New Delhi, Jan 25: As the Coronavirus continues to mutate, it has become challenging to diagnose and treat different variants of concern. Some like the Omicron, though milder in symptoms and fatality, are a super spreader and are propagating like wildfire across the world. Currently, detection of this variant depends …
Read More »If you don’t want to give children eggs in the mid-day meal then give them Paneer and milk daily, says Dr Manisha Bangar
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat This is the second part of my conversation with Dr Manisha Bangar in which she speaks about the health crisis in India and how the government is trying to privatise things, how our response during the Corona period was lacking things. She also gives us an …
Read More »New alcohol-free sanitizer on the way
A Pune-based start-up developed New alcohol-free sanitizer New Delhi, June 14th: India Science Wire: An alcohol-free, aqueous, non-inflammable, and non-toxic hand sanitiser has been developed by a Pune-based start-up that will soon be available in the market. It is environment friendly and gentle on the hands and has been derived …
Read More »Corona Pandemic and Targeting of Minorities
Currently (April 2021) India is passing through its worst period as Covid19 Phase II is at its peak, with a high rate of infectivity and mortality. The shortage of beds, Oxygen, test facilities and medicines are the cause of concern all over. The victims and their families are feeling the …
Read More »Corona is not the only disease in India, there are more serious problems, writes Justice Katju
Corona in India By Justice Markandey Katju Most of the talk nowadays in the Indian media, whether print, TV, or the social media, is of corona. https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/india-logs-275k-new-covid-19-cases-positivity-rate-doubles-101618771227425.html https://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/country/india/ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/india-adds-2-7-lakh-covid-cases-goes-past-1-5-crore-mark/articleshow/82136369.cms Some time back I had written an article titled ‘End this Lockdown’ which had been published in indicanews.com End This Lockdown …
Read More »Scribe Vikas Sharma died of post-corona complication
Republic Bharat anchor Vikas (35) actually recovered from Covid-19. But lately, he started feeling unwell for some days and was admitted to Kailash Hospital in Noida, where he succumbed to post-corona complications on 4 February 2021.
Read More »21% of India’s adult population had COVID-19 by mid-December: Serological Survey
The survey was conducted in the same 700 villages or wards in 70 districts in 21 states selected during the first and second rounds of the national serosurvey. A serosurvey involves testing of blood serum of a group of individuals to monitor trends in the prevalence of the novel coronavirus.
Read More »Get the vaccine shot but do not throw away the mask to fight COVID-19
Efficacy of Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines is around 95%. While efficacy of Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine is slightly lower at around 70%, but it is cheaper and easier to store than the other two vaccines.
Read More »Second COVID vaccination mock-drill across India on January 08
New Delhi, Jan 07 : In the light of coronavirus vaccine roll-out, the central government is going to execute a mock drill on vaccine administration on January 08, 2021. These drills are aimed to ensure efficient planning and management for vaccine delivery in each district of all states and Union …
Read More »Kazakhstan celebrates the 29th Anniversary of its Independence
Relations between Kazakhstan and India have exhibited considerable dynamism and momentum. India was one of the first countries to recognize Kazakhstan as a free and sovereign state.
Read More »Impact of the pandemic on Child Labour
Covid’s Impact on Child Labour in India: Facts about Child Labour Over the past nine months, the entire news and social media have been flooded with reports of rising cases of Covid-19 and the impact it has had on India’s economy. Millions of people lost their jobs or were forced …
Read More »International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence According to United nations, “1 in 3 women experience violence in their lifetime — and amid #COVID19, domestic abuse has surged worldwide.” 1 in 3 women experience violence in their lifetime — and amid #COVID19, domestic abuse has surged worldwide. On Wednesday's Int'l …
Read More »RCEP and India
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership is a Free Trade Agreement concluded between 15 countries of Asia-pacific region, on 15 November 2020, after almost 9 years of talks, negotiations and meetings among its partners on various agendas. They are Australia, Brunei, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Japan, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore …
Read More »Nationalization Vs Privatization
At first look, it seems both are antagonistic; where the first one is for the people, for the “country”, while the second one is for the capitalist class. Hence, Congress, during the Nehru era was pursuing socialism, and after neo-liberal policy, undertaken by Rahul Gandhi government, known as Manmohan Singh’s …
Read More »Study underlines link between COVID-19 and air pollution
Delhi has started reporting a spike in COVID-19 infections. New Delhi, Nov 11: As winters are arriving the Delhi/NCR region has started experiencing the problem of smog. From the past few years, it has been seen that the Air Quality Index drops down to dangerous levels during winters. Experts …
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Read More »World’s first scientoon book on coronavirus released
It is further planned to make a 3D version of this book, as to facilitate its multilingual adaptation across India and abroad. The scientoon book ‘Bye Bye Corona’ is expected to help create wider awareness about COVID-19 cutting across age, language, and national boundaries.
Read More »Navratri fasting: Feasting or detoxification? | Wellness News
Fasting during Navratri is an ideal way to detox the body, enhance digestion and increase positivity. Navratri is also a very good time too lose weight and to inculcate healthy eating pattern in our life.
Read More »Governor of Maharashtra must uphold secular republican values of our Constitution
By Vidya Bhushan Rawat Maharashtra governor bhagat singh koshyari is upset with the chief minister Udhav Thackrey and his government for now allowing the ‘religious places’ to open up during the festive season. Some of the important ‘points’ raised by the governor need to be first read and then analysed. …
Read More »#Breaking : Black pepper may hold the key for Corona fighting drug
Black pepper may hold the key for Corona fighting drug New Delhi, Oct 15: A team of Indian scientists has identified black pepper, the everyday kitchen spice, as a possible candidate for developing a drug against the Coronavirus. A computational study conducted by the researchers from the Department of Physics …
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