New Delhi [India], June 21 (ANI): Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla on Monday asserted that vaccination is an effective protection against COVID-19, adding that Central and State Governments have expanded the scope of the inoculation drive which will help to curb the pandemic.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], June 20 (ANI): Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Sunday launched "Ashirbad", a scheme for the education, health and maintenance of COVID orphans.
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): An international team of researchers have identified key genetic changes caused by tuberculosis that damages the lungs and also have suggested a drug treatment that could speed up recovery.
Washington [US], June 20 (ANI): Elovanoids, the bioactive chemical messengers made from omega-3 very-long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids, may block the virus that causes COVID-19 from entering cells and protect the air cells (alveoli) of the lung.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], June 18 (ANI): The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), in a unique initiative has roped in a tree surgeon, also known as an arborist or arboriculturist to assess old trees and protect them from falling.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], June 18 (ANI): A couple in Madhya Pradesh have hired four security guards and six watchdogs to protect what is perhaps their most prized possession - two Miyazaki mango trees.
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): Afghanistan's government said that it is pondering over Turkey's proposal to guard Kabul's Hamid Karzai International Airport after NATO forces withdraw and underlined that Afghan security forces are capable of protecting the airports.
Hyderabad (Telangana)/New Delhi/ Ludhiana (Punjab) [India], June 18 (ANI): The Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Friday observed 'National Protest Day' demanding a central law to protect doctors against violence.
Washington [US], June 18 (ANI): A study led by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis has identified, in mice, a protein in the immune system that may protect babies from necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) and lead to the development of new treatments.
Washington [US], June 17 (ANI): Researchers have designed a 'new smart segmented device' that delivers medications to stop HIV transmission and will help women to protect themselves against the infection.
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], June 17 (ANI): Defending the controversial order issued by the Revenue Department of Kerala during the Left Democratic Front's (LDF) tenure that resulted in large scale felling of protected trees in districts across the state, state Revenue Minister K
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 17 (ANI): Amid its inability to stamp out religious extremism, Pakistan has now "indefinitely" suspended its nationwide anti-polio campaign, to protect some 270,000 polio field staff from growing attacks.