Why in News? The first phase of the census and collection of details to update the National Population Register (NPR)…

Why in News? India has recently approved two more vaccines under emergency use authorisation and an antiviral drug, Molnupiravir. About…

Why in News? The WHO recently issued an emergency use listing (EUL) for NVX-CoV2373, or Covovax, the anti-Covid vaccine being…

Why in News? The Government of India is getting $1 billion loan from the World Bank to support its COVID-19…

Why in News? World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros A Ghebreyesus and others highlight a few critical issues over the…

Why in News? With monsoon around the corner, the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) is preparing to face the twin…

Why in News? The Central government has promulgated an Ordinance to amend the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 to make attacks…

Why in News? According to a report by the Delhi Pollution Control Committee (DPCC), the quality of water in the…

Why in News? The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has directed the States not to use the COVID-19 rapid…

Why in News? With the pandemic forcing everyone to seriously consider e-learning tools and resources, now is a good time…

Why in News? Central government organisations involved in construction, were instructed by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) to ensure…

Why in News? More than 50,000 Civil Defence volunteers are working at the grassroots level in various roles and capacities…

Why in News? The government has decided to divide all districts across the country into hotspots, Non-hotspots and Green Zones.…

Why in News? Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has recently issued an advisory for using pooled samples for testing…

Why in News? US President Donald Trump has planned to put a hold on America’s funding to the World Health…

Why in News? Recently, the Department of Pharmaceuticals has warned of a Nationwide Shortage of Medicines and Medical Devices. About…

Why in News? The Government of India has announced that it had rescinded its earlier ban on the export of…

Why in News? Experts say that the pandemic can be slowed only by a lockdown as well as by ensuring…

Why in News? Since many schools have been shut since early March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, even before the…

Why in News? The recent rapid spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus across the world has focused attention on the invisible…

Why in News? The government has tested an application that triggers e-mails and SMS alerts to an authorised government agency…

Why in News? Despite the World Health Organisation (WHO) recently declared the Covid-19 outbreak a pandemic, the United States Food…

Why in News? Union government has recently given few exemptions under the MPLADS scheme, owing to the recent COVID-19 Pandemic.…

Why in News? According to the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB), the strict enforcement of 21-day lockdown due to…

Why in News? India is all set to join the World Health Organisation’s (WHO) Solidarity Trial which aims at rapid…

Why in News? The Korean Model, a vigorous regime of “trace, test, treat”, has shown remarkable results in controlling the…

Why in News? The National Task force for COVID-19, constituted by the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has suggested…

Context: On the light of one of the greatest crisis, Pandemic COVID-19 across the globe, there are different stages of…

Context: In case if a person gets infected by COVID-19, he/she must have a comprehensive health insurance plan to cover…

Why in News? WHO has recently announced COVID-19 as pandemic amidst of increasing outbreak in various countries. What is COVID-19?…

Why in News? WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus made it abundantly clear that WHO will not declare COVID-19 a pandemic…

Context: China is struggling to contain the spread of a new virus that has claimed at least six lives so…