Virus Scare

There is a lot of ambiguity around the manner in which the number of Coronavirus (COVID-19) related deaths is being calculated in India. Data matching The numbers that are reported...

New Delhi: India registered the highest-ever spike of 2,003 COVID-19 fatalities, pushing the country's death toll to 11,903, while the number of cases rose to 3,54,065, with 10,974 new cases...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has hailed as 'great news' initial clinical trial results that showed dexamethasone, a cheap and widely used steroid that can help save the lives of...

Bhubaneswar: The COVID-19 cases in Odisha rose to 4338 on Wednesday with 175 new patients being detected in the last 24 hours. While 145 have been detected in quarantine centres...

New Delhi: Following directions of the Union Home Minister Amit Shah, all hospitals in Delhi, (Central, State Government, and private) on Tuesday, speeded up cremation/last rites of bodies of COVID-19...

In a bid to support the restaurant industry, the online food delivery aggregator, Swiggy has launched a ‘Jumpstart Package’ for all its partners, reported Business Standard(BS). The package is designed...

Kanpur: The Kanpur district administration on Tuesday banned the sale of ‘Pani Puri’ in the state fearing that crowding at the street food stalls might result in the spreading of...

London: A cheap and widely available drug, dexamethasone, can help save the lives of patients seriously ill with coronavirus. The low-dose steroid treatment dexamethasone is a major breakthrough in the...

New Delhi: The U.S. Government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), has sent the first shipment of 100 brand-new, state-of-the-art ventilators to India to assist its fight against...

Bhubaneswar: A Baripada-based engineer and researcher Nayadhar Padhial, has proposed the red ant chutney, a delicacy of the indigenous population, as a remedy to COVID-19. Tribals in many states, including...