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This asthma drug is capable of blocking coronavirus from replicating [details]

Montelukast has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for more than 20 years and is generally recommended to relieve inflammation caused by asthma

Apr 26, 2022

Covid can be detected with 92% accuracy by hearing the sound of cough, claims this new App [Details]

Australian scientists have developed a novel app that can detect Covid-19 infection by just the sound of a cough.

Apr 22, 2022

Ek Tha Black Tiger: Remembering Ravindra Kaushik; one of India's best spies who went onto join the Pak Army

His exceptional talent in mimicry and theatre was spotted by RAW. He was all of 23 when he first went undercover as a student pursuing LLB from Karachi University

Apr 12, 2022

New Delhi remains world's most polluted capital city for 2nd consecutive year

New Delhi has been ranked the world's most polluted capital city for s second consecutive year followed by Dhaka (Bangladesh), N'Djamena (Chad), Dushanbe (Tajikistan) and Muscat (Oman).

Mar 22, 2022

Private hospital in Hyderabad performed rare surgery on 3-year-old girl

Gelastic seizures are usually present in childhood, even in the newborn period, and are manifested by frequent attacks of inappropriate laughter resulting from seizure activity. Studies show that these are very rare and only one in every 200,000 children suffers from this abnormality.

Dec 28, 2021

Asthma May Reduce Risk of Brain Tumors In Patients; Scientists Discover Unique Link [Details]

According to a new study, the action of T cells (a type of immune cell) in asthma patients could be protecting them from developing brain tumors.

Dec 12, 2021

India logs over 12,885 COVID cases, total active cases decline to 1.48 lakh

India registered 12,885 new Covid-19 cases and 461 deaths in the last 24 hrs

Nov 5, 2021

Common Virus Found to Manipulate Immune Genes to Disrupt Defenses; May Boost Vaccine and Drug Development [Study]

In a new study, researchers have discovered that a protein produced by RSV known as nonstructural protein 1 (NS1) can impede the immune defenses of the body.

Oct 13, 2021

Come night, asthma worsens; Scientists nail down circadian system as real reason [Explainer]

For hundreds of years, people have observed that asthma severity often worsens in the nighttime. Researchers have pinned down the influence of the circadian system as the reason and not sleep and physical activities as traditionally thought.

Sep 8, 2021

Akshay Kumar's "Bell Bottom" is a brilliant narrative of rescuing hijacked plane [Movie Review]

'Bell Bottom' features Akshay Kumar as a RAW agent, who pulls off the impossible mission of re-capturing a hijacked plane and landing it safely on Indian soil with all the passengers alive, without any bloodshed. It is slick and stylish all along.

Aug 19, 2021

Kalonji may aid in the treatment of Covid-19 infection, confirms Australian study

Kalonji has been discovered to be effective in preventing Covid-19 from producing a lung infection by Australian researchers at the University of Technology, Sydney.

Aug 4, 2021

Weight loss by "sweating" fat through skin; new potential for managing obesity [Study]

According to the new study, a cytokine known as thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) resulted in considerable loss of abdominal fat in an animal model; the fat loss was not associated with faster metabolism or decreased food intake.

Aug 1, 2021

Experimental drug blocks replication of COVID-19; effective against Variants of Concern [details]

According to the multi-institutional study, masitinib was able to block the replication of the novel coronavirus in human cell cultures and in animal models, and reduce viral loads.

Jul 23, 2021

UK reports 35K Covid cases in 24 hrs; Alarming surge may derail relaxation of restrictions

With an alarming increase in covid cases, Britain is likely to spearhead another wave in Covid pandemic despite successful vaccination drive

Jul 10, 2021

Battled Covid for 14 months, this man decided to die to end sufferings [details]

The man who battled Covid for 14 months decided to withdraw treatment to end the sufferings forever

Jun 21, 2021

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