SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind the Covid-19 pandemic, remains in the skull and meninges for years after infection, leading to a long-lasting effect on the brain, according to a major German study.
The Kali Puja in Kaliganj, adjacent to Murshidabad district, was established as a fair and festival during the reign of Nawab Alivardi Khan of Bengal, Bihar, and Odisha.
Indian tourists are rapidly emerging as a significant growth engine for global tourism, with a 12 per cent growth in the first half of this year, compared with the same period in 2019 before the pandemic, according to a report on Wednesday.
The pandemic claimed countless victims across India for several months now. It was expected, once the lethal effects of the Wuhan virus were known. Till such a time as a vaccine was discovered, all were helpless.
NITI Aayog on Wednesday released a new report that provides a blueprint of a rapid response system in the event of a public health emergency or pandemic.
The rising demand for disposables like Areca/palm leaf plates, espresso cups and plates made of bamboo and wooden cutlery is best suited in such difficult situations.
"We have distributed 40,000 medical kits and dry ration packets. We are trying to source as many relevant supplies as possible including vaporizers and oxygen concentrators and have expanded our distribution drive to include parts of Dehradun and Uttarakashi based on their needs."
The Hindu reported on 1 June of the Delhi High Court seeking a response from the Centre and Delhi government on a petition challenging the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) advisory on 4 May denying additional RT-PCR tests on those testing “positive” for Covid-19.
"When the water evaporates from such speech-generated, potentially virus-rich droplets, they float in the air for minutes, like smoke, thus putting others at risk."
"That is a mountain of carbon that we dig up out of the Earth, burn, and release into the atmosphere as CO2 -- year after year. If we want to avoid catastrophic climate change, the highest priority must be to reduce CO2 pollution to zero at the earliest possible date,"
