[ad_1] Representative image | Photo: Nicolo Filippo Rosso | Bloomberg Text size: A- A + New Delhi: With the world joining hands to find a vaccine for Covid-19, all eyes are on India, the power of vaccine manufacturing. India produces 60 percent of the world’s vaccines and accounts for 60-80 …
Read More »Aamir Khan, Farhan Akhtar and others collaborate to recreate the song Dil Chahta Hai to raise funds for COVID 19
[ad_1] Farhan Akhtar, Aamir Khan, Shankar Mahadevan teamed up with Berklee College students for the #BIXCOVIDFUND cause and used Dil Chahta Hai’s title song in the most creative way. Written by Isha Nair 51621 readings Mumbai Updated: May 5, 2020 07:54 pm Aamir Khan, Farhan Akhtar and others collaborate to …
Read More »Israel claims progress in Covid treatment; says his antibody can neutralize the virus
[ad_1] Amid the threat of the deadly Coronavirus pandemic and so far without a specific antidote to it, Israel’s Defense Minister Naftali Bennett has claimed that his country has made significant progress towards treating the deadly virus. The “monoclonal neutralizing antibody” developed at the Israel Biological Research Institute (IIBR) “can …
Read More »Covid lockdown: blackout threat looming as discom collections run out
[ad_1] New Delhi: India faces a serious risk of blackouts as the collections of electricity distribution companies across the country have been reduced by an unprecedented 80%, just enough to keep staff salaries without leaving margin. payments to power plants that need money to buy coal and goods. Distribution companies …
Read More »Researchers find antibodies that block covid infection in the cell
[ad_1] London: The researchers have identified a fully human monoclonal antibody that prevents the SARS-CoV-2 virus (COVID-19) from infecting cultured cells. The discovery, detailed in the journal Nature Communications, is an initial step toward developing an all-human antibody to treat or prevent COVID-19 respiratory disease caused by the novel SARS-CoV-2 …
Read More »Mumbai doctor booked for “sexual assault” on Covid patient, homebound
[ad_1] Written by Sagar Rajput The | Mumbai Updated: May 4, 2020 3:15:36 pm The alleged incident took place around 9:30 a.m. on May 1. A 34-year-old doctor was hired for allegedly sexually assaulting a 44-year-old Covid-19 male patient in the Wockhardt Hospital intensive care ward in Mumbai on May …
Read More »TikTok launches new campaign to curb Covid fake news, ropes in Virat Kohli, Sara Ali Khan & Ayushmann Khurrana
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: Short video platform TikTok on Monday said it is launching a new campaign, urging users to be extremely careful with the content they create and share online to ensure that they do not spread misinformation amid COVID-19 pandemic. TikTok – which has about 200 million users in …
Read More »‘Culture of namaste, caring for the aged at home may’ve helped against Covid’ | India News
[ad_1] NEW YORK: Ingrained social distancing norms like people greeting each other with ‘Namaste’ in India may have provided more protection against the coronavirus, according to a US media report. The coronavirus has touched almost every country on earth, but its impact has seemed “capricious. Metropolises like New York, Paris …
Read More »Asia prepares for everyday life with Covid
[ad_1] Worshipers in one of Seoul’s largest Catholic churches in South Korea should refrain from singing hymns or saying “amen” for fear of spreading saliva. Priests disinfect their hands during communion. Holy water has been removed from the chapel. “This should become the new normal from now on,” said Gong …
Read More »India can increase Covid testing to 1.25 lakh per day: ICMR: The Tribune India
[ad_1] Thiruvananthapuram, May 2 The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) praised Kerala’s containment strategy and strong public health system on Saturday and said it “will continue to refer to the Kerala model” for containment testing and strategies. Dr. Raman R Gangakhedkar, chief of Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at ICMR, …
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