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Cities such as Ahmedabad, Surat, Lucknow, Jaipur, Chandigarh and Patna are seeing a significant surge in usage The pandemic seems to have changed India’s courtship habits for good. More and more young Indians, even in small towns, are relying on dating apps to find love and companionship, choosing video calls over in-person dating to know each other. The surge in usage is especially strong outside metro cities, which now account for 70% of users of the dating apps such as Tinder, Bumble and TrulyMadly, company executives said.

₹2,000 crore, it said in a regulatory filing. As part of the deal, Torrent will pay ₹115 crore in cash and cash equivalent upfront for the 100% stake. Curatio will be valued at ₹1,885 crore.

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package of F-16s to Pakistan, a move strongly opposed by India, Anthony Blinken said that the United States has a responsibility and an obligation. The US also said that it was a sustained programme.

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe said that the need at the moment for the island nation is an agreement with its three main creditors – India, China, and Japan."We've had discussions with the IMF. We have come to a staff-level agreement.

NEW DELHI : Union Home and Cooperation minister, Amit Shah, on Tuesday inaugurated the 150-bed ESIC Hospital and laid the foundation stone for the 750 bed Adarsh multispecialty hospital of Umiya Mata K.P Educational Trust in Kalol, Gujarat.  Addressing the occasion, the minister said that under the leadership of the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi and the guidance of Union Labour minister, Bhupendra Yadav, the employee state insurance scheme is revived and workers across the country are receiving its benefits. “PM has given the right to health to every person of the country, especially the poor. Under the Pradhan Mantri Ayushman Yojana, he has provided free healthcare facilities up to Rs.

@WHO is deeply committed to prevent, better study, advocate for and provide care for Post COVID-19 Condition (#LongCovid) https://t.co/e9SRryquNV Earlier this month, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director General of the World Health Organization (WHO) said that the world had never been in a better position to end the Covid-19 pandemic and urged nations to keep up their efforts against the virus. While addressing a virtual press conference, the WHO chief said, “We are not there yet, but the end is in sight." He further warned saying, "…but the world needed to step up to “seize this opportunity, a marathon runner does not stop when the finish line comes into view.

₹2,000 crore. With the acquisition, Torrent Pharma will add a Field Force of 600 MRs and a distribution network of 900 stockists. “Torrent Pharmaceuticals Limited (Torrent Pharma) has entered into definitive agreements to acquire 100% of Curatio Healthcare (I) Private Limited (Curatio) for Rs.

This is the lowest number of cases recorded in the last 118 days, the health ministry data showed on Tuesday. New Delhi: India reported around 3,230 Covid-19 new cases in the last 24 hours, the lowest recorded in 118 days, the health ministry data showed on Tuesday. The country’s active cases have declined to 42,358 with over 4.45 crore cases so far.

My 24-year-old daughter is covered under my family floater policy. In a month, she’ll be married. Is it possible for her to keep the coverage and receive all of the benefits accumulated over the last 12 years? -Name withheld on request Health insurance policies generally provide cover only for dependent children up to a fixed age.

Covid-19: The active caseload also dropped below 44,000 cases. Currently, India's active cases stand at 42,358 which accounts for 0.10% of the total infections. Covid-19 cases in India witnessed a decline of over 800 infections in the past 24 hours with the country recording 3,230 fresh cases, according to an update by Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday.  With this, the active caseload also dropped below 44,000 cases.

Tokyo (News 1st) – President Ranil Wickremesinghe held discussions with Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi in Tokyo on Tuesday (27).During the meeting, Foreign Minister Hayashi welcomed Sri Lanka’s progress with the IMF and expressed his country’s willingness to take a leading role in Sri Lanka’s creditor talks.President Wickremesinghe expressed regret over the breakdown of relations between Japan and Sri Lanka following the cancellation of several investment projects by the former Government. The President stressed that he was keen to restart those projects.The President also indicated that the Government was interested in Japan investing in Sri Lanka’s renewable energy projects.Japan Foreign Minister Hayashi explained that Japan had increased its commitment to renewable energy and would be willing to explore future investment opportunities in Sri Lanka.The Foreign Minister also explained that Japan would begin the skilled worker examinations in January 2023 for Sri Lankan migrant workers.The President appreciated the support extended by Japan on the international stage and expressed the Government’s willingness to support both Japan’s and India’s campaign to become permanent members of the United Nations Security Council.

Covid-19.  Canada, like the United States, requires foreign nationals to be vaccinated when entering the country. However, no change in the mandate is expected in the US in the near future. “We are able to do this because tens of millions of Canadians rolled up their sleeves and got vaccinated," Transport Minister Omar Alghabra said.

