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14 Jun

Amway aims to generate 100-Cr revenue by 2025

editor0 CommentsHealthamway, Nutrilite, VITAMIN C

One of the country’s leading FMCG direct selling companies, Amway India launched Nutrilite Vitamin C Cherry Plus. It is intended for individuals with weakened immunity. It comes with the benefit of extended-release technology. With this, Amway India is further strengthening its nutrition and immunity supporting portfolio in the country. The Nutrilite Vitamin C Cherry Plus provides steady release of Vitamin C into the body for over 8 hours as it is formulated with Extended-Release technology, to provide all-day immune support. “Looking at the growth trend and with the extension of our existing range of products under the nutrition and immunity…

14 Jun

76-year-old man, believed to be head of the world’s largest family, dies in Mizoram

editor0 CommentsHealth, MizoramINDIA, international, mizoram

The head of the world's largest family has died in the Mizoram state. 76 year old Ziona Chana, the head of a religious sect that practiced polygamy, died on Sunday, leaving behind 38 wives, 89 children and 36 grandchildren. Chana reportedly suffered from diabetes and hypertension. Doctors said that Chana was rushed to hospital on Sunday evening when his condition deteriorated at home in his village, Baktawng Tlangnuam. He was however, declared dead on arrival. It's hard to say if Chana was indeed the head of the world's largest family since there are others who claim the title. It's also…

14 Jun

Sushant Singh Rajput’s 1st death anniversary: Here are all advancements made so far

editor0 CommentsEntertainment, HealthBollywood, Death, INDIA, SSR, suicide, sushant singh rajput, sushant singh rajput death case

Actor Sushant Singh Rajput was found dead at his Bandra apartment on June 14, 2020. A domestic help informed the police and a preliminary set of investigations followed on that day. Condolences started pouring in as the news of the actor’s death shocked the nation. SSR’s father lodges an FIR at Patna’s Rajiv Nagar police station on July 29 2020, accusing six people of abetment to suicide. On the same day, Rhea Chakraborty demanded the transfer of investigation to Mumbai. In early August 2020, CBI named Rhea Chakraborty, her father Indrajit Chakraborty, mother Sandhya Chakraborty, brother Showik Chkaraborty, Sushant's house…

13 Jun

How protein deficiency effects your body

editor0 CommentsHealthHealth, healthcare

Protein is one of the most crucial nutrients required for the healthy functioning of our bodies. The role of protein is commonly misunderstood and is usually associated with muscle gain. Protein has multiple benefits, ranging from metabolism to muscle synthesis. This building block of our body should be an essential part of our diet and should be considered in order to lead a healthier lifestyle. We all have different protein requirements based on our lifestyles and health factors. For example, a regular, active gym-goer would require more protein per day than your average sedentary man. Pallav Bihani, founder of Boldfit,…

12 Jun

Teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd, given journalism award by Pulitzer

editor0 CommentsHealthBLM, george floyd, Pilotzer, USA

Darnella Frazier (18), the teenager who filmed the murder of George Floyd by a police officer, has been given a special journalism award by the Pulitzer Prize board. She was awarded the citation for her courage, the Pulitzer committee said. The Pulitzers are the most prestigious journalism awards in the US. Her film started protests for racial justice around the world and was used as evidence in the trial that convicted police officer Derek Chauvin. The committee said they honoured her for "courageously recording the murder of George Floyd, a video that spurred protests against police brutality around the world,…

11 Jun

Ethiopia is now facing a Famine: Reports UN humanitarian chief

editor0 CommentsHealthafrica, ethiopia, famine, food crisis, Health, international

"There is famine now, this is going to get a lot worse," said UN humanitarian chief Mark Lowcock, addressing the crisis in northern Ethiopia. UN analytic study found that 350,000 people were living in "severe crisis" in the Tigray region. Tigray has been torn up by continuous war between government forces and rebels. This has displaced 1.7 million people since the fighting began in November 2020. The food situation in the region has reached the level of a "catastrophe", which it defines as starvation and death affecting small groups of people spread over large areas. Thus, UN's World Food Programme…

11 Jun

India records lowest single day rise in Covid-19 infections in two months

editor0 CommentsHealthCovid-19, Health, INDIA

91,702 new cases of Covid-19 reported in India, the lowest single-day rise in infections in around two months. This is the fourth day in a row when daily infections in India are below one lakh. The total infection tally stands at 2,92,74,823, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Friday morning. The death toll from Covid-19 climbed to 3,63,079 with 3,403 new fatalities. States like Tamil Nadu with 16,813 cases, Kerala with 14,424 cases, Maharashtra with 12,207 cases, Karnataka with 11,042 cases and Andhra Pradesh with 8,110 registered maximum cases. As per updated data, 68.25 per cent of…

10 Jun

Delta variant of Covid-19 can infect Covishield Or Covaxin vaccinated people, claims AIIMS study

editor0 CommentsHealthAIIMS, Covid19, Delta Varient

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in collaboration with the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) have done two separate studies which have shown that the Delta variant of COVID-19 can infect people who have received one or two jabs of either Covishield or Covaxin. In the AIIMS-IGIB study, no death has been reported in the 63 subjects, but the study has found out that the Delta variant is predominant in the reinfection cases. All of them got breakthrough infections and among the samples which were genome sequenced, the Delta variant…

09 Jun

What does India’s new vaccine policy actually mean? Read here

editor0 CommentsHealthcovid vaccine, Health, INDIA, new policy

PM Modi announced: "From 21 June, all adults over the age of 18 will be vaccinated [for] free,". "Whether it is the poor, the lower middle class, the middle class, or the upper middle class, under the central government programme, everyone will get free vaccines," He said. How has the policy changed? Prime Minister Modi's addressed the nation on TV, in which he talked about the history and logistics of vaccine programmes in India. This is where he made the announcement. Prime Minister Modi made a national TV address on the vaccination programme Under the earlier Covid vaccine policy, half…

08 Jun

18 Employees killed in Pune chemical factory Fire

editor0 CommentsHealthaccident, chemical factory, fire, INDIA, pune

At least eighteen employees of a chemical factory in Maharashtra's Pune have died and several are missing as a massive fire broke out in the sanitiser-manufacturing unit of the firm on Monday. Some 37 workers were trapped inside the building when the blaze started around 15:45 on Monday. Fire engines rushed to the spot as smoke billowed from the compound - firemen had to break walls on either side to rescue people. The factory belonged to SV Aqua Technologies, a company that makes chlorine dioxide products, which is typically used in water treatment. Prime Minister Narendra Modi expressed his condolences…