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An innovative initiative with leftover Covid medicines
A group of students from the Rotaract Club of Jagannath Institute of Management Sciences (JIMS) at Vasant Kunj has initiated an innovative idea to ensure adequate supplies of Covid-19 medicines for those undergoing free treatment in…
DRDO develops Covid-19 antibody detection kit
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) has developed an antibody detection kit known as Dipcovan, which is expected to be available at Rs 75 per test in the market from June first week onwards.The kit has been developed by…
Opening Covid vax for multiple age groups created scarcity: SII
Opening up vaccinations against Covid for people from all age groups led to the scarcity of vaccines, a senior Serum Institute of India official said on Friday.India first rolled out vaccinations for healthcare workers on January 16, and…
Neha Kakkar talks about ‘sabse sundar’ Uttarakhand
Singer Neha Kakkar sent out a prayer on Friday hoping everything returned to normalcy again, in her birth state Uttarakhand as well as the rest of India. Neha, who was born in Rishikesh, also posted a series of throwback pictures on…
Trailer of Telugu film ‘Ek Mini Katha’ launched, film to drop on May 27
The trailer of Santosh Shobhan and Kavya Thapar's Telugu film "Ek Mini Katha" was launched on social media, on Friday.The film has been directed by Karthik Rapolu and written by Merlapaka Gandhi.Talking about the film, Rapolu says: "A…
Now, patient in UP found affected by White Fungus
As the dreaded Black Fungus or Mucormycosis disease -- spreads across Uttar Pradesh, a case of White Fungus has been found in a patient from Mau district.This is probably the first case of White Fungus that has been traced in India.White…
Govt to import 3,63,000 vials of Black Fungus medicine Amphotericin-B
The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has made efforts to ramp up supply and availability of Amphotericin-B, the anti-fungal drug used in treatment of Black Fungus disease.A statement from the government said on Friday, "In May…
7 women among 13 Maoists killed in Maharashtra jungle gun-battle
Notching a significant victory, the Maharashtra Police on Friday gunned down 13 Maoists, including 7 women, in a fierce gun-battle in the deep forests near Etapally, officials said here.The 90-minute encounter between the Maoists and the…
Nearly 200 cases of ‘black fungus’ in Delhi: Satyendar Jain
Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said on Friday said that there were close to 200 cases of 'black fungus' reported so far in the Capital and advised people to report such cases immediately to doctors and not take medicines on their…
Lab escape from Wuhan can explain coronavirus more easily
Proponents of lab escape can explain all the available facts about SARS2 considerably more easily than can those who favour natural emergence, said Nicholas Wade, a science writer.Writing in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, Wade said,…