Archives - June 18, 2020

Covid-19: Delhi health minister, MLA test positive; tests capped at Rs 2,400 in capital

With 2414 fresh cases of coronavirus infection in the national capital, Delhi saw a record single-day spike in COVID-19 cases...
Jun 18

Can Ayurveda cure Coronavirus infection

Vasant Lad shares with us the Ayurvedic perspective on COVID-19. ...
Jun 18

UK authorizes immediate use of Dexamethasone for severely-ill coronavirus patients, bans export

UK puts Dexamethasone Valerate to use immediately for extremely advanced cases of the COVID-19...
Jun 18

Railways deploys 960 COVID Care Coaches in five States

Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Madhya Pradesh gets help from Railways to fight pandemic...
Jun 18

Bangladesh: Another Minister Corona positive, highest single day infection reported

Bangladesh pandemic update for June 18...
Jun 18

Sanitary Napkins for Rs. 1 at Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras

Over 3.43 Crore pads have been sold till 10th June, 2020 at Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Kendras....
Jun 18

India records 2,003 coronavirus deaths, 10,974 cases in 24 hours

India has registered a record of 2,003 deaths and 10,974 new COVID-19 cases ...
Jun 18

ICMR changes testing protocol switches to Rapid Antigen technology

ICMR adopts Rapid Antigen Tests over PCR tests for Coronavirus detection...
Jun 18

Tevero launches facemask with textile technology proven against SARS-CoV-2

Tevero's Intelli Science, is launching innovative textile solutions and fabrics in collaboration with HieQ ...
Jun 18

Ensure payment of salary to doctors ; SC

The Supreme Court instructed the Centre and State Governments that they should assure payment of salaries without fail to doctors ...
Jun 18

J Mitra launches COVID-19 total Antibody detection Elisa test kit

Based on the Double-Sandwich Elisa technology, the test kit is known as COVID-19 [IgM, IgG, IgA] MICROLISA....
Jun 18

ICMR cautious about Dexamethasone use in COVID-19 treatment

Dexamethasone can bring down deaths to 20% in comparison to 25% while on standard care...
Jun 18

Mumbai records 135 cases, tally shoots up to 61,501

The worst-hit by the pandemic in Maharashtra, has 834 containment zones, largely in slums and chawls...
Jun 18

Healthy eating pattern to lower heart disease

The study stated that a good diet regime, including various ingredients and nutrients, play a better role in lowering cardiovascular disease...
Jun 18

Mediclinic Middle East launches robotic surgery programme

Aimed at improving patient recovery time, as well as providing new surgical training opportunities...
Jun 18

Anti-Malarial drug HCQ does not reduce COVID-19 mortality rate

The announcement comes two days after the US revoked emergency use status of both hydroxychloroquine and chloroquine to treat the new coronavirus....
Jun 18

Israel signs deal with US drug firm for potential COVID-19 vaccine

Israel has reported 19,783 novel coronavirus cases and 303 deaths....
Jun 18

WHO sees "Green Shoots Of Hope" in fight against COVID-19 pandemic

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it was "very welcome news" that the initial results of a clinical trial of dexamethasone...
Jun 18

2,40,000 doses of coronavirus drug Dexamethasone available in UK

It's the first time that anyone in the world has clinically proven that a drug can improve the survival chances of the most seriously ...
Jun 18

Self-Cleaning masks can kill COVID-19 with phone charger's heat

The disinfecting process takes about 30 minutes - and users should not wear the mask while it is plugged in, a researcher said....
Jun 18

Will coronavirus change weddings for the better

As heartbreaking as 2020 has been, maybe it has created the space to step back and ask is this the wedding I really want?...
Jun 18

Evidence based health benefits of Fish

If possible, choose wild-caught fish rather than farmed fish as wild fishes tend to have more omega-3 and are less likely to be ...
Jun 18

85 Indians repatriated from Madagascar

Madagascar has been home to about 20,000 persons of Indian origin....
Jun 18

NRDC licenses NavRakshak PPE suit

NRDC shares manufacturing know-how to five MSMEs , the PPE is developed by Indian Navy...
Jun 18

Why did New Zealand's quarantine system break down?

Two women, recently arrived in New Zealand, were granted compassionate leave from quarantine to be with grieving family after a parent's death...
Jun 18

Clariant Chemicals' sales go up by 5.4% to Rs. 757.3 crores

Profit before tax for the 12 months ended March 2020 grew by 134%...
Jun 18

Repercussions of insufficient sleep

Some find it tempting to not sleep for a few precious hours and play games/ talk to a dear one, but it is important to ...
Jun 18

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