May 2021 : Patients with diabetes, cancer and kidney disorders need to know about black fungus

In tandem with conversations around COVID-19, the black fungal infection has also intrigued people. Also known as ‘black fungus’ or ‘mucormycotic’, it is a rare kind of fungal infection affecting 1 in 10,00,000 people, but with an overall mortality rate of 50 per cent. The disease is often characterised by hyphae growing in and around blood…

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Coronavirus Vaccine | 69 per cent Indians hesitant to take vaccine shot immediately: Study

At a time when daily COVID-19 cases in India are topping 25,000, a new survey conducted by a Delhi-based citizen survey platform has found that as many as 69 per cent Indians are reluctant to take the coronavirus vaccine immediately after it becomes widely available. The percent of Indians hesitant to be vaccinated immedately has…

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British Foreign Secretary says he ‘discussed’ farmers stir with Jaishankar

Agricultural reforms are India’s internal matter but the protests here are part of British politics too, said the visiting British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who “discussed” the ongoing farmers protests at Delhi’s borders during talks with External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar. Mr. Raab, who met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday, said the U.K. respected…

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Indians are proud of Kamala Harris and wish her success, says MoS Muraleedharan

Indians are proud of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, the first woman to reach the apex of power in the United States, and wish her success, said V Muraleedharan, Minister of State for External Affairs on Wednesday. Muraleedharan was addressing a virtual Pravasi Bharatiya Divas conference on the theme “Role of Diaspora in Promotion of Indian…

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COVID-19: Social activist asks India to make travel smoother for Indians in US to their homeland

A prominent social activist here has requested the Indian authorities to initiate measures such as granting emergency visas on departure to help Indian-origin families travel to their homeland for health or other emergencies amid the COVID-19 pandemic. India’s aviation safety regulator DGCA has extended the suspension of scheduled international commercial passenger flights till December 31….

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