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  COVID norms flouted at Siliguri market amid strict restrictions

  News | May 30, 2021 20:27 IST

  Amid strict COVID-19 restrictions in West Bengal, people thronged a market in Siliguri on May 30. People flouted COVID SOPs while shopping at the market.

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  No conclusive evidence of Covid-19 virus in Lucknow Sewage Water: Official

  News | May 29, 2021 12:21 IST

  Authorities denied reports that traces of the virus that causes Covid-19 had been found in sewage water samples collected in Lucknow. The sewage water samples were collected as part of a study by premier scientific body Indian Council of Medical Research and the World Health Organization across several cities in the country.

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  Rahul Gandhi blames PM Modi's 'nautanki' for second COVID wave

  News | May 28, 2021 16:42 IST

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi blamed PM Modi for the second wave of COVID-19 and said "his 'nautanki' is the reason behind this."

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  DMER Director lists out factors leading to Mucormycosis

  News | May 22, 2021 21:20 IST

  Dr Tatyarao Lahane Director of Directorate of Medical Research and Education on May 22 said that it's inaccurate to blame COVID treatment for increase in Mucormycosis cases.

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  Delhi: E-passed required during curfew for necessary movement

  News | April 17, 2021 20:20 IST

  Weekend curfew began on April 17 in Delhi in view of the increasing cases of corona virus. During the curfew, people engaged in essential services can go to work by showing their identity cards to the police.

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  25,320 new cases added to COVID tally in last 24 hrs

  News | March 14, 2021 12:40 IST

  The new COVID-19 cases continue for the fifth consecutive day.

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  Bird Flu: Safe to eat chicken, egg? Here's what experts say

  Science | January 10, 2021 13:42 IST

  Contrary to what some people think that the bird flu virus, also known as Avian influenza, is spread to humans via consumption of cooked poultry products, health experts on Sunday stressed that it usually does not infect people as the virus is heat-labile (degraded and killed when subjected to heat).

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  J&K Police distributes COVID-19 kits to underprivileged people in Baramulla

  News | December 29, 2020 14:09 IST

  In a bid to help underprivileged people combating COVID-19 virus, Jammu - Kashmir Police distributed COVID-19 kits in Baramulla district on December 28.

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  COVID-19: Scientists develop novel method to detect single virus particles

  Science | November 28, 2020 16:03 IST

  Scientists have developed a new method for identifying single virus particles based on changes in electrical current when they pass through ultrasmall pores, an advance which they claim may lead to new rapid COVID-19 tests.

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  BJP biggest virus in Bengal, says TMC leader

  India | November 22, 2020 17:50 IST

  In a fresh war of words, TMC strongman Anubrata Mondal described BJP as the "biggest virus in Bengal", and the saffron party's state chief Dilip Ghosh retorted, saying that the ruling party's days are numbered.

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  Chapare virus: All you need to know about the symptoms and precautions

  Health | November 18, 2020 22:37 IST

  Chapare virus which can cause haemorrhagic fever also transmits through physical contact from person-to-person.

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  Haldiram's servers get hit by ransomware attack, hackers demand $750,000

  Technology | October 18, 2020 16:38 IST

  Haldiram's servers were affected with the ransomware attack and the hackers are demanding a ransom of USD 750,000.

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  Scientists find evidence of virus-eating microorganisms

  Science | September 28, 2020 13:01 IST

  The findings, published in the journal Frontiers in Microbiology, go against the currently predominant views of the role of both viruses and these groups of single-celled organisms called protists in the marine food webs.

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  It's 'China virus', not coronavirus which sounds like 'beautiful place' in Italy: Trump

  World | September 23, 2020 10:51 IST

  US President Donald Trump has hit out at China for not stopping the COVID-19 pandemic that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives globally, as he yet again used the term "China virus" and urged his supporters not to call it coronavirus, saying the name sounds like a "beautiful place" in Italy.

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  After coronavirus, bacterial infection Brucellosis outbreak in China post vaccine leak

  World | September 18, 2020 22:05 IST

  After coronavirus, a large number of people in China are now being found positive for a bacterial infection in one of its Northeast regions. The spread of the infection is taking place after leak in the biopharmaceutical plant which produces Bacterial Vaccine. Reports say that so far close to 3,300 people out of the popullation of 30 lakh have already been infected by a disease called Brucellosis.

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  Work from home: Here's how you can secure your Wi-Fi router

  Gadgets | August 27, 2020 19:45 IST

  If you can't maintain cyber hygiene with proper security measures in place, you can't protect your Wi-Fi router either. Here's a look at a few steps to secure the home router and keep hackers at bay.

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  Tick-borne SFTS virus kills 7 people in China, 60 others infected

  World | August 06, 2020 22:37 IST

  A new infectious disease caused by a tick-borne virus has killed seven people and infected 60 others in China, official media here reported on Wednesday, warning about the possibility of its human-to-human transmission.

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  Scientists decode how virus-carrying droplets disperse as infected people breathe

  Science | August 05, 2020 17:55 IST

  Scientists have developed a new framework to understand the dispersion of droplets of different sizes which are ejected as people breathe, findings that shed more light on the transmission pattern of diseases such as COVID-19. 

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  Study links increase in delirium, rare brain inflammation and stroke to COVID-19

  News | July 09, 2020 11:39 IST

  Neurological complications of COVID-19 can include delirium (abrupt change in the brain that causes mental confusion and emotional disruption), brain inflammation, stroke, and nerve damage, a new study has revealed.

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  Barber shops reopened in Coimbatore amid lockdown 4.0

  News | May 25, 2020 11:09 IST

  In Coimbatore, the relaxations in the fourth phase of lockdown, has made barbers and their customers a bit happy amid the tensed situation of global pandemic.