2024 Lok Sabha Elections

Delhi Minister Gopal Rai Blames Crackers After AQI Climbs To 462

NEW DELHI: Environment Minister Gopal Rai on Friday said that the capital’s air quality had deteriorated due to some people deliberately bursting firecrackers and rise in stubble burning. The national capital woke to a hazy morning. According to the Ministry of Earth Sciences, the city’s air quality remained in severe category. It said that the Air […]

Diwali Gift: WHO Grants Approval To Covaxin; Bharat Biotech MD Thanks PM

DELHI: Barely hours before the festival of lights, India on Wednesday got a Diwali gift from World Health Organisation (WHO) after it granted approval to Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Bharat Biotech by accepting its Covid vaccine– Covaxin–  that is also India’s first indigenous — for emergency use listing (EUL). “WHO has granted emergency use listing (EUL) to […]

G20 Summit ‘Fruitful’, Says PM Modi; A Look At The Key Issues Discussed At The 2-Day Conference

ROME: Prime Minister Narendra Modi termed the outcome of the G20 Summit here as “fruitful” and said leaders had elaborate deliberations on issues of global importance such as fighting the pandemic, improving health infrastructure, boosting economic cooperation and furthering innovation. READ: Had A “Very Warm Meeting” With Pope Francis, Says PM Modi As He “Invites” […]

Medicos Laud India’s First Upcoming Nasal Vax; Admit Global R&D Still Required

Even as India celebrated the 100 Crore vaccine dose mark last week, Dr. Krishna Ella who is the founder of Bharat Biotech, maker of indegenious ‘Covaxin’ told The New Indian that his company will be bringing the first nasal Covid vaccine and is expected to launch within the first few months of 2022. Dr. Ella […]

100 Cr Covid Jabs: Indians Embrace Science, While Millions In The West Don’t

A couple of months ago, US based medical researcher Dr. Faheem Younus tweeted on the spread of black fungus in India. “Use of cow dung as a ‘COVID Cure’ could be causing deadly black fungus disease  (mucormycosis) in India,” he said, before adding, “I can’t prove it but it’s highly likely.” A scientist at the […]