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 […]
Micro-blogging site Twitter has rolled out a new feature known as ‘Tip Jar’, which allows people to send money to their favourite users. Tip Jar will be available to select groups of users including creators, journalists, experts, and nonprofits. It will be available to only those who use Twitter in English and Twitter will not […]
Pets are an integral part of our families as they help us through difficult times and provide unconditional love. This is especially true during this stressful time of the Covid-19 pandemic. Currently, no evidence exists that pets transmit the virus causing Covid-19 to people; however, some preliminary evidence suggests that people can transmit it to […]
Three days after eight Asiatic lions in Hyderabad were found Covid positive, two lionesses have contracted the infection at Etawah Safari Park in Uttar Pradesh. Both the animals have been kept in isolation and the safari park has already been shut for public, said the park’s director. “Sixteen samples of 14 Asiatic lions at the […]
Legendary music composer and National Award winner Vanraj Bhatia, 93, passed away on Friday. The Padma Shri awardee was facing old age issues and was mostly bedridden. As per reports, his health further deteriorated in the last couple of months while he remained with only a little activity at his home, where he ultimately passed […]
The Chandigarh Administration on Friday said that the weekend lockdown will continue from 5 am on Saturday till 5 am on Monday. However, morning walk would be allowed this Sunday between 6 am to 9 am. Shops of essential items will be open till 2 pm only for home delivery, people cannot go out. Various relaxations […]
The Biden administration on Wednesday announced that the United State will support temporary waiver of intellectual property rights to Covid-19 vaccines, accepting a key element of a joint proposal by India and South Africa at the WTO, and said it will “actively participate” in negotiations to “make that happen”. Though Biden administration’s call to lift […]
Bollywood star Anupam Kher won the Best Actor award at the New York City International Film Festival for the short film titled ‘Happy Birthday’. The film also bagged the Best Short Film award at the prestigious film festival. Happy Birthday, which was one of the much-anticipated short films of the year, starring actor Anupam Kher […]
After spending 14 months aboard the International Space Station (ISS), 12 bottles of French wine have returned to Earth. A bottle, Pétrus from the year 2000, is now being auctioned by Christie’s, which lists the estimated price of the bottle at $1 million. A 750-milliliter bottle typically fetches several thousand dollars. They spent almost 440 […]