Covid-19

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• Know How 'Vitamin C' can play Important Role in Fighting Coronavirus

  Vitamin C can reduce inflammation and improve your immune system, because of its antioxidant activity. It is a water-soluble powerful antioxidant, and can neutralize free radicals and reduce oxidative damage to the lungs.…

• Agritech Innovations to have an Outsized Impact on Indian Agriculture by 2030

  Omnivore, India’s leading Agritech venture capital firm launched its report on “The Future of Indian Agriculture and Food Systems: Vision 2030.”…

• In the race to beat COVID-19, the winner could be Cabbage!

  A study, by researchers from Montpellier University in France, found that cabbage could help people to build up a resistance to the virus.…

• New Virus WARNING! 7 People Killed & 60 Others Infected in China; More Details Inside

  A new infectious disease having the possibility of its human-to-human transmission has killed seven people and infected 60 others in China. As per the official media reports, it is caused by a tick-borne virus. In…

• Even the “Queen of Spices” is Having a Tough Time

  From erratic monsoons to disrupted supply chains, there is always something to worry as far as cardamom cultivation is concerned. But the year 2020 is bringing added woes to the abode of mountain gods rich…

• Unlock 3.0: Know What is Open & What is Closed amid Covid-19

  Unlock 3.0 will start from August 1, though it will be similar to the 2.0 one important change is yoga institutes and gyms will now be allowed to operate. However, schools, metro, colleges will remain…

• FarmERP on the effect of Coronavirus of AgTech and AgMech Companies

  The social situation as of date is an extremely sensitive one. Businesses are bleeding, losses being incurred in every industry, and various people will never be able to see life the same way again. The…

• FSSAI Suggests Eating These Vitamin-C Rich Plant-Based Foods to Boost Immunity

  Foods rich in Vitamin-C can help you in improving immunity levels and is also good for the skin. Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has recently suggested a number of these plant-based foods…

• UN Report states 'Global Hunger is on the rise and COVID-19 could make it worse

  With the COVID-19 damages yet to be accounted for, the report shows us a very grim picture of the reality. The report puts a serious question mark on UN's ability to eliminate global hunger by…

• Coronavirus Update: New Symptoms added in Covid-19 List, Increasing Discomfort of Patients

  It has been around a half year now since we first heard about the Covid-19 infection and since then, cases have just been increasing across the world at a very disturbing rate. This deadly virus…

• Good News: Oxford Vaccine shows early sign of immune response to COVID-19

  The Oxford vaccine has showed signs of generating immune responses in the human body according to the initial studies. This is very positive news as the world is racing to find a vaccine for the…

• Turmeric Compound Can Kill Certain Coronaviruses, Says Research

  Amid growing cases of covid-19 pandemic everywhere, Chinese Researchers have find-out something interesting to share with the world.As we know that India is known as the land of spice and myths across the globe.Aficionados of…

• Know the Indian Descent Man Who Risked His Life for Coronavirus Vaccine - Deepak Paliwal

  This is a tough time as the world is facing Coronavirus Pandemic. Deepak Paliwal, an Indian descent man & a UK citizen decided to do his bit for the development of COVID-19 vaccine. Second thoughts…

• Indian Spices Exports Increase by 23% to USD 359 million in June: ASSOCHAM

  India's spices exports rose by 23 per cent to USD 359 million (around Rs 2,690 crore) in June 2020 from USD 292 million (Rs 2,190 crore) in the same month last year, ASSOCHAM said on…

• COVID Protection System (COPS) for Workplace unveiled by CSIR-CMERI

  CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, unveiled the COVID Protection System (COPS) for Workplace as a game-changer in the current Pandemic Scenario. Prof. (Dr.) Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR-CMERI, Durgapur, while unveiling the COPS for Workplace conglomeration of technology, said…

• Agritech startups are empowering Indian farmers in times of COVID-19

  Agriculture, along with allied sectors is the primary source of income for a majority of Indian’s living in rural areas. As the population of the country is expected to grow to 1.4 billion by 2020,…

• 81 dead, 54 lakh affected, COVID-19 waste wash up in Assam floods raising fears of infection: Assam Floods

  At least 81 have died and nearly 54lakh people have been affected by the deadly floods in 30 districts of Assam, said the Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA). 649 relief camps have been established…

• Why Diabetics Need Strict Sugar Control during COVID Pandemic? Read Expert Advise

  Amid the spurt of Covid-19 positive cases that has crossed one million in India, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), MoS PMO, Personnel, Public Grievances, Pensions, Atomic Energy and…

• India records 10 lakh coronavirus cases: Deaths fewer than US and Brazil, Vaccine hope continues

  On Thursday India recorded more than 35,000 new infections of the novel coronavirus. With this, the total number of cases in the country has crossed 1million or 10 lakh mark. Till yesterday evening, the COVID-19…

• Inventions that will Fight the Coronavirus Spread Indoors

  On one hand, masks, hand washing & social distancing can slow the spread of Coronavirus, whereas, on the other hand scientists are continuously working on developing the vaccines & treatments that are required to get…

• India's Zydus Starts Human Trials for Potential Covid-19 Vaccine

  Indian pharmaceutical company Zydus has started human trials for its potential Covid-19 vaccine, as coronavirus infections keep on flooding on the world’s third most noticeably awful hit country. "The human trial of the vaccine denotes…

• FSSAI Shares Some Simple Tips to Keep in Mind for Keeping Packaged Milk Clean

  Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) recently shared some guidelines on how to keep packaged milk clean. Studies earlier have also concluded that the virus could stay up to 24 hours on cardboards…

• New Study finds that antibodies decline in COVID recovered patients

  A new research concluded in Britain has found that people who recovered from coronavirus and developed antibodies are loosing majority of the antibodies within three weeks. The study titled “Longitudinal evaluation and decline of antibody…

• Scientists find antibodies in llamas that can neutralize novel coronavirus

  Scientists proved that the South American mammal llamas, two small, stable antibody variants can neutralize that novel coronavirus in the lab which is a development of new therapeutics against COVID-19, according to a study published…

• NABARD Credit Support of Rs. 1,607 crore to Bengal in COVID-19 crisis

  National Bank of Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has provided credit support of Rs 1,607 crore to West Bengal during the COVID-19 pandemic so far, an official said on Monday.…

• Biocon's Itolizumab approved by DCGI for emergency use to treat COVID-19

  Indian company Biocon got approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to use Itolizumab on COVID patients. It is a drug that the company already has in the market and is used to…

• Russia claims successful human trials of COVID-19 vaccine

  Russia's Sechenov University claims it has successfully completed the world's first clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine on humans. Russia is one of the worst-hit nations with cases more than 7 lakh and daily case…

• WHO Chief Applauds Broken Corona Transmission Chain in Dharavi; Says Virus can be Controlled with 'Rigorous Tracing & Testing'

  The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday praised the measures taken by the authorities to contain the deadly coronavirus in the largest slum of Asia, Dharavi, saying that testing and tracing is the key to…

• Covid-19: Uttar Pradesh Imposes Lockdown from July 10 till July 13

  The 55-hour lockdown announcement in Uttar Pradesh comes in the backdrop of rising novel coronavirus cases in the state since few weeks.…

• Dharavi Slums is now a COVID-19 controlled success story

  Feared of becoming a cluster bomb of COVID-19 cases to emerging as a success model, Mumbai's, Dharavi slum, has made considerable progress in its battle against the pandemic. The 2.5 square kilometre zone that packs…