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PM Modi extends free ration scheme for poor till November amid COVID-19 crisis
On the extension of the PMGKAY, he said it will cost the government Rs 90,000 crore more.Under the scheme, five kgs of wheat or rice and one kg of pulses per month will be given free of cost to the poor.
The scheme was initially rolled out for three months.
The government will spend a total of Rs 1.5 lakh crore on the scheme.
Covid-19 Pandemic:Tally rises to 5,66,840, general and health insurers receive 28,000 claims for Rs 445 crore
With 18,522 people testing positive for coronavirus in a single day, India’s COVID-19 tally climbed to 5,66,840 on Tuesday while the death toll rose to 16,893 with 418 new fatalities, according to the Union Health Ministry data.
Recording nearly 4,000 cases in the last 24 hours, Tamil Nadu has surpassed Delhi to regain the second spot among the list of worst-hit states by the pandemic, while Karnataka also recorded more than 1,100 overtaking Haryana and Andhra Pradesh.
Patanjali takes a u-turn; says never claimed to have made Covid-19 medicine
“Patanjali has never claimed to make corona medicine.Rather, corona patients have been cured with this medicine. The drug was made under the license issued by the Ayush Ministry,” stated the reply by Patanjali Ayurved CEO Acharya Balakrishna to the notice.
“We made the combination of Tulsi Giloy Ashwagandha at an advanced level and when the clinical trials were done on the patients of Covid-19, the coronavirus patients were cured. A conspiracy has been hatched against us and if the Ayush Ministry tells us to conduct clinical trials once again then we are ready to face it,” he added.
Single-day spike of 19,459 COVID-19 cases takes India’s tally to 5,48,318
The number of active cases stands at 2,10,120, while 3,21,722 people have recovered, and one patient has migrated, according to the updated data
“Thus, around 58.67 per cent of patients have recovered so far,” an official said
Plasma bank to be set up in Delhi for treatment of COVID-19 patients
The chief minister said that a helpline will be set up by the government for queries related to donation of plasma.
Kejriwal said that his government has so far conducted clinical trial of plasma therapy on 29 COVID-19 patients and the result was “encouraging”.
Unlock 2: Schools,cinemas to remain shut;domestic flight, train services to be expanded
Can’t expect poor patients to give proof for free treatment: Bombay HC
The court on Friday was hearing a plea filed by seven residents of a slum rehabilitation building in Bandra, who had been charged Rs 12.5 lakh by K J Somaiya Hospital for COVID-19 treatment between April 11 and April 28.
The bench of Justices Ramesh Dhanuka and Madhav Jamdar directed the hospital to deposit Rs 10 lakh in the court.
The petitioners had borrowed money and managed to pay Rs 10 lakh out of Rs 12.5 lakh that the hospital had demanded, after threatening to halt their discharge if they failed to clear the bill, counsel Vivek Shukla informed the court.
Covid 19 Pandemic:Deaths top half a million,one person dying in every 18 seconds in June
While the overall rate of death has flattened in recent weeks, health experts have expressed concerns about record numbers of new cases in countries like the United States, India and Brazil, as well as new outbreaks in parts of Asia.
About one-quarter of all the deaths so far have been in the United States, the Reuters data shows. The recent surge in cases have been most pronounced in a handful of Southern and Western states that reopened earlier and more aggressively.
The number of cases in Latin America on Sunday surpassed those diagnosed in Europe, making the region the second most affected by the pandemic, after North America.
Global coronavirus cases exceed 10 million
The figure is roughly double the number of severe influenza illnesses recorded annually, according to the World Health Organisation.
COVID-19 Pandemic: India adds nearly 20,000 cases, highest single-day spike
New Delhi: India recorded close to 20,000 COVID-19 cases in a single day for the first time on Sunday, taking the tally to 5,28,859, while the?death toll rose to?16,095,?according to the Union Health Ministry data The data updated at 8 am showed 19,906...