After a spike in black fungus cases, several states such as Rajasthan, Telangana, Gujarat, Haryana, and Assam have declared it as an epidemic. In the meantime, a new fungus has emerged – white fungus. The new cases of white fungus have been found in Patna, Bihar. It is believed to be more fatal than black […]
Noted environmentalist Sunderlal Bahuguna succumbed to Covid-19 at AIIMS Rishikesh on Friday, said hospital authorities. He was 94. He had been critical since last night with his oxygen level dropping drastically, and was on CPAP therapy in the ICU of the premier hospital. He breathed his last at 12.05 pm, AIIMS Director Ravikant said. Bahuguna, […]
As a rapid response to support startup-driven solutions for tackling the current second wave of Covid in the country, Indian startups and companies have been invited to apply for developing new technologies and innovative products that can enable our country to fight the crisis. NIDHI4COVID2.0, a new initiative under which the companies can apply, will […]
Mohali District Magistrate Girish Dayalan has capped the rates of ambulances ferrying Covid patients in order to save the residents from overcharging. The orders issued in this regard state that during the Covid-19, the patients need to be taken to the hospitals by ambulances for emergency treatment. Sometimes, higher rates are charged by the ambulance […]
As part of Mission Fateh, Punjab chief minister (CM) Captain Amarinder Singh on Thursday launched a Punjab Covid Care WhatsApp chatbot for self-care during home isolation, information on bed availability and vaccine centres, etc. Patients in home isolation can put their vitals in the app and these will be monitored by experts who will advise […]
State broadcaster Doordarshan is planning to set up a new channel DD International to “project India’s point of view” to the world. Doordarshan floated an Expression of Interest (EOI) seeking applications for consultancy service to provide a detailed project report for establishing the channel. As per the EOI document, the idea is to “build a […]
Renowned actor-director and theatre artist Gurcharan Singh Channi passed away on Thursday morning due to Covid-19. He was admitted at Forits Hospital in Mohali and had been on the ventilator for a while. Former president of Chandigarh Sangeet Natak Akademi, Channi had been associated with theatre for the last 40 years. The National School of […]
An iceberg the size of the Spanish island of Majorca has broken off the coast of Antarctica, with measurements taken from satellites and planes confirming it’s now the world’s largest. The finger-shaped iceberg, which is about 4320 square kilometres in size, isn’t thought to have been caused by anthropogenic climate change. By comparison New York […]
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) on Wednesday approved a home-based rapid antigen testing (RAT) kit for COVID-19. The name of the kit is CoviSelfTM(PathoCatch) COVID-19 OTC Antigen LF device. ICMR said that this kit should be used only on symptomatic individuals or on immediate contacts of laboratory-confirmed positive cases. “Home testing by RAT […]
Vaccination for coronavirus can be taken three months after recovery, the Centre said today. The second dose of Covid vaccine should also be delayed by three months for anyone contracting the disease after the first dose. So far, there was no fixed gap for taking a vaccine in such situations. Individual physicians recommended a gap […]