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Trying to beat a coke habit with cannabis? Not so fast!
Washington , January 27 Taking cannabidiol, a chemical in the cannabis Sativa plant, isn't an effective way to reduce your dependence on cocaine, researchers at the CHUM Research Centre find.
In North America, close to 5.5 million…
Successive Technologies becomes an Umbraco Gold Partner
NOIDA, India, Jan. 27 (PRNewswire)- Successive Technologies, an India-based next-gen technology services company has been awarded Gold Partner status by Umbraco. This is the highest level of partnership level and allows Successive to access…
New covid strain: BMC to trace all UK returnees of last one month
MUMBAI: People who have arrived in Mumbai from the UK in the last one month will be traced by the BMC in view of a new strain of the coronavirus being detected in the European country, a senior civic official said on Wednesday.
The…
New COVID-19 strain: Over 40 countries restrict travel from UK
PARIS: More than 40 countries are still banning or restricting travel from Britain in a bid to contain a new strain of the coronavirus believed to spread faster.
Scotland had already closed its border with the rest of the United Kingdom…
In France, a pandemic dilemma over holiday rights for elders
PARIS: Not once in the long months since the pandemic struck has 74-year-old Jean-Francois been able to leave his nursing home in eastern France to visit his daughter or sister.
In fact, the retired metal worker thinks it's been two…
One million people vaccinated against Covid-19 in US
Washington , December 24: More than one million Americans have received the first of the two doses of the coronavirus vaccine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Robert Redfield said.
"The United States…
New Covid strain not detected in samples tested in India: ICMR-NARI
Pune (Maharashtra) , December 23 : Mutant strain of coronavirus found in the United Kingdom was not seen in the samples tested from various parts of India, Dr Samiran Panda, director of ICMR-National AIDS Research Institute (NARI) said on…
RT-PCR test on arrival, separate isolation for COVID+ cases: Centre’s SOPs for UK flyers
NEW DELHI: Passengers coming from the UK should undergo RT-PCR test and isolated in a separate unit of an institutional facility if found positive, stated the Health Ministry's standard operating procedure issued on Tuesday in view of the…
US COVID-19 vaccine injury claims could face bureaucratic ‘black hole’
WASHINGTON: Lost in the US launch of the coronavirus vaccine is a fact most don't know when they roll up their sleeves: In rare cases of serious illness from the shots, the injured are blocked from suing and steered instead to an obscure…
Forecast: How Saturn’s movement will influence Sensex in 2021
A spate of astrological factors combined in late 2019 to unleash one of the gravest challenges faced by humanity in the form of the Covid pandemic. What began in December 2019 as a seemingly small viral infection in a remote location in…
5 mobile games that cheered young Indian players in pandemic
Other than video calling, it was mobile gaming that took India by storm during the lockdowns and social distancing times. As parents got busy with remote work and struggled to maintain the work-life balance, the popularity of mobile games…
Precautions still needed for COVID-19, government will educate people on vaacine: Harsh Vardhan
NEW DELHI: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said that the worst is over concerning coronavirus in the country but people still need to follow Covid appropriate behaviour to stay safe.
"At a personal level, I think that…
COVID-19 new strain: Flight suspension to UK grounds plans of students, others
BENGALURU : The suspension of flights between India and the UK from December 23-31 has played havoc with the vacation plans of many Indians, particularly students. Among those who are worried is Randhir Banerjee, a software professional,…
India may have missed tracing of new Coronavirus strain: Experts
NEW DELHI: India may already have the new strain of Covid-19 as the process of analysing genomes of SARS-CoV-2 was comparatively down in the period when it was first identified in the UK, said experts studying the mutations of coronavirus.…
HP registers 319 new Covid cases, 6 deaths
Shimla, Dec 20(UNI) Himachal Pradesh registered 319 fresh COVID-19 positive cases on Sunday and six people died of Pandemic in the state.
Nodal officer and Secretary Health, Mr Amitav Awasthi said that as many as 318 People tested positive…
US reports all-time high daily Covid-19 cases
Washington, Dec 20 In yet another grim development amid the raging coronavirus pandemic, the US reported an all-time number of single-day confirmed cases, according to health authorities.
In its latest update on Saturday, the US…
3,47,000 people registered for vaccine in Saudi Arabia
Riyadh, Dec 21 The Ministry of Health has stated that the total number of people who have registered via "Sehaty" (My Health) application to take the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine reached 3,47,000 since the launch of the registration on December…
Hospitality trends to watch out in 2021
NEW DELHI: As the largest industry in the world, tourism is everything and everything is tourism. India is expected to become the youngest country by 2022, with an average age of 29.
Instagram is ruling the social media networks…
Reaping a golden harvest
For thousands of migrants returning home in the aftermath of Covid-induced lockdown, this could be an inspiration. A group of 20 migrant labourers along with some 30 others has reaped a golden harvest back home in Assam’s river island…
Switzerland approves Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine
BERLIN: Switzerland has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and German pharmaceutical company BioNTech.
The country's health agency Swissmedic said in a written statement Saturday that the vaccine had been approved for the small…
