Stay Home Get Tested

Stay Home Get Tested

As we move towards living COVIDSafe, it is important that you stay home if you are unwell. If you have cold or flu like symptoms you should seek medical advice about having a test for COVID-19. People with mild symptoms can still spread the virus. Testing for COVID-19 Testing identifies if patients have COVID-19 and helps […]

Make your first trip a Gastronomic affair

Make your first trip a Gastronomic affair

If food is your priority focus your trip around sustainability and environment. Glenburn Tea Estate Glenburn Tea Estate (Darjeeling), has a long legacy of working with the local community, and celebrating their local culture and traditions. They grow as much as they can within the estate and have their own vegetable and herb garden. An […]

Mitigate airborne spread of COVID-19, 239 scientists urge WHO

Mitigate airborne spread of COVID-19, 239 scientists urge WHO

It is time to recognise and mitigate airborne transmission of COVID-19, says a plea to the World Health Organization (WHO) issued by 239 scientists from around the world. The scientists suggest that while measures like washing hands and maintaining social distance are important, they may not be enough to arrest the rapid spread of the […]

Scientists rule out asthma as trigger for Covid-19 severity

Scientists rule out asthma as trigger for Covid-19 severity

Asthma does not appear to increase the risk for a person contracting Covid-19 or affect its severity, according to new research. The team from Rutgers University in the US found that people with asthma – even those with diminished lung function who are being treated to manage asthmatic inflammation – seem to be no worse […]

Cap on Covid charges, pushes small Delhi nursing homes to brink

Cap on Covid charges, pushes small Delhi nursing homes to brink

Pankaj Solanki, doctor who runs the 50-bed Dharamveer Solanki Hospital in Rohini, spent Rs 5 lakh to create a separate entrance for the COVID patients, installed monitors, jumbo oxygen cylinders, air conditioners, and a host of other structural changes to comply with COVID treatment norms. Another 100-bed nursing home on the Najafgarh road built an […]

Gold prices hit all-time high

Gold prices hit all-time high

Gold hit an all-time high on Wednesday with futures trading at Rs 48,871 per 10 gm as the demand for the safe haven asset continued to soar with the Covid-19 global shocks and economic uncertainty hammering down business sentiments. “Gold surged to its highest in nearly 8 years on Tuesday as mounting fears of a […]

Blood test can predict severity of Covid-19

Blood test can predict severity of Covid-19

Clinicians can examine Covid-19 patients’ blood to identify those at greatest risk of severe illness and to pinpoint those most likely to need a ventilator, according to a new study. The discovery could lead to new treatments to prevent deadly “cytokine storms” seen in severe cases of Covid-19. It also may help explain why diabetes […]

Agra shifts focus to khadi shoes to tide over economic crisis

Agra shifts focus to khadi shoes to tide over economic crisis

With the coronavirus pandemic wreaking havoc on businesses, Agra shoe manufacturers have now shifted their focus to new products to help them tide over the crisis that has robbed the happiness and economy of the labour-intensive industry. Along with tourism, Agra’s shoe industry has virtually collapsed due to migration of labour and cancellation of overseas […]

Jobs are top priority in sustained fight against COVID-19

Jobs are top priority in sustained fight against COVID-19

Singapore’s top priority is to protect and create jobs in the city-state’s sustained fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Saturday. The world will be very different after the pandemic and Singaporeans must build on what they had been doing to emerge stronger, he said in the foreword of the […]

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