In a bid to help patients suffering from COVID-19 in Maharashtra’s Pune, a group of auto drivers from the city has started ‘Jugaad Ambulance’. The initiative is meant to ferry COVID-19 patients in the city. ‘Jugaad Ambulance’ has been started by one Keshav Kshirsagar who said that they have installed oxygen support in three of …
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Fourteen doctors working at community and primary health centres in Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao have tendered their resignation alleging misbehaviour and mental harassment by administration officers. The doctors, however, maintained that their COVID duties will not be affected till talks are going on with the district magistrate and the chief medical officer over the resignations. The fourteen doctors, who are in-charge …
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Facebook appears to be taking a page out of Twitter’s playbook and is testing a prompt that will encourage people to read news articles before sharing them on the social network. Starting this week, people in the test will see a prompt that says they may miss “key facts” by sharing an article without reading it, according to the company. …
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A Southern California man was arrested on federal charges after authorities say he fraudulently obtained millions of dollars in coronavirus relief to buy luxurious cars, take lavish vacations and cover personal expenses. Mustafa Qadiri, 38, of Irvine, nearly 65 kms southeast of Los Angeles, obtained about $5 million in Paycheck Protection Program money after claiming to own four businesses in …
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Things are going south, quite literally in Karnataka, the second worst-hit state in India due to COIVD-19. And in the past 24 hours, Karnataka saw a total of 39,305 new cases and record 596 deaths. In the same period, Maharashtra, the worst-hit state both recorded 37,236 fresh cases and 549 fatalities. BCCL This was for the first time Karnataka has …
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Doctors in India are warning against the practice of using cow dung in the belief it will ward off Covid-19, saying there is no scientific evidence for its effectiveness and that it risks spreading other diseases. The coronavirus pandemic has wreaked havoc in India, with 22,992,517 cases and 2,50,025 deaths reported so far. Experts say actual numbers could be five to 10 …
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In the past couple of weeks, at least half a dozen cases have come from various parts of the country, where hospitals treating COVID-19 patients saw fire outbreaks, resulting in the deaths of dozens. The latest incident was from Vikaspuri in New Delhi where a nursing home reported a fire outbreak last week. ANI Luckily, no injuries were reported and …
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In Himachal Pradesh’s remote Kaza village, people have gone a step further to keep COVID pandemic at bay. How’s Kaza warding off pandemic Kaza subdivision has framed its own Covid-19 health protocols that include mandatory rapid tests for all those who are coming to the area, even from within the state, as there is a shortage of health infrastructure. Most …
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Apple’s iOS 14.5 update means iPhone and iPad apps now have to ask permission from users before tracking their movements online. According to a new analysis by Flurry Analytics, only 5% of US daily users with iOS 14.5 have opted in so far. Flurry Analytics, owned by Verizon Media, is used in more than 1 million mobile apps across 2 …
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Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri hit back at the Congress for attacking the government over its Central Vista redevelopment project, saying the party’s discourse is “bizarre” as its leaders themselves had supported the idea when the UPA was in power. “Congress’s discourse on Central Vista is bizarre. Cost of Central Vista is about ₹ 20,000 crore, over several years. GoI …
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