The Covid-19 vaccination drive has gained pace in the state of Karnataka in a period of over last 10 days with the state health minister D K Sudhakar iterating that the programme is as per the planned schedule with over 24 lakh doses jabbed in the capital city of Bengaluru alone. According to the official…
An aircraft carrying the consignment of 184 oxygen concentrators reached India from Ukraine on Monday morning, as the country is in the middle of the ongoing crisis of the Covid-19 second wave. Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) tweeted, “Thank Ukraine for first shipment of 184 oxygen concentrators that arrived early…
India may soon commence with testing a vaccination routine which consists of two doses from distinct Covid-19 vaccines, with the objective to review if the vaccine-mix up will enhance the immune reaction to the virus, according to reports of news agency ANI, quoted by Dr NK Arora, chairman, Covid-19 working group under National Technical Advisory…
Balasubramaniam Shyam, currently working as the Consul General of India, Osaka-Kobe Japan has been selected as India’s next Ambassador to the Republic of Iceland. According to a release from the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), B Shyam will take over with the new assignment at the earliest. B Shyam had joined the Indian Foreign Service…
The Karnataka High Court has taken the call of commencing the live streaming of the court and case proceedings on the online video streaming and social media platform YouTube. The first live stream was released on YouTube on the page of Karnataka High Court’s official YouTube page on May 31. The first hearing which went…
A doctors’ association has initiated the call to have a nationwide protest against the comments passed by yoga guru Baba Ramdev. According to the release issued by the Federation of resident doctors’ Association (FORDA), June 1 will be observed as “Black Day”. FORDA stated the decision of the protest has been taken to convict the…
There is no clear proof or evidence whatsoever to point out whether or not Covid-19 was a zoonotic infection or has a laboratory-based origin, revealed Dr Raman Gangahedkar, ex-head scientist, Epidemiology and Communicable Diseases at the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). In an interview with ANI, Gangahedkar said, “We must remember that if you…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday appreciated the spirit and the courage of the people who endured through the two cyclones in 10 days. While addressing the nation on Mann ki Baat, PM Modi said, “In this difficult and extraordinary situation of calamity, the way the people of all the states affected by the cyclones…
A consignment comprising of 200,000 AmBisome (Amphotericin B injection) utilized for the treatment of Mucormycosis popularly known as the black fungus has been delivered to India on early Sunday morning. Ambassador of India to the United States, Taranjit Singh Sandhu posted on Twitter, “Another consignment of AmBisome from @GileadSciences, used in Black Fungus treatment, reaches…
The delivery workers from different application-based service platforms such a Swiggy, Zomato, and Dunzo initiated a virtual protest on Saturday, May 29 for inclusion in the relief packages of the state government for the workers in the unorganized sector. They have further demanded to receive Covid-19 relief packages in the priority group which should also…
