MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Wednesday said the Centre’s approach against coronavirus, which is the society’s biggest enemy at present, should be “like a surgical strike” instead of standing at the borders waiting for the virus to come out. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said the […]
Beijing: China has authorised the emergency use of CoronaVac, a Covid-19 vaccine manufactured by Chinese firm Sinovac, for children aged between 3 and 17 years, Sinovac Chairman Yin Weidong said. “But when the vaccine will be put into (emergency) use, and starting from what age in the group has yet to be decided,” he was […]
People fully vaccinated with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine are likely to have more than five times lower levels of neutralising antibodies against the Delta variant first identified in India compared to the original strain, according to research published in The Lancet journal. The study also shows that levels of these antibodies that are able to recognise […]
SRINAGAR: After a corona lockdown of nearly one month, life on the streets returned on Monday in most parts of Kashmir Valley, though with cautious and thin movement of people and public transport on the roads and only partial business activity in markets. As Monday morning arrived, shopkeepers opened their shutters in every nook and […]
London: An eminent Indian-origin scientist advising the British government has warned that there are signs that the UK is in the early stages of a third wave of coronavirus infections and urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to delay the planned June 21 reopening of the country by a few weeks, according to a media report […]
Restaurants, however, open only for home delivery SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir Government on Sunday eased the Covid-19 restrictions after a month since they were imposed to contain the raging pandemic. Now, business establishments, offices, malls and public transport will be allowed to operate from Monday on weekdays. As per the guidelines issued, weekend curfew […]
Credit goes to Dr Nasir Masood Indrabi and his team DODA: As the first port of call, New Type Primary Health Centre at village Pranoo has provided the best possible health care service before Corona and after its advent- the credit goes to its medical team led by Dr Nasir Masood Indrabi. Good doctors as […]
NEW DELHI: India on Friday supported the renewed global call for a comprehensive study by the WHO into the origins of coronavirus, days after US President Joe Biden asked American intelligence agencies to “redouble” their efforts in investigating the emergence of the pandemic amid growing controversy about origins of the virus from a laboratory in […]
MUMBAI: Necessity is the mother of invention, they say. For the student innovator Nihaal Singh Adarsh from Mumbai, his doctor mother’s necessity became the fount of inspiration for his invention. Named Cov-Tech, the compact and frugal innovation is a ventilation system for PPE kits, bringing much-needed relief for our healthcare workers on the frontlines of […]
New Delhi: The government has asked social media companies to immediately remove any content on their platform which mentions or refers to the term ‘Indian variant’ of coronavirus, in a bid to curb spread of misinformation around COVID-19. Digital platforms said they have received the latest advisory. On Friday, the IT ministry wrote to all […]