Articular cartilage is the smooth, bearing surface covering all joints. When damaged, it usually fails to heal on its own—but with novel treatments, it can be fixed. That said, here are some of the ways that attempted repairs have gone wrong. People take 2-3 million steps per year, impacting their […]
Corona UK: “Take It On The Chin” Says Boris Johnson But Without Masks, PPE or Ventilators.
Despite an almost complete lockdown of the general population, we seem to be hurtling unabated towards a human tragedy of biblical proportions. Daily death rates soared to over 700 (bringing total deaths to over 4,000) this week. Moreover, our battle frontline came under direct attack as we started to lose […]
Covid-19 effect: Air Deccan ceases its operations
NEW DELHI: Regional airliner Air Deccan announced on Sunday that it is ceasing its operations until further notice and all employees are being put on sabbatical without pay amid coronavirus pandemic. The airline’s CEO A K Singh in a mail to employees said following the move to stop schedule passenger […]
Rate of doubling of Covid-19 cases 4.1 days: Govt
NEW DELHI: The rate of doubling of Covid-19 cases in India is 4.1 days presently but if the cases linked to the Tablighi Jamaat congregation would not have happened, it would have been 7.4 days, the health ministry said on Sunday. Joint secretary in the ministry Lav Agarwal said there […]
Merchant of Death- The story behind the Nobel Prize!
Every year, a handful of people are honoured and elevated to a reputed title, the ‘Nobel Laureate’, which distinguishes them from others. Celebrated as one of the most coveted awards, the Nobel Prize is widely regarded as the crowning achievement of mankind that marks its scientific, economic, literary and political […]
‘Decision to reopen schools, colleges on April 14’
NEW DELHI: The educational institutions will be re-opened only after a review of coronavirus situation in the country when the lockdown period ends on April 14, Union HRD minister Ramesh Pokhriyal said on Sunday. “Safety of students, teachers is of utmost importance to the government,” Pokhriyal added. The minister said […]
When Doordarshan’s Ram reached Ayodhya
It is more than just interesting that Narendra Modi’s government has decided to telecast the two great epics of India once again after three long decades, just when it was assured a mammoth captive locked in audience. Let us delve a little deeper into the connection between these two record-breaking […]
PM speaks to Sonia, Manmohan, other leaders
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday spoke to several leaders, including his predecessor Manmohan Singh, Congress chief Sonia Gandhi and former president Pranab Mukherjee, on the situation arising out of the novel coronavirus pandemic. Sources said Modi also called up various leaders, including Mulayam Singh Yadav and Akhilesh […]
Yahan, Wuhan, Jahan
Let’s face(book) it. Approximately four months back. A scientist in the level 4 certified Virology Institute in the industrial city of Wuhan died or eliminated, on the possibility of an infection of tissue material he was working on. With a flurry of deaths that followed, thousands of rats and such […]
When Air India received praise from Pak ATC
NEW DELHI: Air India recently found a rather unexpected praise from an Air Traffic Controller (ATC) of Pakistan. Air India was operating special flights from India to Frankfurt with relief materials and evacuated European nationals, who were stranded in India as coronavirus swept across continents, perishing millions and crippling the […]