Children and adolescents infected who have been infected with COVID-19 have a higher chance of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D), latest study showed. However, the research further pointed out that it is unclear whether COVID-19 triggers the new onset of T1D. For the study over one million patients aged 18 and younger were observed and it showed that 72% increase in new diagnoses of T1D in younger COVID-19 patients in the six months following their diagnosis.

reported a total income of ₹393.3 crore in FY22. Medvantage reported a total income of ₹28 crore in FY21, as per its annual report. Medi Assist, which had filed its draft red herring prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in May 2021, was looking to raise over ₹850 crore in its initial public offering.

The country’s active caseload has declined to 43,415 while total number of covid cases is more than 4.45 crore New Delhi: India reported around 4,129 new covid cases and 20 deaths in the last 24 hours, the health ministry data stated on Monday. The country’s active caseload has declined to 43,415 while total number of covid cases is more than 4.45 crore with 5,28,530m fatalities so far. While Assam has reported 2742 active caseload, Gujarat has contributed 1012 active cases.

India has witnessed a marginal decline in daily Covid-19 cases on Monday with country recording 4,129 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to an update given by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. India has witnessed a marginal decline in daily Covid-19 cases on Monday with country recording 4,129 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to an update given by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. As a result, active cases currently stand at 43,415.

Also Read: Covid-19: India logs nearly 5,000 new infections, active cases drop below 45k In the last ten years or so, India has developed numerous digital public platforms, each of which is distinctive in its own way. Examples include Aadhar, UPI electronic KYC, digital lockers, etc. According to Sharma, India is creating service-level registers for doctors, pharmaceuticals, diagnostics, health records, etc.

Also Read: Ex Karnataka CM S M Krishna put on respiratory support Speaking to the media Dr Sudhakar said, "There are some issues in the hardware and the GVK-EMRI company which is handling the contract, and it is being rectified. Since the system is 15 years old, it is vulnerable to malware attacks. Technicians have resolved the motherboard issue.

Since the time when COVID first hit us in 2020, the virus has evolved significantly.  During the second coronavirus wave, the delta variant claimed several lives and left a large population in distress. But following vaccination new emerging variants like the Omicron are causing less severe infections and more manageable symptoms.

covid cases and 23 deaths in the last 24 hours, the health ministry data stated on Sunday. The country’s active caseload has declined to 43,994 while total number of covid cases is more than 4.45 crore with 5,28,510 fatalities so far. While Assam has reported 2,766 active caseload, Gujarat has contributed 1,002 active cases.

₹45,294 crore have already been made under it. Inaugurating "Arogya Manthan 2022" to commemorate four years of the Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri-Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) and one year of the Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission implementation, he stated that 19 crore beneficiaries currently have Ayushman Bharat cards (ABDM). "Earlier 1-1.5 lakh Ayushman cards were made daily, now 4-5 lakh are made daily, my target is to make 10 lakh cards everyday," Mandaviya said.

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COLOMBO (News 1st) – The special audit report compiled on the importation of nano-nitrogen liquid fertilizer from India has been forwarded to the Ministry of Agriculture for further inquiry.Auditor General W.PC Wickramaratne stated that after examining the facts, the relevant report will be forwarded to the Parliament for further action.Last year, the Ministry of Agriculture placed an order for nearly 2.1 million liters of liquid nano-nitrogen fertilizer from Farmers Fertilizer Cooperative of India in Gujarat, India.In the process, it was revealed that Sri Lanka had purchased the nano nitrogen liquid fertilizer at 12.45 dollars, when its price in the Indian Market stood at 3.23 dollars.Due to this, Sri Lanka had to pay Rs. 1,867 more than the actual retail price to purchase 500 ml of nano nitrogen fertilizer from India.If this amount was spent on the fertilizers ordered in full, Sri Lanka would have incurred an additional cost of approximately Rs.

Manmohan Singh was among the world’s renowned economists… he had said that there should be ‘One Nation One Tax’ as India’s finance minister. And later, Manmohan Singh became the prime minister," said Mandaviya. He said Dr Singh could not implement GST for 10 years because "In 12 countries in the world ‘one nation one tax’ was implemented and business persons were unsatisfied owing to teething problems faced by any new large-scale policy.

