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Once Killed Over 50 Million, Bubonic Plague Back After Centuries; Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Be Worried

Snehashish RoyFebruary 19, 20240

Earlier this week, health officials in the US state of Oregon confirmed the first case of bubonic plague since 2005. According to reports, the person who contracted the disease likely got it from a sick pet cat. The disease was quickly detected, and the individual received antibiotics for treatment. Health workers also tracked down and treated those who had been in contact with the person and the cat. Unfortunately, the cat did not survive despite receiving treatment. The bubonic plague is caused by Yersinia pestis, a type of zoonotic bacteria that can spread between animals and people. Y. pestis is typically found in small animals and their fleas. Humans can contract the plague in one of three ways: through the bite of infected vector fleas, through unprotected contact with i...

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India, China Among Least Receptive To Embrace Flexible Working During Pandemic: Survey

Arpita SarkarNovember 22, 20220

A recent study revealed that Asian businesses that expect their employees to spend their working lives working from the office have declined during the Covid-19 pandemic. More than half of companies on the world's largest continent expected their employees to work entirely from the office before the pandemic began, Bloomberg cited a questionnaire from the US-based education nonprofit Center for Creative Leadership. The survey involved responses from 2,170 business leaders from 13 Asia-Pacific countries. It found that businesses in Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand were most likely to embrace flexible working while China, Japan, and India were the least receptive. The report found that only seven percent of managers expected their employees to work entirely remotely, down f...

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India’s ‘Salaried Class’ Shrinks By 2.7 Percentage During Pandemic: Survey

Arpita SarkarAugust 16, 20220

There is much to lament in India's post-Covid job market, where recovery has been painfully slow. However, official data suggests that in the salaried sector, the participation of religious minorities – Muslims, Sikhs,, and Christians, in that order – has been most severely affected. The Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation's latest PLFS (Periodic Labor Force Survey) – which covers the period from July 2020 to June 2021 and was released earlier this year – at least partially captures the impact of the lockdown, and its immediate aftermath, on salaried jobs across the sector. The survey defined regular/salaried employees as a person who has worked in another's farm or non-farm enterprise (both household and non-household) and, in return, has received salary or wages o...

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Increased incidences of ‘Heart attack’ among young people

Adit VarshneyJune 13, 20220

Recently, we have seen deaths of some popular celebrities due to Heart attack and it is quite fearsome as they were all in the dynamic phase of their lives. Big Boss fame Sidhdharta Shukla, Kannada superstar Puneeth Rajkumar and famous singer Krishnakumar Kunnath,popularly known as 'KK', are the name of those celebrities whose death shocked the whole country. The most shocking part is that they all appeared to be healthy and fit, so what caused a sudden and unexpected death of these celebrities. Data shows there is an increase in 'Heart Attack' incidences among young people throughout the world. Myocardial Infarction, commonly known as 'Heart attack', is a condition where the blood supply to the cardiac or heart muscles gets abolished. Decreased or absent blood flow to heart muscles...

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Indian Economy Recovered Strongly Despite COVID-19 Pandemic: US Treasury Report

Arpita SarkarJune 11, 20220

India's economy is turning around in the face of the Corona supermarket. That's according to a report presented to the US Congress on Friday. Fascinated by India's economic growth, Joe Biden, the government's finance minister, said that despite the slowdown in growth in FY 2020-21, India was able to recover in FY 2021-22. Even after the second wave of Corona, India was able to revive its growth rate in the second half of the year, according to the US Treasury Department's half-yearly report. The report also praised the progress of immunisation programs in countries with large populations like India. It has been said that despite the outbreak of infection due to Omicron earlier this year, the Indian economy has been able to avoid that flame. Since the beginning of 2022, India has ...

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‘International Transitional Agreement’: CEO Of Serum Institute, Adar Poonawalla Calls For A New Treaty To Deal With Pandemic!

Arpita SarkarMay 24, 20220

The world should be prepared in advance before any next supermassive start. That's what Adar Poonawalla, head of the Serum Institute, the world's largest vaccine maker, hopes. The Indian industrialist has gone to Davos, Switzerland to take part in the World Economic Forum. In an interview with an all-India media outlet there, Adar said he wanted to reach an international agreement with the next ultimatum in mind. Adar said he was scheduled to hold important meetings with a number of multinational organizations on the sidelines of the Davos conference. He has already drafted a "Pandemic Treaty". The rest needs to be discussed. In Adar's words, "it cannot be imposed on anyone. But it is not the work of a particular country. We all have to work together to prevent further atrocities...

