Coronavirus: Indian students stranded in UK urge Modi for rescue flight
LONDON : Hundreds of Indian students stranded in the UK have appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to organise a rescue flight amid the ongoing travel ban enforced by India to control the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. A group of at least 380 students from India has started a data chain with their passport details to […]
Coronavirus update: Delhi eating joint employee walks 200 km to reach home, dies on the road
A 38-year-old man who had walked 200 km from the national capital to reach home died on the Delhi-Agra highway on Saturday morning. Ranveer Singh’s destination, his family in a remote village in Madhya Pradesh’s Morena district, was still 100 km away. © Provided by Hindustan Times Migrant workers leave Delhi on foot amid the nationwide […]
A prescription for action: Nine steps after the next 21 days
India is closed for business. For the next 21 days, and perhaps longer if that isn’t enough. Everyone is to stay home. We have a hard time wrapping our heads around what this exactly means. How about migrant construction workers getting to stay on at the now closed site, their temporary home during the construction? Or do they need […]
University of Hyderabad faculty claims developing potential vaccine for coronavirus
A faculty member of the University of Hyderabad (UoH) has claimed to have designed what can be a potential vaccine against the coronavirus, called T-cell epitopes. To be studied in vitro for conclusive evidence, the research has been shared with the scientific community, the university has stated in a press release. Seema Mishra of the Department […]
GDP growth could slip to zero or negative in 1st quarter due to lockdown: NITI Aayog VC
New Delhi: The GDP growth could slip to zero or even negative in the first quarter due to the impact of the countrywide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the deadly Covid-19, NITI Aayog vice-chairman Rajiv Kumar has said. While there is a chance that this may not happen since essential services are functioning, the […]
Public attacks Assam Police for enforcing Covid-19 lockdown, 2 cops injured
After reports of alleged police high-handedness on the public while trying to enforce lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus, the Assam Police is now facing a violent backlash from the people in some places. Two such incidents were reported in Bongaigaon and Dhubri districts, both in lower Assam, on Friday and Saturday where people […]
Coronavirus: Uttar Pradesh To Release 11,000 Prisoners On Parole To Decongest Jails
The Uttar Pradesh government has decided to free 11,000 prisoners lodged in 71 jails in the state amid the COVID-19 outbreak in the country, an official statement stated on Saturday. The decision comes after the Supreme Court earlier this week directed all states and union territories to constitute high-level committees to consider releasing on parole […]
PM Modi Announces CARES Fund For Covid-19 Public Donations
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced the creation of an assistance and emergency situation relief fund where people can contribute and help in the government’s fight against coronavirus. The Prime Minister’s Citizen Assistance and Relief in Emergency Situations Fund will go a long way in creating a healthier India, he said on Twitter. “People […]
Bengaluru oncologist claims to be close to an effective treatment for Covid-19: Report
A Bengaluru based doctor claims to have developed an effective treatment for coronavirus which could be ready for trials by this weekend, a news agency reported. The treatment involves retriggering of the immune system which gets compromised after a person is infected by Sars-Cov-2 virus, said the doctor. He clarified that the medicine which was […]
Avoid ibuprofen, ICMR tells diabetes, hypertension, heart patients in Covid-19 FAQs
New Delhi: The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has issued an advisory that encourages hypertension, diabetes and heart disease patients to opt for paracetamol instead of ibuprofen for pain relief while the Covid-19 pandemic is underway. The advice from India’s apex agency for biomedical research follows a letter published on 11 March in the medical journal Lancet […]
