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03 Jun

India marks1.34 lakh new Covid cases, 2,887 deaths in last 24 hours, lowest in 35 days

editor0 CommentsHealthCORONAVIRUS CASES, Covid-19

India reported 1,34,154 fresh Covid-19 infections in 24 hours, taking the case to 28,440,988, as per Health Ministry data. Fresh COVID cases continued to fall as it has been seven days since cases have not reached the 200,000-mark. For the straight 44th consecutive day over 2,000 daily Covid deaths have been reported from the country. With 2,887 new records, the death record is now at 3,37,989, according to Health Ministry. It continues to stand in the second of worst hit nation. India's overall tally of Covid-19 cases presently stands at 2,84,41,986 with 17,13,413 active cases and 3,37,989 deaths. According to the Health Ministry, a…

03 Jun

Covid vaccination team was attacked by villagers in Maharashtra’s Palghar.

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The team had gone to spread awareness about coronavirus vaccine among tribals, but had to face a tough time. According to Palghar police, a team of doctors and health workers were brutally assaulted at Ganje-Jayshet village when they reached there to conduct Rapid Antigen Tests. Police PRO Sachin Navadkar said that the incident took place on Monday when a team of five personnel from Durvesh primary health centre went to Ganje village for a COVID-19 awareness programme. Villagers stopped the team, including doctors, from entering the village and beat them up, police said. Villagers also vandalised the team's jeep, two persons have been arrested…

03 Jun

NCB summons late Sushant Singh Rajput’s bodyguard in drug probe

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The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) on Thursday summoned Sushant Singh Rajput's bodyguard for the second day in a row, in the drug case linked to the late actor's death. Earlier, on Wednesday, NCB questioned the actor's bodyguard in the drugs case linked to his death. Apart from that NCB also arrested a drug peddler named Harish Khan in the drugs case linked to the actor's death. The NCB had also probed Sushant's former domestic helps-- Neeraj and Keshav, on Sunday. The NCB, which has been probing the drugs angle in the actor's death case, started the investigation after it received…

02 Jun

Heart patients must undergo cardiac check-up post COVID-19 recovery

editor0 CommentsBusiness, HealthApollo Hospital, Covid-19, Dr Rituparna Baruah

In severe cases or delayed diagnosis, poor heart health induced due to COVID-19 may become a probable cause for Sudden Cardiac Arrest in the future. While millions of patients are recovering from COVID-19, the heart patients amongst them need to be extra careful. Dr Rituparna Baruah, Interventional Cardiologist at Apollo Hospitals, Guwahati, strongly recommended all heart patients who tested positive with the virus to seek heart check-ups post-recovery to rule out or treat any side-effects that may have been caused by the virus. Dr Baruah said, heart patients who have tested positive need to be cautious as COVID-19 has been…

02 Jun

New Holland Agriculture picks 4 awards

editor0 CommentsBusinessIndian Tractor of the Year Award, Mr. Kumar Bimal, New Holland Agriculture

A brand of CNH Industrial N.V., New Holland Agriculture (NHA) confirmed its leading position and popularity in India by picking up four awards at Indian Tractor of the Year Award (ITOTY) 2021, organized by Tractor Junction. NHA was awarded across four categories. These are: (1) Best Tractor between 51-60 HP (New Holland 3630 TX Special Edition), (2) Best Tractor for Commercial Application (New Holland 3230 NX), (3) Best Design Tractor (New Holland Excel Ultima 5510), (4) Best Corporate Social Responsibility Initiative (New Holland - Prevention of Crop Stubble Burning-Straw Management & Pond Adoption Project). The awards included two of the…

02 Jun

Man arrested for killing wife for not being served salad

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastcrime, uttarpradesh

A man was arrested in Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, on Wednesday after two days killing his wife and injuring his son for not being served salad with his meal, police said. Murli Singh, was caught by a police team after he was found hiding in a nearby jungle, they said. Police said,”The killing took place during dinner at the couple's house in Gogwan Jalalpur village under Babri police station area on Monday night.” Murli Singh attacked his wife Sudesh with a spade and their 20-year-old son Ajay, who sustained serious injuries as he tried to save her, they said. The criminal had…

02 Jun

2 deaths reported due to black fungus reported at NBMCH

editor0 CommentsHealth, North BengalBlack fungus, Covid-19, Health, SILIGURI, west bengal

Two people lost their lives on Tuesday night due to black fungus infection at North Bengal Medical College and Hospital. One of the deceased was a resident of Gajoldoba and the other was a resident of the Kulipara area. The woman from Kulipara underwent surgery at NBMCH a few days ago. Since then she was under the supervision of doctors. Both the two deceased women had earlier contracted the novel coronavirus and later tested negative. However, they then were infected with black fungus. Meanwhile, the woman from Gajoldoba was again shifted to the Covid ward due to shortness of breath.…

02 Jun

41-year-old Chinese man reported as the first human case of infection with rare bird flu strain

editor0 CommentsHealthbird flu, China, Health, world

First human case of a rare H10N3 bird flu detected in a 41-year-old Chinese man. The strain is thought to not easily spread from humans to humans. There are many bird flu strains and it is not unheard of that people working with poultry occasionally get infected. Beijing's National Health Commission (NHC) said on Tuesday the resident of the city of Zhenjiang was hospitalized on 28 April and diagnosed with H10N3 one month later. "No human cases of H10N3 have been reported in the world. This case is an occasional poultry-to-human cross-species transmission, and the risk of a large-scale spread…

02 Jun

Malala Yousafzai on going to university and ‘finally’ getting time to herself as she appears on cover of British Vogue

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Malala Yousafzai has said going to university “finally” gave her some time for herself. The activist and Nobel Prize laureate, 23, made the comments in an interview with British Vogue and features on the cover of the July issue of the magazine. She completed her philosophy, politics and economics degree at Oxford University last year. Discussing her time at university, she said: “I was excited about literally anything. Going to McDonald’s or playing poker with my friends or going to a talk or an event. British Vogue's Editor in Chief Edward Enninful took to his social media feeds to share…

02 Jun

Black fungus: Form policy on distribution of drug for treatment, Centre told

editor0 CommentsNorth Eastmucormycosis

The Delhi high court on Tuesday asked the central government to prioritise younger people over older ones to give Amphotericin-B, a last-line drug used to treat mucormycosis that is in acute shortage across the country due to an unprecedented spike in cases. The direction comes a day after the court informed the Centre and Delhi government that they need to work out a distribution policy for the anti-fungal medicine and take the “cruel decision” of excluding a certain age group or class of people from receiving it owing to its current scarcity. Citing data it has obtained, the court said…