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How COVID-19 Impacted Rural Population: Take Have A Look

Pooja YadavMay 7, 20220

Rural India it won't be wrong to say that it is a home to 65% of the population residing in india, is ravaged and devastated by COVID-19 like no other region. At first, they were safe from the primary wave, because it mainly concentrated in urban areas in India. However, if we talk about those people,they began fleeing to rural areas, bringing the virus with them.     If someone in a very country were to contract COVID-19, there's a high chance that there was no nearby hospital for them. 31% of rural Indians should travel over 30km to urge to those hospitals. Even once they do arrive, some don't even have doctors present or drugs available to administer, leaving it to any relatives of patients to shop for drugs while the hospital calls a doctor, and whether or not...

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Pandemic Lowered Young People’s Faith In Many Governments: International Monetary Fund

Arpita SarkarMay 7, 20220

The experience of the Pandemic around the world has shaken the confidence of the youth in the government. "The results of the COVID epidemic, which researchers have been saying so far from a survey of historical epidemics, have been substantiated," said International Monetary Fund (IMF). The survey however did not say which countries' youth communities were most affected. Prior to COVID, the Treasury team came to this conclusion after combining the experience of the survey with the project on the relevant subject in 140 countries till 2018. According to the survey, those who are between the ages of 18 and 25 who have witnessed the outbreak of COVID have lost faith in the government the most. However, the survey also found that in countries where government policy is generally bel...

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New COVID-Wave In India? Attention Must Be Given On Number Of Patients Admitted In Hospitals, Suggest Scientists

Gunjan ChaudharyApril 19, 20220

Cases of Covid-19 are increasing in Delhi and its surrounding cities. Many scientists say that in such a situation, attention should be paid to how many people are being admitted to the hospital. This is not a sign of the fourth wave in the country. He said that due to the removal of Covid-19 restrictions, reopening of schools and increase in economic activity, the national capital and its surrounding areas are working to increase the corona cases. Social activities increased, restrictions removed It's been more than two weeks since the COVID-19 restrictions were lifted. It is holiday time and people are mingling with each other. Social and economic activity is happening more than before the pandemic. Physician-epidemiologist Chandrakant Laharia has advised caution and insists on constan

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India Becomes COVID-19 Free; Chief Epidemiologist Says, ‘Still Mask Is Necessary’

Gunjan ChaudharyApril 6, 20220

Regarding a terrible pandemic like Corona, the biggest organization monitoring it in its country has made a relief announcement. The Chief Epidemiologist of the Indian Council of Medical Research has now declared India free from the corona pandemic. Now Corona has reached the endemic category in India. This virus will be present among you but will be in different changed forms. Which will no longer be able to reach its old pandemic-like situation. Health experts say that life will become more normal in the coming few days. However, now the whole country will have to suffer from all the changed forms of coronavirus for the next several years. ICMR's Chief Epidemiologist Dr Samiran Panda says that the dreaded pandemic like Covid in the country is now over. They say that when there was ...

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First Indigenous COVID Drug Vincov-19 Completes Trial, Says CSIR

Pooja YadavMarch 16, 20220

With the completion of clinical trials that demonstrated excellent results, the primary indigenous drug to treat COVID-19 named Vincov-19 is anticipated to be made available to the general public soon. CSIR-Centre for Cellular & biological science (CCMB), VINS Bioproducts and the University of Hyderabad (UoH) has collaborated to make the drug, Vincov-19. To create this drug, the foremost step taken was the SARS-CoV-2 virus was inactivated and injected into horses. Then the anti-bodies that are generated through the bodily fluid are synthesized to purify and produce a drug. This drug is later on injected into humans to neutralise the COVID virus. The CCMB is an Indian fundamental bioscience research institute based in Hyderabad. UNESCO’s Global Molecular and Cell Biology Networ

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Hunger Watch Report : 66% Families’ Income Suffer Loss; 25% Have Severe Food Insecurity Due To Pandemic

Sonia SolankiFebruary 24, 20220

A survey conducted by the Right To Food Campaign in association with the Civil Society Organization reveals that 66% of families faced losses due to the pandemic. The Hunger Watch report states that the income of 2/3rd families is decreased in the two years of the pandemic. Almost 60% of people said that their income is reduced by 50% or more in the two years of the pandemic. The survey was conducted in 14 states. It included a total of 6,697 households from low socio-economic strata. Hunger Watch Report Details The report presents some numbers and data which are of major concern in today's society. Nearly, 45% of households are still having some sort of debt. Out of these 21% have debt above 50,000 Rs. This data comes in from the second round post lockdown in 2020. It covered 3,994 ...

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