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China makes anal swab COVID tests mandatory for foreign travellers; draws ire from Japan

China has made anal COVID-19 swabs mandatory for all foreign travellers arriving in the country. The government has claimed that such tests provide a higher degree of accuracy than other screening methods for the virus.

Mar 5, 2021

'When will it end?': How a changing virus is reshaping scientists' views on COVID-19

Chris Murray, a University of Washington disease expert whose projections on COVID-19 infections and deaths are closely followed worldwide, is changing his assumptions about the course of the pandemic.

Mar 4, 2021

Health Insurance: How to select adequate sum insured to secure all family members

It is always better to choose a reliable insurance partner that has a good record of settling claims, including cashless health insurance claims, quickly and with ease

Mar 3, 2021

Fact-check: Kombucha and kimchi treatment doesn't cure long COVID

Gwyneth Paltrow's "kombucha and kimchi" treatment for long COVID forced NHS to issue a warning against such practices in hopes for a cure.

Mar 1, 2021

Chehre snub: Rhea Chakraborty shocked with omission from project, ready to fight it

Rhea Chakraborty shocked with omission from Chehre poster starring Amitabh Bachchan. But won't get bogged down.

Feb 27, 2021

Anurag Kashyap's daughter Aaliyah receives rape threats after posing in lingerie, shares screenshot

Anurag Kashyap's daughter Aaliyah receives rape threats after posing in lingerie, calls out trolls. Read on.

Feb 27, 2021

Allegedly forced to clean manhole without gloves, a devastated pourakarmika ends life in Maddur

Narayana is survived by three children, his wife died five years ago

Feb 26, 2021

Veteran CPI leader Pandian passes away

Former Member of Parliament and CPI leader D.Pandian (88) died here on Friday owing to prolonged illness. He was supposed to translate Rajiv Gandhi's speech at the public rally in Sriperumbudur when the latter was assassinated

Feb 26, 2021

Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine found 94% effective in real world study

Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine showed 94 per cent efficacy in a real world study conducted in Israel involving 1.2 million people.

Feb 25, 2021

Nirav Modi can be extradited to India, UK court orders

The UK court hearing Nirav Modi's case of extradition to India in the PNB scam case has said the fugitive businessman needs to answer questions in India.

Feb 25, 2021

After UK, Japan wakes up to the dire need for a minister to address Loneliness, appoints Sakamoto

For the first time in 11 years, the country's suicide rate has gone up, with an alarming level of increase in female suicides

Feb 24, 2021

The opioid epidemic: About 142 Americans die everyday

Drug overdose killed 84,000 Americans in one year; opioid epidemic only getting worse

Opioid overdose deaths have reached epidemic proportions and exceeded all other drug-related drugs or even traffic-related fatalities. Drug overdose of all kinds killed nearly 84,000 people in the US from August 2019 to July 2020.

Feb 22, 2021

K'taka govt mulling another lockdown in Bengaluru amid rising cases; follow COVID protocols [details]

Bengaluru Municipal Commissioner N. Manjunatha Prasad on Friday warned that if people don't exercise caution and fail to contain the rise of Covid-19 cases, then the Karnataka government has no option but re-enforce a lockdown in the city once again.

Feb 20, 2021

Over 100 residents of Bengaluru apartment test COVID positive after attending party [details]

Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike Commissioner N. Manjunatha Prasad told reporters that 103 people out of 1,052 residents of an apartment complex in Bengaluru's Bommanahalli tested positive.

Feb 17, 2021

India orders 10 million more doses of AstraZeneca vaccine from Serum Institute

South Africa asks Serum Institute to take back 1 million vaccine doses: Report

South Africa has asked the Serum Institute of India to take back the one million COVID-19 vaccine doses the company had sent in early February, The Economic Times reported on Tuesday, a week after the country said it will put on hold use of AstraZeneca's shot in its vaccination program.

Feb 16, 2021

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