Scientists managed to train dogs to detect whether human saliva contain COVID-19 virus. These dogs were trained at the Hanover University of Veterinary Medicine and may prove beneficial in detecting the spread and controlling the pandemic. These dogs can detect the COVID-19 sample with 94% efficiency even if people are asymptomatic.
India ranked 86 out of 98 countries in Covid Performance Index. India’s neighbors did fairly better. Pakistan stood at 69th rank, Nepal at 70th; whereas Bangladesh stood at 84th rank. Sri Lanka stood at 10th rank. New Zealand, Vietnam, Taiwan grabbed the top spots and reported at first, second, and third positions respectively. Brazil stood … Read more
While the world was waiting with bated breath to see off the disastrous 2020 which brought unprecedented doom and gloom with loss of lives, business, and in some of the wretched cases hope; the news of various vaccines arriving at various ports was beginning to cheer wary and tired world. However, the weekend brought the … Read more
Be it sustainability, be it health benefits, or be it peace at home, sitting may have positive impacts; however, the choice is still yours—should you lift or leave the seat resting on the bowl while carrying your business standing, or should the toilet be something we sit on, not aim at!
Photo by Daniel Schludi on Unsplash Mark Toshner, University of Cambridge I’m a clinical trials geek. I keep hearing people talk about the seven to ten years it takes to make a vaccine and how dangerous speeding this up might be. The word that keeps popping up is “rushed”, and it is making the average person nervous about … Read more
Giorgio Trovato on Unsplash During the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, there are many social, cultural changes are observed around the globe. Undoubtedly mask is common like underwear. One change is which seems abnormal: Crisis has affected the men urinate in Japan. A study by Panasonic Corporation— an electronic company and also a player in toilet equipment including state-of-the-art heated … Read more
This is one of my favourite quotes that outlines the impact this pandemic has had in totality. The COVID has indeed forced us to accept changes that many of us predicted will only happen to us in the future. And Yes, today the world is interconnected, but I want to specifically talk about collaboration in … Read more
AAP/Ap/Julio Cortez Timothy J. Lynch, University of Melbourne With just a month left until the November 3 US presidential election, contracting the virus could have politically positive or negative consequences for President Donald Trump. These will, of course, be contingent on how severe the president’s illness becomes. But we should not count him out and … Read more
H Shaw on Unsplash A team of researchers in China have found that people who wear glasses appear to be at lower risk of catching COVID-19. The report, published in JAMA Ophthalmology, noticed that since the coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan in December 2019, few patients with spectacles were admitted to hospital suffering from COVID-19. To have a deeper … Read more
Workers are seeking credentials to get an edge in the job market. Ridofranz/GettyImages Massive open online classes, or MOOCs, have seen a surge in enrollments since March. Enrollment at Coursera – an online platform that offers MOOCs, has skyrocketed and was 640% higher from mid-March to mid-April than during the same period last year, growing … Read more
COVID-19 Average Score by Regions | Source: Deep Knowledge Group India is ranked at 56th place among 200 countries which are studied in the COVID-19 regional safety assessment report. The report ranks United states at 58, Russia at 61, Sweden at 65, and Pakistan at 148. India is also categorised in the 3rd tier. The … Read more
India’s historical lockdown is now in its sixth week. It all started with an appeal from the Prime Minister, Narendra Modi to observe 14-hours voluntary Janta curfew on 22nd March 2020. Further, on 24 March 2020, the Prime Minister ordered the nationwide lockdown for 21 days, affecting 1.3 billion people of India. As India was … Read more
Get ready to return to the quaint village of Phulera as the makers of Panchayatrecently dropped the highly anticipated trailer of the third season. In the trailer, viewers are transported to rural Uttar Pradesh, where the trials and tribulations of village life unfold delightfully. The protagonist Abhishek Tripathi, portrayed by Jitendra Kumar, finds himself embroiled in the … Read more
For the month of March 2024, the Quick Estimates of Index of Industrial Production (IIP) with base 2011-12 stands at 159.2. The Indices of Industrial Production for the Mining, Manufacturing and Electricity sectors for the month of March 2024 stand at 156.1, 155.1 and 204.2 respectively. These Quick Estimates will undergo revision in subsequent releases … Read more
9 May in Indian and World History is celebrated, observed, and remembered for various reasons. 9 May is the birth anniversary of Maharana Pratap, Jahandar Shah, Gopal Krishna Gokhale, A.N. Krishna Rao, Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi, Deepakbhai Desai, and T. Rajendar.