New Delhi: Philanthropist and Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has commended Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and his government’s “proactive measures” such as lockdown and expansion of focused testing in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in India. Also Read: New Ordinance Shows Our Commitment To Protect Healthcare Workers: PM Modi According to officials, Gates, in a letter […]
Apr 17, 2021
Washington: US President Donald Trump while addressing the daily White House coronavirus briefing said “we are very close to a vaccine”, after noting vaccine trials taking place in the US, Germany, the United Kingdom and China. He was joined by Vice-President Mike Pence and Deborah Birx, the White House coronavirus taskforce co-ordinator, the BBC reported. […]
Apr 17, 2021
Bhubaneswar: As the world reels under the second wave of Covid-19 pandemic, an Odia ayurvedic doctor based in New Delhi claims to have developed a medicine which can fight the…
Apr 17, 2021
New York: Diet supplements containing vitamins C and D and other micronutrients are a safe, effective, and low-cost means of helping your immune system fight off COVID-19 and other acute respiratory tract diseases, say researchers. According to the study, published in the journal Nutrients, public health officials should issue a clear set of nutritional recommendations […]
Apr 17, 2021
Washington: NASA engineers have designed a new low-cost high-pressure ventilator tailored specifically to treat COVID-19 patients. The device, called VITAL (Ventilator Intervention Technology Accessible Locally), passed a critical test on April 21 at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York — an epicentre of COVID-19 in the United States, NASA said […]
Apr 17, 2021
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said that India’s fight against the novel coronavirus pandemic is people-driven. Speaking in the 64th edition of his monthly radio programme Mann Ki Baat, the Prime Minister said people have been taking lead in various sectors in fight against the deadly virus such as distribution of food […]
Apr 17, 2021
Bhubaneswar: As COVID-19 cases crossed 100-mark in Odisha, the State government on Sunday came out with a department-wise list of senior IAS officers assigning them with specific responsibilities to effectively manage the novel-Coronavirus outbreak situation in the State. The government has also entrusted some senior officials to take charge as observers to handle the COVID […]
Apr 17, 2021
Srinagar: Four terrorists were killed and an army officer injured in a fierce gunfight between security forces and holed up terrorists on Sunday in Jammu & Kashmir’s Kulgam district. Police said four terrorists have been killed in the encounter between holed up terrorists and the security forces in Guddar village of Kulgam district. “An army […]
Apr 17, 2021
Mumbai/ New Delhi: A group of tax officers has suggested hiking super-rich tax to 40 per cent, imposing a cess and other measures to increase revenues amid the coronavirus pandemic, prompting the tax department to clarify that the proposals do not reflect its official views in any manner. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) […]
Apr 17, 2021
New York: A team of US scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher, has identified a set of human genes that fight SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus that causes Covid-19. According to…
Apr 17, 2021
Washington: The US has expressed optimism over the use of antiviral drug remdesivir as a possible treatment for COVID-19 after a trial, although its manufacturer warned that the drug was yet to be proven safe and studies indicated its effectiveness remains unclear. As the US battles to curb the spike in coronavirus cases and death […]
Apr 17, 2021
New Delhi: With reports of huge number of Covid positive cases from ‘Kumbh Mela’ area in Haridwar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday appealed to observe the event “symbolic” to…
Apr 17, 2021
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on Sunday, lauded the frontline coronavirus warriors’ efforts and the armed forces’ gesture to honour them through flypast across the country. Meanwhile, the frontline health workers across the country have expressed their gratitude for the gesture and felicitation of the armed forces. “Saluting those who are at the forefront, […]
Apr 17, 2021
New Delhi: The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (The Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s (AIIB) Board of Directors has approved a loan of $500 million to support India’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic by strengthening the country’s health system. Titled ‘India COVID-19 Emergency Response and Health Systems Preparedness Project’, it is funded by AIIB’s COVID-19 Crisis Recovery […]
Apr 17, 2021
Bhubaneswar: To ensure that there is no spread of COVID-19 infection in the State, Odisha has issued additional guidelines for effective management of temporary medical camps (TMC) and quarantine centres across the State. As per the guidelines, symptomatic cases will be isolated from the rest of the inhabitants after screening and shifted to COVID Care […]
Apr 17, 2021
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