COVID

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

UK creates brand new health unit to combat COVID-19, infectious diseases

6:49 pm August 18, 2020

London: The UK government on Tuesday confirmed the creation of a brand new “rigorous” science-led health unit to combat the COVID-19 pandemic and other infectious diseases. The National Institute for Health Protection (NIHP), reports of which had emerged over the weekend, will start work immediately with a single command structure that brings together existing units such as Public Health England (PHE), National […]

Nadda promises OBC status for left out Hindu backward castes

SC verdict on PM CARES ‘resounding blow to nefarious designs’ of Rahul Gandhi: Nadda

6:16 pm August 18, 2020

New Delhi: BJP President J P Nadda on Tuesday described the Supreme Court decision on the PM CARES Fund as a “resounding blow to the nefarious designs” of Rahul Gandhi and his “band of rent a cause” activists. The apex court has refused to direct the Centre to transfer the contributions made to the PM […]

Safety, efficacy main concerns with Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine: Nobel laureate Peter Doherty

2:55 pm August 17, 2020

Kolkata: Echoing the scientific community’s scepticism over Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine rolled out for emergency use, Nobel laureate Peter Charles Doherty says his “big worry” is there could be refusals for other vaccines if doubts over its safety turn out to be true. Russian President Vladimir Putin last week announced that his country has developed the world’s first vaccine against COVID-19, […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Kejriwal urges people to donate oximeters to help villages in fight against COVID-19

8:16 pm August 15, 2020

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday urged people to donate oximeters to the AAP so that they can be distributed by its volunteers in villages across the country to help those battling COVID-19 in the hinterlands. Oximeters help in measuring the oxygen level and are found to be extremely useful for coronavirus patients who in many […]

Scientists identify potential drug candidate against COVID-19

2:46 pm August 15, 2020

Washington: Using state-of-the-art computer simulations, scientists have identified a preexisting drug, used to treat multiple diseases, including bipolar disorders and hearing loss, that could prevent the novel coronavirus from replicating in host cells, an advance that may lead to a therapeutic solution against COVID-19. The study, published in the journal Science Advances, assessed the molecule […]