Coronavirus

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India Covid-19 Cases Decreases To 21,406 Active Cases

India witnessed a dip in the Coronavirus cases, after it recorded 2,109 fresh cases. With this, the active cases dipped to 21,406 from 22,742, confirmed the Union Health Ministry data on Wednesday. The COVID-19 tally now stands at 4.49 crore (4,49,74,909). Furthermore, the death toll climbed to 5,31,722 with eight fatalities. In addition, the active cases rate is at 0.8%, recovery at 98% and fatality rate at 1.18%.

Wed, 10 May 2023 - 11:25 AM / by Varsha Joshi

Tags: Coronavirus, Indian Ministry, Health Data, pandemic

Indian Coronavirus

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India Registers Highest 10,158 New COVID-19 Cases

India reported the highest number of Coronavirus cases, with 10,158 new cases in the past 24 hours. With this, the nation registered the highest number of active cases, 44,938, since June 2022, confirmed the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW.) With this, the daily positivity rate was at 4.42%, the active cases is 0.10%, recovery rate is at 98.71%,  and fatality rate at 1.19%.read-more

Thu, 13 Apr 2023 - 01:22 PM / by Varsha Joshi

Tags: Coronavirus, MoHFW, Indian Ministry, NEW VARIANT, Indian States And UTs

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Tobacco

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Tobacco Products To Have New Textual Warnings From December 1, 2022

Tobacco products manufactured, imported, or packaged on or after December 1, 2022, will have a new display warning. As per the Union Health Ministry, a new image will have a textual warning, "Tobacco causes a painful death.” The new image will be valid for one year period, following which, the new image will have new warnings, "Tobacco causes younger death". The new amendments came under Tobacco Products (Packaging-and-Labelling) Rules, 2008… read-more

Fri, 29 Jul 2022 - 08:45 PM / by Varsha Joshi

Tags: Tobacco, Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products Act, Union Health Ministry, Indian Ministry, health warnings