My Hindi teacher never introduced me to the expression ‘raita failana’. I guess proverbs enter textbooks when they are fossils. Over the years, as I struggled to eat rice and curd with my fingers, I have come to appreciate the value of this neologism: to create an avoidable mess that is hard to manage thereafter. […]
A 3D medical imaging released by George Washington University Hospital in the US shows how quickly the novel coronavirus can spread through the lungs of a healthy person. The hospital used images from CT scans, usually used for cancer screenings or to plan surgeries, to create a 3D view of the lungs of a coronavirus patient, who had been asymptomatic a […]
The Tabligh-e-Jamaat’s Markaz in Nizamuddin West, which is among the major COVID-19 hotspots in the country, has been cleared after the evacuation of 2,361 people in the past 36 hours, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday. Taking to Twitter, Sisodia said that out of the 2,361 people, 617 have been admitted to […]
The government recently announced Rs 1.7 lakh crore economic package to help the poor deal with the impact of coronavirus and a 21-day nationwide lockdown imposed to contain the spread of the disease. Experts think that the complete lockdown may deepen India’s economic slowdown. In an interview with Outlook’s Rajat Mishra, development economist, and professor at Jawaharlal […]
Is Coronavirus sexually transmitted? The answer is a NO — or at least it has not been proven so far. But you can definitely contract the virus through another expression of intimacy: kissing. If one of you is developing symptoms related to the Coronavirus, then you should practice social distancing and try to avoid any […]
In an 8,000 sq ft (743 sq m) facility in the western Indian city of Pune, a bunch of young engineers are racing against time to develop a low-cost ventilator that could save thousands of lives if the coronavirus pandemic overwhelms the country’s hospitals. These engineers – from some of India’s top engineering schools – […]
New Delhi: From developing a cheaper testing kit, hand sanitisers, personal protective equipment (PPE), and an app to monitor quarantine violations, to proposing a cost-efficient hack to address the projected ventilator shortage — the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) across the country have been on their toes to ensure India is properly equipped in its battle against Covid-19. […]
The Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) vaccine given to newborns and children to prevent childhood tuberculosis appears to offer protection against coronavirus disease (Covid-19), according to US researchers who analysed the wide variation in the intensity of the disease in different countries. The new study found Covid-19 cases and deaths are higher in countries that do not […]
On March 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a 21-day nation-wide lockdown to deal with the coronavirus pandemic. Although, shops selling essential commodities were allowed to remain open at all times, panic buying and hoarding has caused an acute shortage of several essential medicines. Chemists say that patients who needed medicines for 15 days only have […]
New Delhi: Ground information to electronic media – the police from at leas six states have been using all methods to navigate the contact tracing nightmare that has come up after the people who attended a massive religious gathering at Delhi’s Nizamuddin area started testing positive for the highly contagious coronavirus. Seven people have died, […]