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CGHS starts teleconsultation services in Delhi-NCR amid COVID-19
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 26 (ANI): The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) has commenced a teleconsultation service with specialist doctors in view of the COVID-19 pandemic to help people from various quarters, including senior citizens.
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COVID-19: SC asks Centre, States to ensure timely pension, essentials to s
Updated : 5 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Aug 4 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Central and State governments to continue providing timely old age pension, mask, sanitisers and essential good and services to all senior citizens living alone during the COVID-19 crisis.
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Delhi Police arrests cybercriminal, who duped senior citizen, from Gujarat
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 30 (ANI): A cybercriminal was arrested by the Delhi Police after he duped a senior citizen of Rs 1.05 lakh, a statement from the Deputy Commissioner of Police, South West Delhi said on Thursday.
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Lockdown extended until further orders in Thiruvananthapuram, revised guid
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], July 29 (ANI): All shops shall keep a time slot dedicated only for senior citizens as Thiruvananthapuram Corporation will continue to be under lockdown until further orders.
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COVID-19: GMR foundation organises awareness camps, distributes medicines
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], July 26 (ANI): For the benefit of the elderly underprivileged people in the adjoining villages of the Hyderabad International Airport, the Hyderabad unit of GMR Varalakshmi Foundation (GMRVF) - the CSR wing of GMR Group, has been organising awareness camps on C
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COVID-19: Tamil Nadu gives nod to ICMR for studying BCG vaccine's efficacy
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 15 (ANI): In view of the coronavirus outbreak, Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has given approval to Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for studying the efficacy of the Bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine on senior citizens at its National I
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Centre extends postal ballot facility to voters above 65, COVID-19 patient
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 2 (ANI): The government has extended the postal ballot facility to electors above 65 years of age and COVID-19 positive patients who are under home or institutional quarantine.
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TN: Cop assaults elderly man, probe underway
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Trichy (Tamil Nadu) [India], July 1 (ANI): A policeman was caught for allegedly manhandling a senior citizen in Trichy in Tamil Nadu.
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People who registered for Haj 2020 should be given priority for pilgrimage
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Patna (Bihar) [India], June 29 (ANI): The Bihar Haj Committee has requested the Centre to give preference in 2021 to those people who had registered for Haj 2020 but could not go due to the restrictions on the pilgrimage this year.
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Srikakulam incident a sporadic case, Andhra govt suspended officials invol
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], June 28 (ANI): Advisor to the Andhra Pradesh government on national media and inter-state affairs, Amar Devulapalli, on Saturday said that the Srikakulam incident, where a 70-year-old COVID-19 patient's body was carried to the graveyard on a JCB earth mover, is
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77 pc grievances resolved under SDDNNA, over 3.5 lakh senior citizens supp
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The Surakshit Dada-Dadi, Nana-Nani Abhiyaan (SDDNNA), which was e-launched by NITI Aayog and Piramal Foundation in 28 aspirational districts on May 5, has gained substantial traction and 77 per cent grievances have been resolved.
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Anil Deshmukh assures of "strict action" against those responsible for Jal
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 11 (ANI): Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh on Thursday assured of "strict action" against those who are responsible for the shocking incident in Jalgaon in which the body of a senior citizen was found inside the toilet of a COVID-19 hospital, a day e
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