New Delhi, March 28th: After three years of rigorous research & development, Fabiosys Innovations, a deep-tech healthcare startup incubated at IIT Delhi, has developed an affordable high-performance medical textile called Fabium, which destroys more than 99% of the bacteria and viruses within 30 minutes. Ordinary antimicrobial fabric products available in …
Read More »Brazil’s Supreme Court to hold historic environmental lawsuit trial on March 30
By Dr Seema Javed The Federal Supreme Court of Brazil (STF) has scheduled for March 30th a session to judge seven lawsuits related to climate change and environmental protection. This is the first time the court will hear so many cases from the climate and environmental agenda in a single …
Read More »Will the Himalayan Indian state eliminate tuberculosis by 2023?
Treatment of the world’s oldest epidemic: the past, present and future
(This article is dedicated to all those who lost their lives to the world’s most deadly infectious disease – TB – and to those who defeated it) Is it not shocking that an ancient disease that has been with humans since long before the recorded history, and is preventable and …
Read More »#Breaking: Top headlines of India today. Today’s big news 20 March 2022
Bulldozers ran at the homes of those who raped a tribal girl in MP The administration took a tough stand against those who gang-raped a tribal minor girl in the Sheopur district of Madhya Pradesh. According to media reports, after the arrest of the accused, the administration razed them by …
Read More »Beyond Kashmir Files: Historical wrongs cannot be undone by poisoning the minds
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat I have not seen the film Kashmir Files but there is enough debate in social media, in TV channels and elsewhere regarding it. Many people are so ‘proud’ of it that the governments in states are asking their ’employees’ to watch it. The Prime Minister of …
Read More »No Health For All without peace: Attack on healthcare facilities is a war crime, must stop
Slogans like ‘every life matters‘ sound so clichéd and hollow when we see the ground reality in the ongoing Ukraine-Russia armed conflict: healthcare workers, healthcare facilities and transport are getting mercilessly attacked causing immediate and long-term damages as well as menacingly threatening the progress made on right to health in …
Read More »Crisis of Democracy: India need institutional autonomy to protect and strengthen democracy
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat The poll outcome in five states have gladdened many and disappointing others with BJP’s extremely impressive performance but it is also a complete failure of the opposition parties particularly Congress and BSP. The results have also exposed the embedded media. It is not merely Modi Bhaktas …
Read More »#Breaking: Top headlines of India today. Today’s big news 14 March 2022
Corona explosion again in China: About 30 million people imprisoned in homes in two days, lockdown imposed in three cities On Sunday, about 3100 new cases have been reported in China. This is the highest number of cases in the last two years. Due to this, a lockdown has been …
Read More »#Breaking: Top headlines of India today. Today’s big news 04 March 2022
Center extends modernization plan of CAPF till 2026 According to media reports, the Ministry of Home Affairs has said that they have extended the modernization program of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) till March 31, 2026, with an allocation of Rs 1,523 crore. Many labourers feared trapped in the …
Read More »UP PREPARES FOR CHANGE
As Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections draw to a close, a wind of change seems to be blowing through the state. Initially, it was thought that because of the farmers’ movement the Samajwadi Party-Rashtriya Lok Dal alliance will dominate Bharatiya Janata Party only in western UP. Although the revival of SP …
Read More »#Breaking: Top headlines of India today. Today’s big news 02 March 2022
After the intervention of NHRC, financial relief was ensured in the death of children due to electric current in UP. According to media reports, after the intervention of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited has paid Rs 5 lakh each as financial relief to the …
Read More »Is the Ukraine crisis the result of the manipulations of a Unipolar World?
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat Russia has invaded Ukraine after President Vladimir Putin recognised the two eastern provinces of Donetsk and Luhansk as ‘independent’ nations and then on their ‘request’ it sent a ‘Peace Keeping Force’ to maintain order. So we have two new ‘nations’ on the world map: Donetsk People’s …
Read More »World War II: Not a single bomb was dropped in India, but millions of people died!
Not a single bomb was exploded in India during Second World War. Though Japanese fighter planes were seen in the Kolkata sky. But millions died in the great Bengal famine. Not because of shortage of grains but people had to starve as food products and grains were hoarded and there …
Read More »New vaccine to bolster fight against COVID-19
New Delhi, Feb 25: India’s armoury of vaccines against Covid-19 has got a new weapon, with the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) approving Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA) for Hyderabad-based Biological E Limited’s CORBEVAX. The vaccine has been approved for administration both to adults and children in the age group …
Read More »#Breaking: Top headlines of India today. Today’s big news 24 February 2022
Centre claims, the deputation of additional personnel being done in Indian Embassy in Ukraine Union Minister of State for External Affairs V. Muraleedharan has said that more officials are being deputed to the Indian Embassy in Ukraine. Government should bring back students from Ukraine soon: Priyanka Gandhi Congress General Secretary …
Read More »Finland International School Pune Announces the Appointment of Minna Repo as Principal
Pune, 22nd February 2022: Finland International School (FIS), an initiative by Goenka Global Education has appointed Ms Minna Repo as the Principal of the Pune school effective today. With a vision to create an internationally advanced education system in India and creating global citizens, Goenka Global Education introduced the Finnish …
Read More »Apps, website and social media accounts linked to banned organization Sikhs For Justice blocked
New Delhi, 22 February 2022: The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting has ordered blocking of apps, websites, and social media accounts of foreign-based “Punjab Politics TV” having close links with Sikhs For Justice (SFJ), an organization that has been declared unlawful under the unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967. Relying on …
Read More »Pandemic is not over yet by a long shot: Deaths rose every week in 2022
Global health thought leader Dr Tim France rightly tweeted, “Here is the WHO stating explicitly what most people I know are saying to one another privately: Is not it really risky to lift all COVID-19 related measures now, with the virus still circulating in high levels? Clearly, in these global …
Read More »#Breaking: Top headlines of India today. Today’s big news 15 February 2022
Andhra Pradesh: DGP Gautam Sawang removed The Andhra Pradesh government removed D. Gautam Sawang, Director General of Police, and Kasireddy V.R.N. Reddy has been appointed as the new police chief. Manipur elections: Priyanka’s allegation, BJP government is benefitting some big industrialists Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has said that …
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