Many coronavirus patients worldwide have died of sepsis — when the body’s immune system goes into overdrive. Sepsis is a life-threatening organ dysfunction caused by the body’s immune system overreacting in response to an infection. This overactive, toxic response can lead to Read More …
Category: International
Who is “Patient 31”?
Patient 31 is one particular member of the Shincheonji Church of Jesus in South Korea. It is thought to have caused the rapid rise in novel Coronavirus cases. That is why it has even been referred to as a “superspreader”. Read More …
Institute of Ayurveda Signs MoU with Western Sydney University
All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Western Sydney University, Australia at New Delhi. Objective: The MoU will promote the collaboration in research and developing guidelines for integrating Ayurveda principles with modern medicine. Professor Read More …
WHO Declares the Novel Coronavirus outbreak a Global Pandemic
The World Health Organization (WHO) on March 11, 2020 declared COVID-19 a global pandemic as the new coronavirus, has rapidly spread to more than 121,000 people from Asia to the Middle East, Europe and the United States. What a Pandemic Read More …
Two Rare White Giraffes Killed by Poachers in Kenya
Two rare white giraffes-a white female giraffe and her 7-month-old calf, have been killed by poachers in Kenya, leaving just one such animal in the world. With their unique white hides, the female giraffe and her calf drew global attention Read More …
India evacuated 948 passengers from COVID-19 affected countries
India has undertaken massive evacuation operations from several countries in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak to bring back Indian citizens as well as nationals from other countries.. The first batch of 58 evacuees from Iran arrived on 10th March, Read More …
MEA’s e-Vidya Bharti and e-Arogya Bharti Projects (e-VBAB) launched in Gambia
Gambia has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Telecommunications Consultants India Ltd (TCIL) on March 6, 2020 to participate in the the e-Vidya Bharti (Tele-education) and e-Arogya Bharti (Tele-medicine) Project (e-VBAB). The Gambia is the 16th country to participate Read More …
Women scientists receive international exposure through Indo-U.S. Fellowship for WISTEMM
Around 20 Indian women scientists have benefited from WISTEMM programm and got the opportunity to visit 20 leading institutions across the United States of America. About WISTEMM WISTEMM is an Indo-U.S. Fellowship ”program for Women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics Read More …
India joins Indian Ocean Commission as observer
The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC) group has approved India’s application for observer state in the group. The decision was taken at the meeting of the IOC Conference of ministers in Seychelles on March 6, 2020 making India the fifth observer. Read More …
NASA’s MARS 2020 renamed as MARS Perseverance rover
The US space agency NASA has renamed its Mars 2020 mission as the “Perseverance rover”. NASA has planned to send this rover to the Red Planet MARS this summer. To date, the project has been known only by its code Read More …
Freedom in the World 2020 report-India’s scored dropped
A US-based human rights watchdog “Freedom House” released its Freedom in the World 2020 report in the first week of March 2020. India: The report said India registered the steepest decline in its rankings of the world’s 25 largest democracies Read More …
QS World Ranking: IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi among top 50 institutions
For the first time, two Indian technical institutions have found place among the top 50 in by subject in the QS World University Ranking. IIT-Bombay and IIT-Delhi occupied the 44th and 47th rank, respectively, this year in engineering & technology. Read More …
List of Joint Military Exercises by Indian Army
Indian Armed Forces conducts/participates in various bilateral and multilateral military exercises with foreign countries. The details of such exercise include the following: Sl. No. Country Exercise 1. Australia Ex AUSTRA HIND, Ex AUSINDEX, EX PITCH BLACK 2. Bangladesh Ex SAMPRITI, Read More …
Red pandas are not one but two separate species
According to a recent study, based on sequencing of the whole genomes of 65 red pandas, there are two separate species of red panda: the Chinese red panda (Ailurus styani) and the Himalayan red panda (Ailurus fulgens). The Yalu Zangbu Read More …
What is Pandemic?
As on February 29, 5,233 confirmed cases of COVID-19 outbreak (caused by novel coronavirus: SARS-CoV-2) ) have been reported from 60 countries. Yet World Health Organisation has not declared it a “Pandemic”. What is a Pandemic? The Pandemic description is reserved for Read More …