India has witnessed a marginal decline in daily Covid-19 cases on Sunday with country recording 4,777 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to an update given by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Yesterday, the country had logged 4,912 coronavirus cases. The death toll climbed to 5,28,510 with 23 fatalities which includes 11 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Japan, one of Sri Lanka's main creditors, will back the South Asian nation as it seeks to restructure about $30 billion of its foreign debt and find a way out of a crippling economic crisis, Tokyo's envoy to the country said on Friday.Reaching an agreement with creditors is key to Sri Lanka securing a $2.9 billion bailout package from the International Monetary Fund (IMF)."Japan stands by Sri Lanka in support of the debt restructuring negotiation process so that Sri Lanka can reach the final agreement with the IMF," Ambassador Hideaki Mizukoshi said in an interview.Japan holds around $3.5 billion of Sri Lanka's total bilateral debt of about $10 billion, amounting to 4.4% of the island's GDP, according to government and IMF data.Japan is also a major trading partner."Japan intends to play a constructive role with other creditor countries, including China and India," Mizukoshi said.Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis in decades, with severely depleted foreign exchange reserves leading to prolonged shortages of essentials, including fuel and food.The financial turmoil is the result of economic mismanagement and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic that upended Sri Lanka's lucrative tourism industry.Although Japan will support the debt negotiation process, Mizukoshi said that talks on large infrastructure projects will only be resumed after Sri Lanka's economy recovers."In the future, when this economic crisis is over and the economic conditions are in good shape, we can restart that kind of discussion," he said.Sri Lanka suspended a $1.5 billion Japanese-funded light rail project for the commercial capital Colombo in 2020, citing financial problems.Regional rival China has built ports,

Covid-19: The death toll has climbed to 5,28,487 with 38 fatalities, which include 19 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated. India has witnessed a marginal decline in daily Covid-19 cases on Saturday with country recording 4,912 new infections in the past 24 hours, according to an update given by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Yesterday, the country had logged 5,383 coronavirus cases.  The death toll has climbed to 5,28,487 with 38 fatalities, which include 19 deaths reconciled by Kerala, the data updated at 8 am stated.

Reuters, WHO senior adviser Bruce Aylward warned that richer nations must not step back from tackling Covid-19 as a global problem now, ahead of future potential waves of infection. Aylward co-ordinates the ACT-Accelerator, a partnership between WHO and other global health bodies to help poorer countries access COVID-19 tools.

into Atlantic Canada over the weekend.The threat of the powerful storm has prompted Hurricane Warnings and Tropical Storm Warnings to be issued for hundreds of miles of coastline from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland.Fiona has weakened slightly but remains a powerful Category 3 hurricane in the western Atlantic with maximum sustained winds around 125 mph. It peaked at Category 4 intensity for much of Wednesday and Thursday, which made Fiona the Atlantic's strongest hurricane of the 2022 season so far.Any hurricane that is rated Category 3, 4 or 5 on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind Scale is classified as a major hurricane.As of Friday morning, Hurricane Fiona was centered about 150 miles northwest of Bermuda and about 750 miles south-southwest of Nova Scotia.

Unhealthy lifestyle practices like eating junk food, smoking, tobacco consumption, inordinate alcohol consumption, continuing desk jobs for years and not taking out time for regular physical exercise, contribute to a number of heart diseases. Inadequate sleep and stress (both physical and mental) for a long span of hours also affect the fitness of the heart. All these factors added to the Covid-19 infection-induced complications and led to preventable fatalities.

There are indicators that COVID is ending but we should be careful how we interpret the word ending, expert said For the first time since March 2020, Covid numbers have begun to ebb in several parts of the world, including India. Experts are hopeful that the pandemic will be over but, cautioned that Covid will be here to stay.

Covid-19 with those who did not. "Our nationwide study suggests a possible association between Covid-19 and new-onset type 1 diabetes", says Dr Hanne Lovdal Gulseth, lead author and Research Director at the Norwegian Institute of Public Health.

Normal lung function The main function of the lungs is to bring oxygen-rich air into the body and expel carbon dioxide. When air flows into the lungs, it is brought into close proximity with the blood, where oxygen diffuses into the body and carbon dioxide diffuses out. This process, as simple as it sounds, requires an extraordinary coordination of air flow, or ventilation, and blood flow, or perfusion.

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Indian High Commissioner called on Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardana recently.Discussions were carried out regarding broad bilateral issues of common interest including investments, shared heritage, and capacity building.

New Delhi: India reported around 5,383 new covid cases and 20 deaths in the last 24 hours, the health ministry data stated on Friday New Delhi: India reported around 5,383 new covid cases and 20 deaths in the last 24 hours, the health ministry data stated on Friday. The country’s active caseload has declined to 45,281, while total number of covid cases is more than 4.45 crore with 5,28,449 fatalities so far. While Assam reported 2727 active caseload, Gujarat has contributed 1049 active cases.

