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17 Jan

Himalayan plant can cure Covid infection

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The phytochemicals found in flower petals of Himalayan Buransh plant (Rhododendron) can potentially be used to treat Covid infections, the researchers from the Indian Institute of Technology Mandi and the International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), New Delhi said on Monday. The findings of the research team which was led by Dr Shyam Kumar Masakapalli of IIT Mandi and Dr Ranjan Nanda and Dr Sujatha Sunil, ICGEB, New Delhi, have been recently published in the journal ‘Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics. IIT Mandi associate professor Dr Shyam Kumar Masakapalli said two years into the Covid-19 pandemic, the researchers are…

17 Jan

India registers over 2.5 lakh fresh COVID-19 cases, 385 deaths in last 24 hrs

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India reported 2,58,089 fresh COVID-19 cases and 385 deaths due to the infection in the last 24 hours, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Monday. The total number of COVID-19 infections in the country has moved up to 3,73,80,253 including 16,56,341 active cases. Active cases account for 4.43 per cent of the total infections. Of the total cases, 8,209 total Omicron cases have been detected so far which is an increase of 6.02 per cent since yesterday. The daily positivity rate is 19.65 per cent. The Health Ministry informed that on Sunday, with a positivity rate of…

17 Jan

BMC temporarily suspended marriage registration service in Mumbai

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Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has temporarily suspended the marriage registration service due to the rising Covid-19 case across the city. BMC in a press note said, "Marriage registration service temporarily stopped due to current Covid-19 situation in Mumbai. The service will be restarted soon with the facility of appointment, date, and time." Mumbai reported 7,895 new cases of Covid-19 out of 57,534 tests conducted during the last 24 hours. According to Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) bulletin, the city has 60,371 active cases. The total number of cases of the disease in Mumbai has gone up to 9, 99,862. It also…

17 Jan

Anushka pens note for Virat Kohli as he steps down as Test captain

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Anushka Sharma and Virat Kohli are the perfect example of a power couple. They never leave any stone unturned to express their love and admiration for each other. On Sunday, a day after Virat Kohli resigned as the Test captain for the Indian cricket team, Anushka penned a long note for her husband-cricketer. Taking to Instagram, Anushka shared pictures and wrote, "I remember the day in 2014 when you told me that you have been made the captain as MS had decided to retire from test cricket. I remember MS, you & I having a chat later that day & him joking…

17 Jan

Considering the demand schools of Maharashtra to reopen in next 15 days

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Maharashtra schools have been shut till February 15 due to COVID-19 cases. Demands have been raised for reopening the schools as children are suffering from loss of education. Maharashtra Government will consider the demand as there is a low incidence of coronavirus infection in children and students after the next 10-15 days, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said. The final decision is not taken yet but soon Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackery will take final call in this regard. Speaking on the current scenario, the health minster added that though the cases are surging in the city, number of hospitals…

17 Jan

Health Workers Including Doctors Test COVID-19 Positive in Puducherry

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The Puducherry health department said, 30 health officials including doctors have tested positive for Covid-19 last week. In a statement on Sunday, the health department's Director, G. Sriramalu said: "In the last one week, 30 health officials including 12 doctors tested positive in the union territory. They are undergoing treatment." The department also said that the Government Hospital For Chest Disease in Puducherry has been converted into a Covid care centre and 180 beds are arranged for the exclusive treatment of infected patients. Forty-three beds were occupied by patients on Sunday. On Sunday, there were 160 new Covid cases, which…

16 Jan

BCCI pays tribute to Virat Kohli on his end as India Test Captain

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Virat Kohli ended his seven year reign as the most successful Test Captain of India after an unexpected 1-2 series loss against South Africa. On a statement by BCCI said, “Virat Kohli is one of the finest captains and once in a generation cricketer”. And many more like BCCI President, Sourav Ganguly gave their valuable remark on Virat Kohli Kohli's relation with the BCCI recently made headlines when the batter quit T20 captaincy and was later sacked as ODI captain. Ganguly had said they had requested Kohli to stay back till the T20 World Cup, a claim which Kohli…

16 Jan

17 booked for allegedly ragging a student at Medical College Hostel

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A 24 year old student of a G S Medical College of mumbai was allegedly ragged and against 17 of them were registered a file, KEM Hospital approached the police. According to the complaint, his hostel roommates and other students would verbally abuse, pitch casteist slurs and threaten him. In last three years in various occasions he was harassed and many incidents occurred in the presence of the hostel waden, who didn’t take any action against it. The victim and some activists have lodged a complaint with the Dean's office, following, a meeting of anti-ragging committee was held in the…

15 Jan

Indian Railways redesignates post of `Guard` as `Train Manager` with immediate effect

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The Indian Railways issued an order on Friday, saying it had decided to redesignate the post of 'guard' as 'train manager' with immediate effect. From now on, assistant guard will be known as assistant passenger train manager, goods guard as goods train manager, senior goods guard as senior goods train manager, senior passenger guard as senior passenger train manager and mail/express guard as mail/express train manager. However, the revision in designations will not entail any change in their pay levels, method of recruitment, existing duties and responsibilities, seniority and avenues of promotion, the Ministry of Railways said in a press…

15 Jan

Central government refutes reports of Covid vaccine shortage in Maharashtra

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Refuting media reports on the Covid-19 vaccine shortage in Maharashtra, the Health Ministry said the state had over 24 lakh unutilised doses of Covaxin and received an additional 6.35 lakh doses on Friday. According to the media reports, the state government is unable to increase the pace of vaccination due to a shortage in vaccine availability. "As per their weekly consumption data available on Co-WIN, the average consumption by Maharashtra for Covaxin to cover the eligible beneficiaries for 15-17 years and for precaution dose is almost 2.94 lakh doses per day. Therefore, the state has adequate vaccine doses for about…