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PM introduced world to India: BJP chief Nadda on Modi’s return from US
Prime Minister Modi was greeted by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president JP Nadda, party general secretaries Arun Singh and Tarun Chugh, former health minister Harsh Vardhan, Delhi BJP chief Adesh Gupta, and senior party functionaries outside the airport.
Updated on Sep 27, 2021 12:56 AM IST
HT Correspondent, New Delhi
'Harsh Vardhan made a scapegoat': Kharge targets Centre over Covid-19
- Mallikarjun Kharge also hit out at BJP leaders for flouting Covid-protocol while campaigning for assembly elections in states in April this year
Published on Jul 20, 2021 03:55 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Ayshee Bhaduri | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
'No more vaccine shortage?': Rahul Gandhi's dig at new health minister
has been a harsh critic of the Centre’s vaccination policy for months. He urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on numerous counts, to end the 'shortage' of vaccine doses in the country, a claim that the BJP-led government debunked as a “lie”.
Published on Jul 08, 2021 02:04 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Joydeep Bose | Edited by Avik Roy
Health minister changed over Covid-19 crisis
Harsh Vardhan (66), an ENT specialist who practised in east Delhi’s Krishna Nagar until early 1990s, also held the science and technology, and earth sciences portfolios.
Published on Jul 08, 2021 12:44 AM IST
Rhythma Kaul, New Delhi
Congress’ P Chidambaram attacks Modi govt over resignation of Harsh Vardhan
“The resignations of the Union Health Minister and the MoS Health is a candid confession that the Modi government has utterly failed in managing the pandemic,” Chidambaram said.
Published on Jul 07, 2021 08:59 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Srivatsan K C | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
'Poor Dr Harsh Vardhan': Jairam Ramesh on health minister's resignation
After quitting, former health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan found Congress leaders supporting him as Jairam Ramesh said the "good man" has been made the scapegoat.
Published on Jul 07, 2021 04:42 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
Health minister Harsh Vardhan resigns ahead of Cabinet reshuffle
Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr Harsh Vardhan was handling three departments-- health, science and technology, earth sciences.
Updated on Jul 07, 2021 03:09 PM IST
States' fault if there is vaccine supply issue now, says Harsh Vardhan
States were informed in advance about the Covid-19 vaccine supply in July, the health minister said.
Published on Jul 01, 2021 02:17 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Poulomi Ghosh
India's vaccine number crosses 300m mark, Centre says 'fight isn't over yet'
- In an official statement, the central government said that more than 3.6 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine were administered across the country in the last 24 hours as part of the nationwide vaccination programme
Published on Jun 30, 2021 11:33 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Sharangee Dutta | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi
'India's 2nd Covid wave not over yet': Health Minister's warning as cases fall
Published on Jun 29, 2021 04:52 PM IST
Kolkata vaccine fraud: BJP's Suvendu Adhikari demands immediate probe
Speaking on the alleged fake vaccination camps, Adhikari said the fraud can not take place without the "complicity of top civic authorities."
Updated on Jun 26, 2021 10:51 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Shivani Kumar | Edited by Meenakshi Ray, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
AAP, Union ministers spar over vaccination drive
“Hardeep ji: pls focus on providing enough vaccines for the youth, rather than just abusing Arvind Kejriwal all the time. Central government’s vaccination flip-flops have created a crisis situation all over the country,” deputy CM Manish Sisodia tweeted.
Updated on Jun 23, 2021 03:26 AM IST
Sweta Goswami, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India administers 4.7 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine in single-day
- This achievement followed soon after the centralised free vaccination policy came into effect in the country, under which the government is providing Covid-19 vaccine free-of-cost to all citizens above the age of 18.
Updated on Jun 21, 2021 06:26 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Shivani Kumar | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
India opposes 'vaccine passport', Harsh Vardhan says idea 'discriminatory'
Vaccine passport will be disadvantageous for people of the developing countries as their vaccine coverage is far less than that of the developed countries, the health minister said at a health ministers' meet of G7.
Published on Jun 04, 2021 10:42 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
MK Stalin writes to centre, asks to ramp up supply of black fungus drug
M K Stalin said, "..the emergence of mucormycosis among the patients and sufficient supply of liposomal Amphotericin B, which is being allotted by the Government of India, are increasingly becoming critical issues which need urgent intervention."
