Health

17 Feb

Ministry of External Affairs trains 500+ employees in cyber safety

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The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) has trained 500 plus employees across 90 missions in Europe and Africa. It aims to ensure the personnel are equipped to deal with both malicious malware and targeted attacks. The Ministry also conducts regular audits to assess how sensitive data centres in different missions can be protected. India is working on a cyber security policy like the UK and Australia and roll out a holistic structure wherein more verticals than just national security are covered. The policy is encompassing both internal and external threats and the first meeting of cyber security coordinators from the…

17 Feb

Delhi records 766 fresh Covid-19 cases

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A total of 766 fresh Covid-19 cases were recorded in Delhi out of 56,112 tests conducted during the past 24 hours across the national capital. The number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi recorded yesterday were 756 while the positivity rate was 1.52 per cent. According to the latest Delhi government’s health bulletin, the infection positivity rate stood at 1.37 per cent. The city lost five lives due to the virus infection, taking the cumulative count of such fatalities to 26,086, it said. In all, there were 3197 active cases of the virus in the city, the bulletin pointed out.

14 Feb

Glenmark launched FabiSpray® in partnership with SaNOtize

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A global, innovation-driven pharmaceutical company Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited and Canadian pharmaceutical company SaNOtize Research & Development Corporation announced launch of its Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray under the brand name FabiSpray® in India for the treatment of adult patients with COVID-19 who have high risk of progression of the disease. Glenmark earlier received manufacturing and marketing approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for NONS as part of the accelerated approval process. FabiSpray®, Nitric Oxide Nasal Spray is designed to kill the COVID-19 virus in the upper airways. Phase 3 trial in India met the key endpoints and demonstrated…

14 Feb

Amway India’s new range of supplements under its brand Nutrilite

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Amway India, has introduced a range of nutrition supplementsin trendy, tasty, convenient and simplified formats like flavorful gummies and mouth dissolving jelly strips under its flagship brand Nutrilite. Amway has formulated the on-the-go nutrition solutions to meet their everyday nutrition needs. Currently, the range comprises three products - Seize the Day, strawberry flavored gummies containing vitamins and minerals to support overall health and immunity, D-fence – mouth dissolving jelly strips containingVitamin D3 to support bone health and immunity, and I Candy gummies containing Lutein & Zeaxanthin to support eye health. Announcing the launch, Mr. Anshu Budhraja, CEO, Amway India said,…

14 Feb

Abbott provides holistic diabetes care to 8 million people

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Abbott, the global healthcare leader, has announced new collaborations with key health-tech partners BeatO, Sugar.fit, PharmEasy, GOQii, 1MG, Zyla Health, Healthifyme and Fitterfly to usher a new era of holistic diabetes management care. Through these collaborations, Abbott aims to offer glucose monitoring solutions to 8 million people living with diabetes, of which approximately 6.5mn users can access through PharmEasy and 1MG.Abbott has also partnered with BeatO, a digital health platform to launch a holistic, data-based continuous glucose monitoring program for better diabetes management. The program provides users access to targeted diet, help in controlling diabetes and lifestyle counselling from experts…

12 Feb

Fresh Covid-19 cases come down to 977 in Delhi

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The number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Delhi dipped to 977 on Friday from 1,104 on Thursday with 56, 444 tests conducted during the past 24 hours across the national capital. According to the latest Delhi government’s health bulletin, the infection positivity rate stood at 1. 73 per cent. The positivity rate was 2.09 per cent. The city lost another 12 lives due to the virus infection, taking the cumulative count of such fatalities to 26,047, it said. There were 12 such casualties yesterday.

11 Feb

India reports 13% dip in new Covid cases

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India reported 58,077 fresh Covid infections in a span of 24 hours on Friday, which is around 13 per cent lower than those reported on previous day. On Thursday, the country had seen 67,084 new Covid cases. In the last 24 hours, a total 657 deaths were reported, taking the toll to 5,07,177, said the Union Health ministry on Friday morning. The active Covid case has been reduced to 6,97,802, which constitutes 1.64 per cent of the country’s total positive cases. The recovery of 1,50,407 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 4,13,31,158. Consequently, India’s…

09 Feb

Global Covid caseload tops 400 mn

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The global coronavirus caseload has topped 400 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.76 million and vaccinations to over 10.09 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. The University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global caseload and the death toll stood at 400,487,672 and 5,762,582, respectively, while the total number of vaccine doses administered has increased to 10,096,476,161. The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world’s highest number of cases and deaths at 77,051,222 and 908,816, according to the CSSE. The second worst hit country in terms of cases…

08 Feb

Advanced medical technologies can reduce the risk of Heart Failure

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India continues to see a spike in the incidence of heart ailments and diseases. Ppatients who are at high risk of Heart Failure must be aware of the advanced and high performing medical devices available today in India to help prevent and reduce the incidence of fatalities. Dr Dipankar Das, Interventional Cardiologist, Narayana Superspeciality Hospital, Guwahati, urges heart patients in India to closely monitor their heart health and not ignore any worrisome symptoms. Heart Failure refers to the heart's inability to pump enough blood to meet the body's needs and is often misunderstood by masses. A heart in Heart Failure…

05 Feb

Centre places purchase order for 5 crore doses of Corbevax Covid vaccine each costing Rs 145 sans tax

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The Centre has placed a purchase order with Biological E for five crore doses of COVID vaccine Corbevax each costing ₹145 excluding taxes, official sources said on Saturday. The government is yet to decide on which segment of beneficiaries this new vaccine would be administered. However, according to sources, discussions are underway in technical groups and in the Health Ministry’s immunisation division about expanding the scope of the precaution doses which are currently being given to healthcare and frontline workers, and comorbid senior citizens. The HLL Lifecare Limited, a public sector undertaking, has issued the supply order of Corbevax to…