Bollywood megastar Amitabh Bachchan and his son Abhishek Bachchan tested positive for COVID-19, on July 11. Amitabh Bachchan on a tweet revealed his condition and urged all those who were in close proximity with him to get tested. The 77-year-old actor and his son have been admitted to Mumbai's Nanavati hospital in the evening. Several politicians and actors took it to Twitter and wished him a speedy recovery.
WHO's recent World Malaria Report 2020 has shown that India has recorded a significant drop in malaria cases during 2000-19 among the south-east Asian countries. Reportedly, the count fell to 5.6 million in 2019 from 20 million cases in 2000. The… read-more
TAGS: World Health Organization, India, South-East Asia, Malaria
Maharashtra has started a month-long door-to-door campaign to detect new tuberculosis and leprosy cases. Planning to screen 8.66 crore people, the government has made a team of two health workers, who will visit 20 rural and 25 urban households… read-more
TAGS: Maharashtra , testing, Tuberculosis, Leprosy, campaign, Coronavirus Pandemic
According to a study published in Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology on November 24, asthma patients are less prone to contract Covid-19. The data revealed by an Israel's medical organisation says that only 6.75% asthma patients resulted… read-more
TAGS: Corona virus, Asthma, Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Health, Israel
K-Pop band BTS have been temporarily exempted from the South Korea's mandatory military service until they attain age of 30 years. It was done through a legislation passed in the parliament on December 1. The Military Service Act has been amended… read-more
TAGS: BTS, South Korea, Korean Pop, Military Service Act
Giving a green signal to the Pfizer vaccine on December 2, the UK has become the first country to approve a COVID-19 vaccine. The vaccine, which has been developed jointly by Germany based BioNTech SE and Pfizer Inc. will be available in the UK … read-more
TAGS: Coronavirus, United Kingdom, World news, COVID-Vaccine, Pfizer
The Special NDPS Court granted bail to Showik Chakraborty, brother of Actor Rhea Chakraborty on December 2. Showik had been arrested on September 4 in a drug probe related to Sushant Singh Rajput’s death. Though Rhea received her bail earlier in… read-more
TAGS: NCB, drug racket, Supreme Court, Mumbai