Jammu Tawi, J&K (India), 09th May 2020. Prof. Bhim Singh, Chief Patron of J&K National Panthers Party urged the President of India, Shri Ramnath Kovind for urgent intervention for restoration of statehood of Jammu & Kashmir which was founded in 1846 by Maharaja Gulab Singh uniting the State of Jammu …

The chairman of the Delhi Minorities Commission Dr Zafar ul Islam Khan face sedition charges for one of his tweets. I am not surprised these days how our police are behaving. While those who spread hatred, threat people openly and intimidate them through social media as well as ‘popular media’, …

Brazzaville, 7 May 2020 – Eighty-three thousand to 190 000 people in Africa could die of COVID-19 and 29 million to 44 million could get infected in the first year of the pandemic if containment measures fail, a new study by the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for Africa …

Amidst the COVID-19 crisis initially the government was trying to enforce compliance of social (physical) distancing norms very strictly. However, rush of migrant workers to home, which was unpreventable, and big queues infront of liquor shops, which were entirely preventable, have thrown all safeguards regarding distancing to wind. In Lucknow …

New Delhi, May 06 (By Umashankar Mishra):  A  “Compendium of Indian Technologies for Combating COVID-19 (Tracing, Testing and Treating)”, prepared by National Research Development Corporation  (NRDC), was launched by  Dr. Shekhar C. Mande, Director General, CSIR and Secretary, DSIR, Govt. of India, at CSIR Headquarters, New Delhi, on 5 May …

New Delhi, May 06 (Umashankar Mishra) : COVID-19 is spreading at an unprecedented rate, so it becomes essential to strictly adhere to the personal hygiene standards set by the World Health Organization (WHO) to restrict the pandemic. Durgapur-based Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), an institution under the Council of …

Jammu Tawi, J&K (India), 6th may 2020 : “It is strange rather shocking that Administration of J&K under Lt. Governor and the Union Government have been keeping shut on the fate of thousands of labourers/students from J&K who have been working/studying in outside States. The labourers, mostly from Jammu Province …

Internally displaced children among the world’s most vulnerable to COVID-19 NEW YORK, 5 May 2020 – An estimated 19 million children, more than ever before, were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019 – some of them for years, UNICEF said in a …

Energy Transitions Commission highlights 7 key priorities to help the global economy recover while building a healthier, more resilient, net-zero-emissions economy  New Delhi, 6 May 2020: The Energy Transitions Commission, a global coalition of leaders from across the energy, industry, finance and civil society sectors, today outlined some key priorities …

African American men and women who had severe sleep apnea or other disrupted sleep patterns had higher blood sugar levels than those who slept normally. More research is needed to see whether treating sleep apnea and supporting better sleep habits can reduce the risk of diabetes. African American men and …

NIH Statement on World Asthma Day 2020 Bethesda, Maryland (USA), 05th May 2020. Today on World Asthma Day, the National Institutes of Health stands with patients, families, advocates, researchers, and health care professionals to raise awareness about this common chronic respiratory disease, the people it affects, and the biomedical research …

Jammu Tawi, J&K (India)5th May, 2020 : “It is a tragedy that the labourers from Jammu Province (J&K) working in Gujarat after their dismissal from factories/work have been held by the Gujarat Police at Palanpur (Ahmadabad) while they had hired private vehicles for their return from Gujarat to Billawar/Bani/Basholi in …

Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya  Janaushadhi Kendras accepting orders on WhatsApp and e-mail to facilitate medicine procurement during lockdown New Delhi, 05 MAY 2020 by PIB Delhi. Amid lockdown many Pradhan Mantri Bharatiya Janaushadhi Kendras (PMBJK)  under the Union Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers are accepting the orders for medicines on WhatsApp …

“The COVID-19 pandemic is causing untold fear and suffering for older people across the world”, said United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres last week on the launch of the policy brief on older persons and coronavirus disease (COVID-19). “The fatality rate for older people is higher overall, and for those …

New Delhi, 5 May, 2020. While the country eases lockdown norms and more people move about as economic activity resumes, people need to keep themselves and their families safe. This calls for not only physical practices such as maintaining distancing, mask wearing, hand-washing (with soap) and cleaning surfaces, but also …

Brazzaville, 4 May 2020 – The World Health Organization (WHO) welcomed innovations around the world including repurposing drugs, traditional medicines and developing new therapies in the search for potential treatments for COVID-19. According to a news release of WHO Regional Office for Africa – “WHO recognizes that traditional, complementary and …

Learn the ABCs of Viral Hepatitis May is Hepatitis Awareness Month in United states. Hepatitis A, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C are three types of viral hepatitis. Although each type of viral hepatitis is caused by a different virus and is spread in different ways, they all affect the liver …

Tehran, 3 May 2020 — The World Health Organization (WHO) has delivered additional medicines to the Islamic Republic of Iran for its participation in the Solidarity Trial, a global effort to find an effective treatment for COVID-19. The Solidarity Trial is a large, international study designed to discover which treatments …

The United Nations (UN) data estimates that 168 million people worldwide will need assistance in 2020 to deal with humanitarian crises, including natural disasters, extreme climate events, conflicts and infectious disease outbreaks. 25% of these will be women and girls of reproductive age. And they are the ones who are …

New Delhi, May 02 (Umashankar Mishra): The Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) has launched a scientific knowledge-based essential oil vapouriser concentrate formulation called CIM-RespCool. It could be helpful in the management of respiratory distress caused by environmental containments including viruses, said scientists at CIMAP. जानिए डोपामाइन क्या …