Published on Jun 04, 2021 12:16 AM IST
PTI | , Chennai
As Bhavesh Joshi Superhero turns 3, Harsh recalls how 'audiences didn’t turn up'
- Harsh Varrdhan Kapoor has recalled the time when his film Bhavesh Joshi Superhero was released. The film clocked three years on June 1.
Published on Jun 02, 2021 02:26 PM IST
No, hotels can't offer Covid-19 vaccine package, clarifies Centre
Star hotels have not been allowed to offer vaccine packages in collaboration with private hospitals and all such drives need to be stopped immediately, the Union health ministry said.
Published on May 30, 2021 08:47 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
Harsh Vardhan says India gradually winning fight against Covid-19
The Union health minister also pointed to the fact that number of new positive cases, as well as active cases, is coming down every day.
Updated on May 26, 2021 04:58 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Karan Manral, New Delhi
Covid spreads mainly through 'airborne route', says Centre's revised protocol
The new Covid-19 protocol mentions Ivermectin as a treatment for mild cases. It also includes a word of caution against the use of steroids in Covid-19 treatment.
Updated on May 26, 2021 12:05 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
B.1.617 variant found in 65% of samples sequenced, says health minister
There are three sub-lineages of the Covid-19 variant - B.1.617.3, B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2. The last two were first detected in December 2020 whereas B.1.617.3 was the first sublineage of this variant to be detected in October 2020 in India.
Published on May 24, 2021 12:01 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Amit Chaturvedi, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Ramdev withdrawing allopathy remark 'shows his maturity': Harsh Vardhan
Yoga guru Ramdev on Sunday withdrew his statements on allopathic medicine after receiving a letter from Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan who called his remarks inappropriate'
Updated on May 24, 2021 11:52 AM IST
ANI |
'Weakens our resolve': Harsh Vardhan asks Ramdev to take back statement
- Health minister Harsh Vardhan asks yoga guru Ramdev to take back his recent statements on allopathic medicines
Updated on May 23, 2021 09:01 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
'Enough is enough': IMA demands prosecution of Ramdev under Epidemics Act
- "Enough is enough," IMA said slamming Ramdev for what it called “repeatedly taking advantage of the situation and creating fear among the public to sell his illegal drugs.”
Updated on May 22, 2021 04:04 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Deepali Sharma | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
'Can't say it didn't anticipate crisis, govt has been forewarned': Chidambaram
Veteran Congress leader P Chidambaram said the Centre should read the writings on the wall that if vaccinations against Covid-19 are not accelerated it will not be possible to prevent a third wave.
Published on May 22, 2021 11:06 AM IST
hindustantimes.com | Written by Avik Roy, New Delhi
News updates from HT: Harsh Vardhan terms claims of underreporting of Covid data
- Here are today’s top news, analysis, and opinion. Know all about the latest news and other news updates from Hindustan Times.
Published on May 21, 2021 08:56 PM IST
hindustantimes.com, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
'Such a travesty': Harsh Vardhan to Chidambaram's doubt over India's Covid data
There is a time gap between contracting Covid infection and recovery or mortality and hence the decline in the case positivity rate can not be compared with the number of daily toll, Dr Harsh Vardhan said, trashing Chidambaram's doubt as "unnecessary".
Published on May 21, 2021 07:12 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Poulomi Ghosh
B.1.617 Covid mutant found in 20% of samples in Chhattisgarh: Health minister
- “In genome sequencing, in 20% of the samples we found presence of B.1.617 mutant,” said Harsh Vardhan during a video conference with health ministers of nine states and Union territories.
Published on May 21, 2021 03:05 PM IST
hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ayshee Bhaduri, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Vaccines to all adults by end of year: Health minister Harsh Vardhan
The minister said that 51 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses will be made available by July and 216 crore more between August and December.
Published on May 20, 2021 05:57 AM IST
PTI |
The Taste with Vir Sanghvi: From zero to gau mutra
- In this week's The Taste, Vir Sanghvi writes, "India gave the world the number 'zero' but today we are losing our scientific edge and falling prey to obscurantism and superstition"
_1621428847604_1621428859904.jpg "The Taste with Vir Sanghvi: From zero to gau mutra(Photo by John Moeses Bauan on Unsplash/Twitter@Rajeevsinghamm)")
Updated on May 19, 2021 06:34 PM IST
'Narrow politics': Harsh Vardhan on states raising Covid vaccine demand
Harsh Vardhan said if states demand more vaccines from the Centre, then the "whole-of-government" approach to tackle the pandemic gets harmed.
Published on May 14, 2021 07:26 AM IST