Tag: coronavirus
World losses 14 per cent of working Hours, situation grave: ILO
The world has seen a drop of 14 per cent working hours in the second quarter of 2020 because of the coronavirus crisis, according...
Free Ration scheme covering 80 crore people extended
India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday announced that the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana scheme of giving free ration to 80 crore...
National Botanical Research Institute gets advanced facility to check Covid 19...
The National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow, has set up an “Advanced Virology Lab” for testing COVID-19. The facility has been developed based on the...
PULSE from NASA to alert against touching face
It was only when coronavirus became a pandemic that everyone thought of the number of times one touches the face. And with the pandemic,...
Plastic waste doubles in Covid time
In last few months coronavirus has generated a surge in plastic waste and there was a major disconnect between expectation and action on reducing...
Severe respiratory symptoms can generate better immune response to Covid
In a breakthrough research, scientists have found that patients suffering from severe respiratory symptoms because of coronavirus infection can generate an immune response in...
Kerala reports 195 corona cases; over 100 cases for the seventh...
Kerala continued to report more than a hundred corona cases for the seventh consecutive day with the state on Saturday reporting the highest ever...
WHO calls for 31 billion dollars to develop medicines
The World Health Organisation has appealed to the governments and private sector donors to help raise 31 billion dollars in the next 12 months...
AstraZeneca leads the Covid 19 vaccine race
Noting that an effective drug was needed to contain the Coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organisation said that UK based AstraZeneca is leading the...
No international commercial flights from and to India till July 15
Ban on international commercial flights from and to India, except the Govt-run flights, will continue till July 15, according to the authorities.
"The competent authority...
