Covid -19

Viewing the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections the Bharatiya Janata Party, on March 6, announced veteran party leader and ex-Union Minister Pon Radhakrishnan's candidature for the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat. Under PM Narendra Modi and party President JP Nadda, BJP's Central Election Committee endorsed Radhakrishnan's electioneering in tandem with its seat-sharing agreement inked with the ruling AIADMK. Earlier, the Kanyakumari's by-polls… read-more

West-African country Ghana became the first country to obtain vaccines under the COVAX initiative as it welcomed 6,00,000 doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine by Serum Institute of India on February 24. Delivered by UNICEF, the vaccines reached Ghana’s Kotoka International Airport as part of the initial wave of COVID-19 vaccines that COVAX is granting to 92 low/middle-income nations. Reportedly, Ghana’s will commence its phased vaccination drive… read-more

Four girls of tenth standard from Shiv Nadar School, Faridabad have devised a self-sanitising bench – ‘SAFE’ – that counters transmission of diseases like COVID-19, viral conjunctivitis, influenza and hepatitis A. The bench's ultrasonic sensors gets activated once a user gets off and initiates an automatic UV light-propelled sanitisation process. Besides, a QR code yields the precise date-time of the last sterilisation. The novel innovation… read-more

In a letter addressed to the medical superintendent, the resident doctors of Delhi's Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital have expressed their apprehension towards Bharat Biotech's Covaxin due to inadequate trial. The doctors instead entreated to use the Serum Institute of India's Covishield vaccine. The decision drew criticism as the panel approved just a day after asking Bharat Biotech to provide more evidence. Reportedly, Covaxin is in its Phase-III… read-more

The COVID-19 caller tune voiced by actor Amitabh Bachchan shall discontinue from January 15, a day before the commencement of COVID-19 vaccination. As a replacement, a new caller tune featuring a feminine voice will be employed that will raise awareness of the vaccine's efficacy. The pre-recorded tune sounds, "The new year has brought a new ray of hope in the form of vaccines. Vaccines developed in India are safe, effective and will provide… read-more