Senior Citizens Day

For the same FD plan, regular account holders get a 7 per cent return whereas senior citizens are offered 7.5 per cent interest.

Third dose of Covaxin holds promise, Indian Council of Medical Research said on Sunday just a day before government plans to administer 'precaution' doses of Covid vaccines to frontline, healthcare workers and senior citizens with co-morbidities.

World Senior Citizen Day is observed on August 21. It's an effort by the young to acknowledge the problems that our elders face due to their age and raise awareness about those issues.

Beijing announced sanctions on seven American citizens and entities Friday in response to a US advisory on deteriorating freedoms in Hong Kong, just days ahead of a visit from a senior Biden administration official.

All three women, who live at a community home for senior citizens, had their birthdays within days of each other.

Max Bupa's Senior First plan for senior citizens comes with features such as health check-ups from day one, no mandatory pre-issuance medical tests, hassle-free claims process.

Vaccination will be closed in Mumbai for three days starting today due to lack of vaccine, the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation has said. The scarcity will also push back the vaccination of 18-45 year-olds.

Movement of domestic help, cooks, drivers, nurses and medical staff providing services to senior citizens and ailing people at home is allowed between 7 am to 10 pm on all days, Mumbai's municipal body said on Wednesday.

Infosys co-founder, Kris Gopalakrishnan, was among the first senior citizens to get vaccinated against the coronavirus on the day the drive opened to those over 60 years of age and those over 45 with comorbidities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to take the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on the very first day of India opening up the inoculation drive for senior citizens and those aged 45 and above with comorbidities should eliminate any hesitancy from the minds of people about the vaccine, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda Summit, said India faced many challenges when coronavirus outbreak happened but it kept on moving ahead. "In just 12 days, we have inoculated more than 2.3 million of our health workers. In a few months, we will inoculate around 300 million senior citizens...

International Day For Older Persons: Every year October 1 is observed as International Day for Older Persons. It is a United Nations designated day to focus and raise awareness about the well-being and needs of the elderly people. Senior citizens globally have been the worst-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as experts have repeatedly said. They are the...

Viral story: A senior citizen used homegrown rice to thank the team of doctors that was treating him for Covid-19 without any cost.

On Thursday, the last day of Pune's 10-day-long lockdown enforced in view of rising cases, its city area alone accounted for 1,801 of the 3,187 new coronavirus cases in the district. This was second day of Pune, home to many senior citizens, seeing more than 3,000 fresh coronavirus cases, and a week of reporting more new Covid-19 cases than Mumbai ...

Ayodhya's famous temples reopenedtoday after over two months of coronavirus lockdown, days after the centre allowed places of worship to open as part of what it called "Unlock 1". But there is a question mark on just how much footfall they will see in the initial days with travel still restricted and the government making repeated appeals for senio...

For the same FD plan, regular account holders get a 7 per cent return whereas senior citizens are offered 7.5 per cent interest.

Third dose of Covaxin holds promise, Indian Council of Medical Research said on Sunday just a day before government plans to administer 'precaution' doses of Covid vaccines to frontline, healthcare workers and senior citizens with co-morbidities.

World Senior Citizen Day is observed on August 21. It's an effort by the young to acknowledge the problems that our elders face due to their age and raise awareness about those issues.

Beijing announced sanctions on seven American citizens and entities Friday in response to a US advisory on deteriorating freedoms in Hong Kong, just days ahead of a visit from a senior Biden administration official.

All three women, who live at a community home for senior citizens, had their birthdays within days of each other.

Max Bupa's Senior First plan for senior citizens comes with features such as health check-ups from day one, no mandatory pre-issuance medical tests, hassle-free claims process.

Vaccination will be closed in Mumbai for three days starting today due to lack of vaccine, the Greater Mumbai Municipal Corporation has said. The scarcity will also push back the vaccination of 18-45 year-olds.

Movement of domestic help, cooks, drivers, nurses and medical staff providing services to senior citizens and ailing people at home is allowed between 7 am to 10 pm on all days, Mumbai's municipal body said on Wednesday.

Infosys co-founder, Kris Gopalakrishnan, was among the first senior citizens to get vaccinated against the coronavirus on the day the drive opened to those over 60 years of age and those over 45 with comorbidities.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's move to take the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on the very first day of India opening up the inoculation drive for senior citizens and those aged 45 and above with comorbidities should eliminate any hesitancy from the minds of people about the vaccine, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria said on Monday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the World Economic Forum's online Davos Agenda Summit, said India faced many challenges when coronavirus outbreak happened but it kept on moving ahead. "In just 12 days, we have inoculated more than 2.3 million of our health workers. In a few months, we will inoculate around 300 million senior citizens...

International Day For Older Persons: Every year October 1 is observed as International Day for Older Persons. It is a United Nations designated day to focus and raise awareness about the well-being and needs of the elderly people. Senior citizens globally have been the worst-hit by the COVID-19 pandemic as experts have repeatedly said. They are the...

Viral story: A senior citizen used homegrown rice to thank the team of doctors that was treating him for Covid-19 without any cost.

On Thursday, the last day of Pune's 10-day-long lockdown enforced in view of rising cases, its city area alone accounted for 1,801 of the 3,187 new coronavirus cases in the district. This was second day of Pune, home to many senior citizens, seeing more than 3,000 fresh coronavirus cases, and a week of reporting more new Covid-19 cases than Mumbai ...

Ayodhya's famous temples reopenedtoday after over two months of coronavirus lockdown, days after the centre allowed places of worship to open as part of what it called "Unlock 1". But there is a question mark on just how much footfall they will see in the initial days with travel still restricted and the government making repeated appeals for senio...