Science & Health

Red Ant chutney cure for COVID: Ayush, CSIR to decide on Odisha HC orders [details]

Made primarily from red ants & green chillies, red ant chutney is traditionally used as a remedy for flu like symptoms, in the tribal belts of the country

Jan 1, 2021

Environmentalists seek attention to sinking Earth's surface as New Year begins

Study revealed that during the past century, land subsidence due to groundwater depletion occurred at 200 locations in 34 countries

Jan 1, 2021

Sugary e-pill could replace endoscopy procedures to diagnose digestive diseases

The breakthrough discovery in the field of medical sciences could forever change the endoscopic methods to investigate gastro-intestinal tract.

Dec 31, 2020

COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorisation in India on hold; SEC analysing data [Details]

America's Pfizer was the first one to apply for the accelarated approval on December 4, followed by the SII and Bharat Biotech who applied on December 6 and 7, respectively.

Dec 30, 2020

Why Kamala Harris gets Moderna Covid-19 vaccine while Biden given Pfizer-BioNTech's

Both vaccines have equal degrees of efficacy and require two doses but the choice of different types of vaccines for Biden and Harris has more to do with their age than other features

Dec 30, 2020

COVID super-strain enters US; vaccine hopes bleak against highly infectious coronavirus

Joe Biden has revealed that it could take years for most Americans to get vaccinated for coronavirus

Dec 30, 2020

WHO urges world to get prepared, says COVID pandemic is just a wake up call

The warning from WHO comes at a time when a mutant strain of coronavirus is spreading in different parts of the world

Dec 29, 2020

Indian-origin chemist finds new clue to how life began on Earth with a DNA-RNA compound

The new discovery opens up a new area of studies on how self-replicating DNA-RNA mixes could have evolved and spread on the primordial Earth to evolve into modern organisms

Dec 29, 2020

Covid-19 vaccine may trigger side effect to this popular diabetes drug, finds study

For diabetes patients who use a popular class of diabetes drugs called sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 inhibitors (SGLT2i), are at risk of rare Covid-19 complications

Dec 29, 2020

Covid-19 Vaccine: Side effects reported so far still puzzle US doctors, CDC issues advisory on some

As those who had undergone cosmetic surgery with layers of fillers in the last last six months faced severe allergy after taking the jab, CDC has issued advisory on some side effects observed so far and what to do in case of adverse reactions

Dec 28, 2020

Coronavirus mutated strain in India, N-440K spreads rapidly in AP, Telangana, Karnataka, and Maharashtra

The mutated strain of coronavirus has been discovered in India, at a time when the country is showing signs of flattening the pandemic curve

Dec 28, 2020

How this Rajasthan man bought land on moon for his wife as a wedding anniversary gift

Late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput had also bought a piece of land on the far side of the moon in 2018

Dec 28, 2020

Chinese astronomers discover 591 high velocity stars from LAMOST and Gaia, more to come

Chinese astronomers discovered 591 high velocity stars using data from LAMOST and GaiaA, and 43 of them can even escape from the Galaxy

Dec 28, 2020

Mutated coronavirus variant that poses danger to children detected in Canada, Japan, but not in US

Even though the United States is topping the coronavirus chaos chart, the mutated strain is not yet detected in the country

Dec 27, 2020

Family donates 41-year-old Ghaziabad woman's two kidneys, heart and liver after death; Netizens applaud gesture

How come religion of the donor didn't matter, netizens sarcastically point out the secular nature of organs and life itself

Dec 27, 2020