Science & Health

Global caseload tops 394.7 million; India's daily cases drop to 83K

Global caseload tops 394.7 million while India reported 83K cases in the last 24 hours showing decline below 1 lakh daily cases for the first time after Omicron cases began to surge

Feb 7, 2022

Covid Update: India records over 1.27 lakh new cases, 1,059 deaths in 24 hrs

India registered 1,27,952 fresh Covid-19 cases and 1,059 fatalities in the past 24 hours, Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Saturday.

Feb 5, 2022

Potato milk might just be next big alternative protein trend; is it time to ditch oats, almond milk [details]

Potato milk comes riding on two factors; its health benefits and eco-consciousness. The makers claim that potato milk requires, "half as much land as oat milk and 56 times lesser land than almond milk for production."

Feb 5, 2022

Covid severity and mortality linked to Vitamin D deficiency again [Study]

Vitamin D levels prior to Covid infection, may increase severity of the disease as well risk of mortality, finds a study.

Feb 4, 2022

Global Covid caseload tops 384.4 million; US, India worst-hit countries

The US continues to be the worst-hit country with the world's highest number of cases and deaths at 75,665,937 and 894,174

Feb 3, 2022

Greens upbeat over "Green Bonds" announcement in Budget FY23

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday said that the gover will issue sovereign Green Bonds for mobilising resources for green infrastructure, an announcement lapped up by the environmentalists.

Feb 2, 2022

Budget 2023: National tele-mental health programme to be launched with NIMHANS in B'luru as nodal agency

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday announced a National Tele-Mental Health Programme while presenting the Union Budget for 2022. The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences (NIMHANS), Bengaluru will be the nodal agency for this.

Feb 1, 2022

Hamsters can infect humans with COVID and vice versa: Study

The Delta variant of Covid-19 can be transmitted from humans to hamsters and then be transferred back to humans, according to a new study.

Jan 31, 2022

Planet Nine Mystery: NASA all set to decode hidden secrets of unknown giant space body

Top experts believe that Planet Nine, if real, could take 10,000 to 20,000 years to complete one orbit around the sun

Jan 31, 2022

Global Covid caseload tops 374.3 million, deaths at 5.66 mn

Global Covid caseload tops 374.3 million while the deaths have surged to more than 5.66 million

Jan 31, 2022

Global Covid caseload tops 372.1 million; deaths surpass 5.65mn [details]

Amid an ongoing resurgence across the world, the global coronavirus caseload has topped 372.1 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.65 million and vaccinations to over 9.94 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University.

Jan 30, 2022

Covid may cause microscopic damage to lungs that evades detection by normal tests: Study

Covid may cause microscopic damage to the lungs that are not detected using routine tests, which could offer a potential explanation for why some people experience breathlessness long after their initial infection, The Guardian has reported.

Jan 29, 2022

Elon Musk's SpaceX rocket abandoned 7 years ago now set to land a crater on Moon

On March 4, Moon will get a fresh crater thanks to a chunk of a SpaceX rocket that blasted off seven years ago and was abandoned in space after completing its mission and is now on a collision course with the lunar surface.

Jan 29, 2022

ISRO's Mission to Sun "Aditya-L1" on schedule, to be launched this year

ISRO's Aditya-L1 mission, which will study the sun, will likely be launched this year, the Indian space agency's former chief A.S. Kiran Kumar said Friday.

Jan 29, 2022

Covid can remain active in some people for over 7 months: Study

A team of international researchers have found that the novel coronavirus can continue to be present in some human bodies upto 232 days.

Jan 29, 2022