indica News Bureau- Across the globe, the one common word we can all hear is ‘testing’. Every country, in their own unique way, is ramping up the coronavirus testing efforts. Many simple gadgets and innovations are popping up to help people identify the disease. But questions and skepticism surround may of those methods. Here is […]
indica News Bureau- As the world is focused on tackling the coronavirus pandemic, we shouldn’t forget another persisting crisis that looms around – global warming. That’s why, it is important to keep working towards solutions that bring down the country’s carbon footprint, regardless of the current situation. In this regard, three engineers, including two Indian-origin, […]
indica News Bureau- Well known Indian-American scientist and inventor Dr. Rajiv Joshi has won the prestigious “Inventor Of The Year” award in recognition of his pioneering work in the advancement of the electronic industry and enhancing the Artificial Intelligence (AI) capabilities. Dr. Joshi has been known as a master inventor and has over 250 patented […]
IANS- The governments point man on the gravest health emergency confronting the world and India is Dr Harsh Vardhan, our very own Health Minister, a Chandni Chowk MP. A doctor himself and in the main an Otorhinolaryngologist, he has risen from a doctor to a well-regarded politician. Extremely soft-spoken, he has been a minister in […]
indica News Bureau- Dhaka-based pharmaceutical company has become the world’s first company to start selling Gilead’s COVID-19 drug remdesivir for treatment of coronavirus patients in the country. While the pharma company Beximco will supply the drug for free to government and state-run hospitals treating COVID-19 patients while it has fixed its price for supplying the […]
IANS- A cluster of COVID-19 outbreaks hit nine facilities in the Southern California city of Vernon, including a meat packing plant in which 153 employees were reported to test positive for the virus, authorities said. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health on Sunday said that five of the nine facilities were meatpacking plants and […]
indica News Bureau- While Artificial Intelligence plays a major role in detecting eye diseases and problems by analyzing medical images, Google and a team of British doctors has launched a new system that can detect signs that can lead to blindness in certain people in the future. The new invention was published in journal Nature […]
indica News Bureau- As the world looks to India for a cure of coronavirus, Indian doctors and researchers have shown the benefits of Kangra Tea in lowering symptoms of coronavirus. The tea, as per researchers, lowers the COVID-19 activity better than HIV drugs. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) is likely to replace […]
Sumit Saxena- Coronavirus disease is very highly transmissible — a short conversation with someone exhibiting no symptoms whatsoever can release a high volume of viral particles within respiratory droplets that can easily lead to infection. In an email interview with IANS, Jeffrey Townsend, Elihu Professor of Biostatistics and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at the Yale […]
IANS- Wuhan, the capital of China’s Hubei province where the COVID-19 pandemic originated last December, has conducted more than 1 million nucleic acid tests over the past week and recorded a significant drop in the incidence of asymptomatic cases, official media reported Tuesday. The number of asymptomatic patients who tested positive for the virus fell […]
