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Government lowers interest rates on PPF, Sukanya, Senior Citizen, other sm
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Facing economic challenges due to threat posed by coronavirus, the government on Tuesday lowered the rates of interest on various small savings schemes including Public Provident Fund, Sukanya Samriddhi and Kisan Vikas Patra for the first quarter of the fina
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Doctors in Siliguri complain of poor quality COVID-19 protection gear
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Siliguri (West Bengal) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): Doctors at the North Bengal Medical College, Siliguri on Tuesday claimed that they have been provided raincoats, sunglasses and masks made of bedsheets instead of the PPEs (Personal Protective Equipments) such as laboratory glasses and surgical/N
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Punjab Govt extends application date for various recruitment drives
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], Mar 31 (ANI): The Punjab government has directed to extend the application date for recruitment drives conducted by all departments, PSU's, autonomous bodies, universities, Punjab Public Service Commission and Subordinate Services Selection Board Punjab under the
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Crew given substandard protective gear during COVID-19 rescue flights: Air
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): The Executive Pilots Association, Air India has in a letter to the Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) said that pilots and cabin crew are given substandard ill-fitting Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) that tear easily on rescue flights.
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India expands its capacity for PPE kits, 12 domestic firms meet the nor
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 31 (ANI): The central government is expanding its capacity to meet the demands of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) kits to meet the challenge posed by COVID19 and at least 12 Indian companies have also qualified the set parameters to manufacture personal protective
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'Good quality personal protection kit is necessary for medical staff treat
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Good quality personal protection kit is necessary for the doctors and nurses who are treating the coronavirus patients, said Dr Ravi Mallik, former secretary of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), on Monday.
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Automobile manufacturers working to produce ventilators: Health Ministry
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Health Ministry officials said on Monday that automobile manufacturers such as Maruti, Tata and Mahindra and Mahindra were being involved in the production of ventilators as part of preparations to cope up with COVID 19.
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Prioritise treatment of patients, distribute masks and PPEs to staff: J-K
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], Mar 30 (ANI): Lieutenant Governor Girish Chandra Murmu on Monday chaired a high-level meeting at Raj Bhavan to review the arrangements being put in place to contain the spread of COVID-19 in the Union Territory.
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400 NDRF personnel deployed in every battalion to contain Covid-19 outbrea
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Director General of National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), SN Pradhan on Thursday said 400 personnel have been geared with Personal Protective Equipments (PPEs) in every battalion for assisting states amid coronavirus outbreak.
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Rahul Gandhi urges release of Rs 2.66 cr from MPLAD fund to combat COVID-1
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Wayanad (Kerala) [India], Mar 26 (ANI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday requested for an 'urgent release' of Rs 2.66 crore from his Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLAD) funds for the purchase of ventilators, testing kits, personal protection equipment (PPEs) a
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COVID-19: Telangana Health Minister inspects personal protection equipment
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], Mar 25 (ANI): Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajendra on Wednesday inspected Personal Protection Equipment (PPE) to ensure that health workers were not infected from coronavirus.
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Aware of disruption in import of components required for PPE, masks: Lav A
Updated : 5 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 25 (ANI): The government is aware of disruption in the import of certain components required for PPE and masks since the cases of COVID-19 started pouring in from other parts of the world, said Lav Aggarwal, Joint Secretary, Union Health Ministry, here on Wednesday.
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