Beijing’s municipal government on Tuesday tightened its control and prevention measures to contain the fresh COVID-19 outbreak in the biggest wholesale food market of the Chinese capital, state media said on Tuesday. People considered to be high risk, including those who came into contact with the 106 infected individuals detected since June 11, will […]
Petrol and diesel prices continued to rise through the week with the two petroleum products getting dearer by 59 and 58 paise per litre on Saturday. The auto fuel prices have now risen seven days in a row with pump prices of petrol increasing by Rs 3.90 and diesel by Rs 4 per litre since […]
Researchers have found that COVID-19 pandemic is having a significant impact on people with obesity as they struggle to manage their weight and mental health. For the study, published in the journal Clinical Obesity, the research team surveyed 123 weight management patients and revealed that nearly 73 per cent of the patients experienced increased anxiety […]
By Raj Natarajan We are confronting stresses unknown to us before caused by the COVID 19 pandemic which has taken many hundreds of thousands of lives around the World. The future looks very uncertain as the virus spreads unabated, especially in some of the highly developed countries of the World.The other serious by-product of this […]
By Nisha Krishnan Nair Hey! This is Nisha Krishnan Nair, a zealous and passionate Child Psychologist by profession, bitten hard by curiosity for novelty and creativity which lands me to introspect every now and then with a question: “Am I doing enough with myself?” This wave of questioning self, hit me hard during this lockdown […]
Global pharmaceutical major Pfizer believes that a vaccine to prevent Covid-19 could be ready by the end of October, the company’s CEO Albert Bourla said. Pfizer is conducting clinical trials in the US and Europe for the BNT162 vaccine programme to prevent Covid-19 in collaboration with German mRNA company BioNTech. Bourla made the comments while […]
Booking.com, one of the digital leaders in connecting travellers has populated some of the best destinations across the world to go cheese tasting. For those gastronomically curious it’s the best way to learn about diversity of cheese and to titillate your taste-buds. For newbies its an opportunity to experience cheese varieties that go beyond the […]
More than a million Australian children aged between 6 months and under 5 years can now receive a free influenza vaccine as part of the first National Immunisation Program to include all children in this age group. The Sanofi Pasteur influenza vaccine VAXIGRIP TETRA® will be used to vaccinate these children under the 2020 National […]
The World Health Organization (WHO), together with a group of global partners, launched a groundbreaking collaboration to accelerate both the development and equitable access to new essential technologies for COVID-19. At a virtual conference on Friday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and other global leaders made an unprecedented commitment to work together to accelerate the […]
The total number of coronavirus cases in India reached 24,506 on Saturday, including foreign nationals, with 18,668 active cases, while the death toll has increased to 775, the Union Health Ministry said. The Health Ministry said in its daily update that of the 775 deaths, the highest — 301 — was reported from Maharashtra, followed […]