World Refugee Day is celebrated on 20th June each year to create awareness about the struggles faced by the displaced individuals. This year’s theme for World Refugee Day...
Karnataka has become the first state to map its population that is the most vulnerable to the COVID-19, including the elderly and those with comorbidity. These groups are...
Nursing home residents account for nearly one in ten of all COVID-19 cases in the United States and more than a quarter of the deaths. The US currently...
The Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has launched a mobile application “Air-Venti” to help the city’s residents to get information about the availability of the Intensive Care...
A team of scientists from CSIR – Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB), Kolkata has undertaken a study on the neuro-invasive potential of COVID-19 and said that the...
The China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) has approved a loan of $500 million to assist Pakistan’s efforts in addressing the on-going coronavirus pandemic. The project is co-financed...
According to the updated Asian Development Outlook report published by Asian Development Bank (ADB), developing Asia, a group of 45 countries in Asia-Pacific region, is expected to post...
The Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan launched a mobile laboratory called I-lab or Infectious Disease Diagnostics Lab for COVID-19 testing, which can be deployed in rural areas and...
India and France have signed an agreement in which Paris committed 200 million euros to aid India’s COVID-19 response. This loan would enable France to work with India...
The states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Punjab and Tamil Nadu have requested the food ministry to extend the scheme that provides free grains to 80 million people from...