India reported 5,383 new Covid-19 cases and 20 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to an update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. India reported 5,383 new Covid-19 cases and 20 fatalities in the past 24 hours, according to an update by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday. As a result, active cases currently stand at 45,281.

Karnataka chief minister said the state received GST compensation of ₹8,633 crore in the last six months. "With the Central government's revenue collection being good, the State's share from the Centre is also likely to increase, adding to that State's performance is also good. Looking at the last six month's trend, we are likely to exceed the target," he added.

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Sri Lankan High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda and Indian National Security Advisor Doval reviewed the status of the bilateral relations between the two countries.   As part of the regular and ongoing dialogue between them, Sri Lanka's High Commissioner to India Milinda Moragoda met with the National Security Advisor of India Shri Ajit Kumar Doval, at the latter's office in New Delhi on Thursday (22).Their discussion centered on a comprehensive review of the status of the relations between India and Sri Lanka.

₹2,832 crore loan to Gujarat for augmenting health services with a special focus on adolescent girls and disease surveillance in the state. The Executive Board of Directors has given nod to the loan, said the multilateral funding agency as quoted by PTI.

COLOMBO (News 1st) – Due to the severe crisis taking place in Sri Lanka, over 12 Sri Lankans Nations' arrived in Tamil Nadu.A large number of fleeing Sri Lankan nationals, mainly Tamils, have entered India through Tamil Nadu and have been accommodated in a refugee camp at Mandapam.Recently, the relevant 12 people were rescued from a patch of land mid-sea where they were dropped off in a boat, officials added.

COLOMBO (News 1st) – The High Commissioner of Sri Lanka to India Milinda Moragoda had separate interactions with the members of the Indian Women’s Press Corps (IWPC) and the students of the IAAN School of Mass Communication recently.The formal interaction with the members of the Indian Women’s Press Corps was held at the organization’s headquarters in New Delhi. A large number of Delhi-based journalists, mostly women journalists, representing prominent media outlets in India attended this interaction.The members of the IWPC posed several questions to High Commissioner Moragoda, ranging from Sri Lanka’s present economic and political developments to Indo-Sri Lanka relations at large. The session was moderated by the President of the IWPC, Shobhna Jain. Several leading newspapers and news sites in India carried the contents of this interaction in their editions yesterday (22).Founded in 1994, the IWPC is one of the premier journalists’ organizations in India and has a membership of about 900 women journalists.Earlier in the day, High Commissioner Moragoda interacted with the students of the ‘IAAN School of Mass Communication’ on Indo-Lanka relations in line with India’s 75th Independence anniversary. The interaction was held at the recently opened High Commissioners’ Gallery at the Sri Lanka High Commission.High Commissioner Moragoda engaged with the students during an informal question and answer session followed by a formal interview that focused on Indo-Lanka relations.The students of the IAAN School of Mass Communication interviewed the High Commissioner for a special audio-visual book titled ‘Foreign Relations’ to mark the 75th anniversary of the Independence of  India.

A study has revealed that people who have had Covid-19 infection are at a higher risk of a long-term brain injury, a year later compared to the people who have never been infected with the virus. The year-long study, published in Nature Medicine, assessed brain health across 44 different disorders using medical records without patient identifiers from millions of US veterans. Brain and other neurological disorders occurred in 7 per cent more of those who had been infected with Covid compared with a similar group of veterans who had never been infected.

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PTI report. Additionally, staff and equipment in hospitals to be scaled down in phased manner, officials said about the DDMA Covid-19 meeting. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) met on Thursday to review the Covid situation in the national capital and conduct an assessment of dedicated resources deployed at hospitals to tackle coronavirus.

Covid-19 fatality rate stands at 1.82 per cent in the state.  Additionally, the number of active infection cases stands at 3,857, the state health department said, adding that 740 patients recuperated during the day, taking the cumulative recovery count to 79,65,395. The state's recovery rate stands at 98.13 per cent. A total of 24,105 tests were conducted in the state in the last 24 hours, which pushed the state's overall recovery count to 8,46,18,216.

A study has said that most coronavirus-infected patients who experience long Covid recover within 12 months, irrespective of the severity. The study said that while 75 per cent of the patients recovered within 12 months of getting infected with the virus, the rest (25 per cent) of the patients still experienced one of the three most common symptoms. Long-Covid-19 conditions can include many ongoing health problems that can last weeks, months, or longer.