Union home secretary Ajay Bhalla issued an order excluding the non-essential items from sale by the e-commerce companies from the consolidated revised guidelines, which listed the exemption given to the services and people from the purview of the lockdown.
Only half India's population has received the first shot of Covishield and Covaxin and the government's immediate task is to first vaccinate its adult population before placing its focus on children.
The case fatality rate has dropped 2.01 per cent, according to ministry data.
'There is a healthy culture of learning.'
'Working from home is a privilege for many, while showing up every day to serve others is a measure of devoted service to fellow humans required of many jobs in service to each other that create a civil society,' a CEO responds to Sree Sreenivasan's Work Remotely Forever Pledge.
What is aggravating the situation is that e-commerce firms are facing huge shortage of delivery personnel. They have not been able to bring back their staff to work, despite offering higher pay and Covid-related insurance packages.
'Super-spreaders' are the infectious disease carriers who could transmit the pathogen to a large number of people.
With internet sales of medications on the rise, people everywhere are increasingly at risk.
When we don't get enough sleep, our bodies release a stress hormone called cortisol, which disturbs our digestive system leading to bloating and constipation, says Neha Sahaya.
'It is unclear whether clothing or home items qualify as essential items. A lot of professionals are working from home, and they need electronics for their productivity. Does this qualify as essential?'
The three districts are among over a dozen in the state that were lashed by incessant rain for close to 48 hours bringing normal business to a grinding halt and disrupting rail and road traffic in most places.
According to a notification issued by the health ministry, medical retailers will be allowed to provide drugs to people at their doorstep.
Each state will plan it in two districts and preferably in five different session-type settings -- district hospital, community health centre or primary health care centre, urban site, private health facility and rural outreach.
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Deane De Menezes hopes to reduce the awkwardness and stigma around menstruation.
There is a lot of police action on the ground and even inter-state movement has been stopped, because of which deliveries of essential items via platforms, such as Flipkart, Amazon, Grofers, and Milkbasket, aren't happening. Food-delivery firms -- Swiggy and Zomato -- are facing similar challenges, according to the sources.
'The people who stay with us were not born orphans; they have been abandoned.'
The SC asked the Kerala government to file its response during the day on an application against the three-day relaxation in COVID-19 restrictions in the state in view of the upcoming Bakrid festival.
More than 1,30,000 cases of the novel coronavirus have been recorded in 116 countries and territories, killing at least 4,900 people.
"Lives of another 60 'sickest' patients at risk. Major crisis likely," he said.
Interoperability with other insurance companies - apart from banks, medical centres, among others - would be the eventual goal
However, in two different dose regimens, the vaccine's efficacy was 90 per cent in one and 62 per cent in the other.
More rural women are having babies in government hospitals. Facilities have improved, but Bihar has is a long way to go in public health.
Thornton Police said 'it was not an active shooter' but advised people to stay away from the area.
Reliance Industries on Friday reported more than doubling of its March quarter net profit to Rs 13,227 crore as improvement in petrochemical and consumer business countered continued weakness in refining business.
Jagjeet Singh, who was a clerk at the Hatch Food and Gas convenience store, came to the US 18 months ago and stayed with his sister and brother-in-law in Modesto.
The announcement comes a day after the Subject Expert Committee (SEC) on COVID-19 of the CDSCO recommended granting emergency use authorisation (EUA) to the COVID-19 vaccines Covovax and Corbevax with certain conditions.
Well-known Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar died in Bangalore on Friday, October 29, following a heart attack, hospital sources said.
There will be a huge market for healthcare professionals, data and security experts and digital marketers, says Navneet Singh, founder, Avsar HR Services.
'We are having an outsize impact not only on the lives of the customers and livelihood, but also the economy of India.'
The Johnson and Johnson vaccine, which works with one dose instead of two, got approval on Saturday, the third vaccine cleared in the country after emergency use authorisation (EUA) was given to two-dose shots from Pfizer and Moderna in December last year.
SEWA International, a leading Indian-American non-profit organisation, has so far raised more than $250,000 for its COVID-19 relief efforts. It is using the money to buy personal protective equipment's, in particular facial masks and surgical masks, to donate free to the local law enforcement officials and hospitals in some of the hot spot areas like New York, who have run out of these essential items.
'Due to lack of physical activity and proper care, senior citizens are falling at home or complaining of orthopaedic injuries,' cautions Dr Rajeev Verma.
Bangladesh's fire service chief Ali Ahmed said the accident may have started with a gas cylinder.
If you're using earphones/earbuds, make sure they are clean and stored in a clean place. Wipe the rubber tips with alcohol swab regularly.
The virus, which has infected more than 14,562 people, continues to spread beyond China.
'I want to send a positive message to people that they should not fear the Covid vaccine.'
Images from the IPL match between Chennai Super Kings and Mumbai Indians, in Dubai, on Sunday.
Although there is no government order to this effect, chemists decide to not dispense medicines for cold, cough and fever over the counter.
According to sources, all private offices will work from home and only government offices and essential services will be open.
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