Covid-19 is not only an airborne disease but also has the ability to infect or transmit when one is more than six feet away from an infected person, said the latest advisory from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), United States. The principal mode by which people are infected with SARS-CoV-2, the virus […]
Department of Telecommunications (DoT), Ministry of Communications, on Tuesday clarified that several misleading messages are being circulated on various social media platforms claiming that the second wave of coronavirus has been caused by the testing of the 5G mobile towers. As per a press statement issued by DoT these messages are false and incorrect. The […]
In the light of surging Covid-19 cases in Chandigarh, the UT Administration has decided to extend the Corona curfew for another week. Earlier, the curfew was imposed for a week from May 3 to May 10. The non-essential shops will continue to remain closed during the curfew and night curfew will be implemented from 6pm […]
In view of surging Covid-19 cases, various restrictions have been imposed in Punjab and Haryana High Court for ensuring the safety of judges, advocates, officers and litigants. A special committee constituted for redressal of grievances of the Bar Council and Bar Association in a meeting decided various curbs in the Court. The committee has decided […]
A 100-bed Covid hospital set up by the Western Command on the Panjab University campus was inaugurated on Monday by UT Administrator VP Singh Badnore. Moderate symptomatic civilian patients will be admitted to this hospital which has oxygen level 1 facility. Around 100 paramedics will man the hospital. The medicines, oxygen and equipment have been […]
Chitkara University, Punjab, and Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Mohali, on Monday signed an MoU to provide a fillip to research and innovation during the Virtual Commemoration of 33rd Foundation Day of CDAC. Dr VK Saraswat, Member, Niti Aayog presided over the function. Dr P K Khosla, Executive Director, C-DAC, while signing the MoU stated, “The […]
Delhi Police on Monday issued a Look-out-Circular (LoC) against two-time Olympic medalist Sushil Kumar, who is absconding after being named in the murder of a 23-year-old former junior national champion in North West Delhi’s Chhatrasal Stadium. As per sources, on the intervening night of Tuesday and Wednesday, a quarrel had broken between wrestlers at Chhatrasal […]
Chinese scientists allegedly investigated weaponising coronaviruses five years before the Covid-19 pandemic and may have predicted a World War III fought with biological weapons, according to media reports referring to documents obtained by the US State Department. According to ‘The Sun’ newspaper in the UK, quoting reports first released by ‘The Australian’, the “bombshell” documents […]
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the emergency use of drug 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) as an adjunct therapy in moderate to severe Covid-19 patients. It has been developed by Institute of Nuclear Medicine and Allied Sciences (Inmas), a lab of Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), in collaboration with Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, Hyderabad. […]
Ravinder Pal Singh, former India hockey player and member of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, died of Covid-19 in Lucknow on Saturday. He was 65. Ravinder Pal Singh had been battling Covid-19 for two weeks. According to family sources, Singh had recovered from the virus and was […]