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 […]
The idea of vaccine tourism is gaining momentum in the country where Indians are considering going abroad for doses of Covid-19 vaccine. Travel agents are finally picking up their business after a lull due to the pandemic and the customers looking to make a two-in-one vacation and vaccination trip with the destination being Russia. A […]
Cyclone Tauktae that intensified into an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’ made a landfall on Gujarat coast late on Monday evening with windspeed between 150kmph and 160kmph, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said, leaving a trail of destruction behind. Tauktae (pronounced Tau’te) means “gecko” in Burmese. Gecko is a highly vocal lizard in Burmese dialect. The […]
Chandigarh health department has capped the charges for CT scan for private diagnostic centres in city at Rs 2,000, including GST and other taxes. No separate tax should be added. The order was issued by health secretary Arun Kumar Gupta. Instructions have also been given to strictly follow the order. If any diagnostic centre charges […]
Liverpool goalkeeper Alisson Becker scored a historic goal against West Brom on Sunday to help the side win 3 points at The Hawthorns. This is first time in Liverpool’s 129 years’ history that a goalkeeper scored a goal for the side. And this was just not any other goal, it was a winning header from […]
The Union health ministry said that the number of blood clot cases in people who received AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine (called Covishield) in India was “minuscule”. Covishield – one of three shots granted emergency approval in India – is the most widely used in the country and is manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute (SII). A report […]