NNWN/15/06/2021
Even as different variants of Coronavirus make global headlines, the Delta variant of coronavirus, first identified in India, has found to increase the risk of hospitalisation compared with Alpha variant found in Britain. But vaccines like Pfizer and AstraZeneca provide good protection against the strain.
According to a study published…
NNWN/07/06/2021
Thousands of children, in all age groups, from across the country have been tested positive for Covid-19, during the second wave, creating panic among parents. The experts say that though most children develop mild disease, there is a need to keep them protected from getting infection. Dr. Narendra Kumar Arora, a…
NNWN/25/05/2021
In the wake of criticism from child right activists that children particularly girls, are bearing the brunt of the pandemic, the government sources reportedly stated that as many as 577 COVID orphans have been reported by states so far and all of them are with their immediate families. These…
NNWN/25/05/2021
In the wake of criticism from child right activists that children particularly girls, are bearing the brunt of the pandemic, the government sources reportedly stated that as many as 577 COVID orphans have been reported by states so far and all of them are with their immediate families. These…
NNWN/20/05/2021
Save the Children has pledged to #ProtectAMillion children and their families against the pandemic. As part of this initiative, the leading NGO was able to supply a 5 litre oxygen concentrator to a Special Newborn Care Unit in Tonk, Rajasthan, just in time to save the baby’s precious life. Taking…
NNWN/08/05/2021
Three months after the military junta seized power in Myanmar, 200 non-governmental organizations (NGOs), including Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch, have called on the UN Security Council to impose an arms embargo on the military rulers. The call came despite opposition from China — the junta’s main backer…
NNWN/16/04/2021
Former UN Human Rights Commissioner and Irish President, Mary Robinson, a vocal advocate for a People’s Vaccine has joined calls of 174 former world leaders and Bobel Laureates for a patent waiver at the international level. This was prompted by news that US President Biden is considering supporting a proposal at the…
EXCLUSIVE
By Dr Deepak Gupta/15/04/2021
The humanity was attacked and subsequently gripped by a highly vicious virus by the end of 2019. This contagion was christened as SARS-CoV-2 by the WHO, whereas the disease due to this virus was termed as COVID-19. Due to its transmission through respiratory-tract and being aerosol…
NNWN/13/04/2021
On the occasion of Thingyan beginning on Today ( Tuesday), Myanmar pro-democracy activists decided to hold a series of protests this week to maintain pressure on military rulers during the country’s most important holiday of the year. Thingyan, five-day New Year holidays, is an important time period for people of…
NNWN/13/04/2021
The Department of Biotechnology (DBT), Ministry of Science & Technologyhas has approved additional funding towards clinical studies of India's'first of its kind' mRNA-based COVID-19 vaccine - HGCO19, developed by Pune-based biotechnology company Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd. This funding has been awarded under the'Mission COVID Suraksha- The Indian COVID-19 Vaccine Development Mission'by…
NNWN/09/04/2021
डायबिटीज पीड़ितों, दिल के रोगियों और अन्य बीमारियों से ग्रस्त लोगों को अक्सर खानपान में कैलोरी को लेकर विशेष रूप से सतर्क रहना पड़ता है। ऐसे लोगों के लिए अब यह पता लगाना आसान होगा कि उनके भोजन में कितनी कैलोरी शामिल है। भारतीय आयुर्विज्ञान अनुसंधान परिषद (आईसीएमआर) की हैदराबाद स्थित प्रयोगशाला राष्ट्रीय पोषण…
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