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15 May

Hinduja Foundation collaborates with Chopra Foundation

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The Foundation, in association with the Chopra Foundation, the John W Brick Mental Health Foundation, and CG Creatives, will be co-sponsoring a three-hour segment, Spotlight India, within the Never Alone Global Mental Health (Virtual) Summit. The segment will be curated by Satya Hinduja’s Alchemic Sonic Environment to create a multisensory deep listening experience designed to invoke states of reflection, receptivity, and exchange. Some of the star speakers at Spotlight India will include Sadhguru, and Abhay Deol to name a few. This virtual Summit will be streamed live on Facebook, YouTube, and other media platforms on 21 May and participants can…

15 May

People call to ditch the Tokyo Olympics 2021: Officials have no word about cancelling the Games

editor0 CommentsHealth, SportsCoronavirus, health, japan, Sports, Tokyo Olympics

The situation is not looking great in Japan. A coronavirus state of emergency has been extended in the capital Tokyo and three other major prefectures as cases continue to rise. Yet there's been no word about cancelling the Games, despite both health experts and public opinion being stacked against them. Current polls in Japan show nearly 70% of the population do not want the Olympics to go ahead, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) remains steadfast that the spectacle will take place. Japan has long insisted there was no question the Olympics, which should have taken place last summer, would…

15 May

Complete Lockdown in West Bengal from 6 am on May 16 to 6 pm on May 30

editor0 CommentsHealthCovid-19, India, Lockdown, West Bengal

The West Bengal government on Saturday announced a complete lockdown across the state for a fortnight from 6 am on Sunday, May 16 to 6 pm on May 30. It also imposed a night curfew, which will observed every night from 9 pm to 5 am, beginning Sunday night. “To ensure health of the people and control the Covid-19 situation, we are forced to impose this. There is now an unprecedent situation in the state where the scarcity of oxygen and other medicines is increasing. To control this situation, we are imposing strict conditions on the movement of transport and other sectors…

14 May

75 Deaths At Goa’s Biggest Covid Hospital Fighting Oxygen Crisis

editor0 CommentsHealthCoronavirus, Goa, health

Seventy-five patients have died at the Goa Medical College and Hospital - the state's biggest Covid facility - in the past four days, because of "logistic issues" in the supply of medical oxygen.Thirteen died on Friday, according to former Deputy Chief Minister Vijai Sardesai, whose Goa Forward Party was allied with the ruling BJP before quitting last month over "anti-Goan policies". On Thursday 15 deaths were recorded. The day before - Wednesday - 21 people died, and on Tuesday 26 people lost their lives. All 75 deaths, Mr Sardesai told NDTV, took place in the "dark hours, which is the…

14 May

Blue Dart launches Blue Dart Med-Express Consortium

editor0 CommentsHealthBlue Dart, Blue Dart Med-Express Drone, vaccine

Blue Dart Med-Express Consortium has been formed by Blue Dart (India’s leading express logistics service provider and part of the Deutsche Post DHL Group) with the mission of revolutionizing the delivery of vaccines and emergency medical supplies to the remotest parts of India with Drones. Blue Dart Med-Express Drone flights will deploy an immersive delivery model to optimize the current healthcare logistics within Telangana. The model will enable deliveries from district medical stores and blood banks to Primary Health Centers (PHCs), Community Health Centres (CHCs), Blood Storage Units & further from PHCs/CHCs to Central Diagnostic laboratories. Blue Dart Med-Express Consortium is…

13 May

Here’s how Chocolate can be getting more Expensive in the coming days

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The meteoric rise in palm oil prices is poised to inflate costs for everyone from restaurants to confectionery and cosmetic manufacturers, and could potentially change consumption patterns. The world’s most consumed edible oil has surged more than 120% in the past year and burst through 4,500 ringgit ($1,091) a ton to a record on Wednesday. The tropical oil, which is found in products as diverse as chocolate, pastries, soaps, lipstick and biofuel, and is widely used in Asian restaurants, has been swept up in the global commodity rally as farm crops soar on weather worries and China’s crop-buying spree. Palm…

13 May

“Religious and political mass gathering” are the reason behind India’s Covid crisis: Confirms WHO

editor0 CommentsHealthCoronavirus, health, India, WHO

The World Health Organisation has said a recent risk assessment of the situation in India found that “resurgence and acceleration” of COVID-19 transmission in the country had several potential contributing factors, including “several religious and political mass gathering events which increased social mixing”. The WHO, in its COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update, published Wednesday, said that viruses in the B.1.617 lineage were first reported in India in October 2020. “The resurgence in COVID-19 cases and deaths in India has raised questions on the potential role of B.1.617 and other variants (e.g., B.1.1.7) in circulation,” the update said. “A recent risk assessment of the…

12 May

Study finds that Covid vaccines do not affect placenta in women

editor0 CommentsHealth, LifestyleCoronavirus, health, pregnancy

COVID-19 vaccines may be safe during pregnancy, suggests a study that found no evidence of injury to the placenta in pregnant women who received the preventive. The first-of-its-kind study, published on Tuesday in the journal Obstetrics & Gynecology, adds to the growing literature that COVID-19 vaccines are safe in pregnancy. “The placenta is like the black box in an airplane. If something goes wrong with a pregnancy, we usually see changes in the placenta that can help us figure out what happened,” said Jeffery Goldstein, assistant professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in the US. “From what we can tell,…

12 May

‘City Health Card’ by Housing.com

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A recent report by leading online real estate firm Housing.com, titled “State of Healthcare in India: Indian cities through the lens of healthcare” shows that Kolkata lags in terms of delivery of health care services, sanitation and solid waste management compared to other cities. Kolkata has been ranked at the 7th spot on ‘Housing.com City Health Card’, which is a part of the report by the Elara Technologies-owned company. The ‘Housing City Health Card’ was prepared by benchmarking the top-8 cities against important parameters. For the City Health Card methodology, hospitals with more than 100 beds have been considered. Housing.com’s…

12 May

Happy International Nurses Day 2021

editor0 CommentsHealthhealth workers, international nurseday, nurses, sdg, WHO

With the increase in the cases of Covid19, hospitals are loaded with patients who need tremendous care and help. At this time, the role of the healthcare workers including doctors, health experts and nurses has increased way too much. Nurses are the first to come and the last to leave. They are working beyond what their duty is. They have been there with the patients, not just to heal their wounds but also to fill in positivity in them during this hard times. As per World Health Organization (WHO), 9 million more nurses and midwives are to be required by 2030…