Bay of Bengal. According to sources based in Mumbai, Vishakhapatnam and New Delhi, […]
Kamal expresses concern over rising COVID19 cases
Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Saturday said J&K administration has failed to control sprawl of COVID19 cases which is witnessing a steep rise in J&K particularly in Kashmir. In a statement issued to KNS reads, additional general secretary Sheikh Mustafa Kamal while expressing concern over the failure of administration on combating the viral infection […]
NC condemns Pak shelling on civilian areas; expresses anguish over killing of party worker, his family members in Poonch
National Conference today condemned unprovoked Pak shelling on the civilian areas along the Line of Control and expressed deep grief and anguish over the killing of a prominent party worker, his wife and teenage son in Village Karmara in the Poonch District. “At a time when the entire world is grappling with the pandemic […]
COVID-19:DAK appeals Govt to arrange flu shot for high risk people, health care workers to prevent swine flu upsurge
Amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, Doctors Association Kashmir (DAK) on Saturday said it is mandatory that all the people in general and high risk, in particular and healthcare workers should get flu shot in the month of September and October. President DAK, Dr Suhail Naik said that they have observed in winters the incidence of […]
Poor, needy ignored by Govt, facing hardships: Bhardwaj
Congress leader and member AICC, Mohinder Bhardwaj accompanied by Ashok Dubey (Organising Secretary PCCI), Digesh Jamwal, Kirpal Singh and other party leaders of Bishan Tehsil presented food packets to more than 100 poor needy families of this village and a wheel chair to a physically challenged lady at a simple function held here on Saturday. […]
