Health – Maeeshat

EditorJanuary 25, 2022

“We must work together to bring the acute phase of this pandemic to an end. We cannot let it continue to drag on, lurching between panic and neglect.” GENEVA — The head of the World Health Organization on Monday urged countries to work together to bring the acute phase of the pandemic to an end, saying […]

EditorJanuary 20, 2022

“Omicron may be less severe, on average, but the narrative that it is a mild disease is misleading, hurts the overall response and costs more lives” NEW DELHI — In a fresh warning, WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has said that Omicron variant of the coronavirus is causing hospitalisations and deaths the world over, and the […]

EditorJanuary 19, 2022

“This restriction shall not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by the DGCA and flights under Air Bubble agreement will not be affected.” NEW DELHI — India’s civil aviation regulator, the DGCA, on Wednesday extended the ban on scheduled international commercial flights till February 28, 2022. At present, India suffers from a third […]

EditorJanuary 19, 2022

Earlier, high alert was sounded in Mandya district when 84 devotees returning from Tamil Nadu after pilgrimage to Om Shakthi temple were tested positive for Covid-19 in the first week of January MANDYA, Karnataka — As many as 140 engineering students have tested positive for Covid-19 in Mandya district of Karnataka on Tuesday causing panic among […]

EditorJanuary 18, 2022

NEW DELHI – Against the backdrop of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the Supreme Court on Monday directed all District Magistrates to engage with District Legal Service Authority (DLSA), and voluntary organisations to rehabilitate children in street situations. A bench of Justices L. Nageswara Rao and B.V. Nagarathna said: “We direct all DMs to involve DLSA and […]

EditorJanuary 17, 2022

The “Innovators Under 35 Award” seeks to honor technical experts, researchers and scientists below 35 years of age Jeddah: A Saudi Engineer, Dana Al-Sulaiman, who works as an Assistant Professor at King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), has won the “Innovators Under 35” award, for developing a chip that detects different types of cancer […]

EditorJanuary 17, 2022

The plea had contended that persons with disabilities are at a greater risk of contracting Covid-19 due to difficulties faced by them New Delhi: The Centre has told the Supreme Court that it has not issued any Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for persons with disabilities to carry Covid-19 vaccination certificates for any purpose. The Centre, in […]

EditorJanuary 15, 2022

The Omicron infection tally in India has climbed to 6,041, a 5.01 per cent increase from Friday’s figure New Delhi: Amid the ongoing Covid-19 resurgence, India registered 2,68,833 new cases and 402 deaths in the last 24 hours, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Saturday. While the new fatalities have increased the nationwide […]

EditorJanuary 14, 2022

Israel has in the past week seen a new record of virus carriers, increasing from 12,000 a day to 48,000 Jerusalem: Israel has detected some 20 cases of a new sub-variant of the highly transmissible Omicron variant of Covid. The sub-variant, known as BA.2, was discovered during genetic sequencing of Covid patients. It contains more mutations […]

EditorJanuary 13, 2022

The Omicron infection has spread to 28 Indian states and union territories, as per the health ministry New Delhi: In the last 24 hours, India registered 2,47,417 new Covid-19 cases, a significant spike of over 50,000 since the previous day, taking the active infection tally to more than 11 lakh, the Union Ministry of Health and […]

Category: Health

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Saudi Engineer’s Cancer detection chip wins her International Award

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‘BA.2’: Israel detects new sub-variant of Omicron

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