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03 Jun 2021

Study reveals which will be the safest transportation mode amid COVID-19

A person is 300 times more prone to contract COVID-19 infection while sitting in an AC cab with an infected passenger than in an autorickshaw. The study was conducted by Darpan Das and Gurumurthy Ramachandran and is titled “Risk analysis of different transport vehicles in India during COVID-19 pandemic”.

16 Jan 2021

Global death toll from COVID-19 crosses 2 million amid vaccine rollout

Global death toll from COVID-19 has crossed 2 million amid vaccine rollout As per the latest Johns Hopkins University`s tally, 2,002,468 people have so far succumbed to the disease. The number of dead, compiled by Johns Hopkins University, is about equal to the population of Brussels, Mecca, Minsk or Vienna.

03 Dec 2020

US registers record-breaking 3,157 COVID-19 deaths in a single day

US has registered a record-breaking 3,157 COVID-19 deaths in a single day The previous record of daily COVID-19 deaths was 2,603 set on April 15. Over the course of the pandemic, 273,836 people in the country have died of the virus

US national security adviser

27 May 2017

Former US national security adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski dies at age 89: Daughter

Brzezinski frequently wrote articles for newspapers and published several books, including "Strategic Vision: America and the Crisis of Global Power".

27 Aug 2016

North Korea submarine missiles not ready until 2018: Experts

North Korea is making progress on a submarine-launched ballistic missile system but any deployment of the technology is years away, a US think tank said, as the UN Security Council promised action over Pyongyang's latest test.

26 Jul 2016

'Bullish' tweets offer clues to stock performance

A strong co-relation does exist between the mood of a day's worth of tweets about a particular stock and the performance of that stock, added Jim Kyung-Soo Liew from Hopkins' Carey Business School.

12 Jul 2016

North Korea keeping nuclear test site ready: US think tank

Satellite imagery indicates a high-level of activity at North Korea`s nuclear test site to ensure the facility is always ready for use on any orders from Pyongyang, a US think-tank said.

03 Jun 2016

Universe is expanding 5-9% faster than thought!

This surprising finding may be an important clue to understanding those mysterious parts of the universe that make up 95 per cent of everything and don't emit light, such as dark energy, dark matter and dark radiation.

21 Apr 2016

North Korea may have resumed tunneling at nuclear test site: US report

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said in March that his country has miniaturised a nuclear warhead and ordered tests of a nuclear warhead and ballistic missiles.

15 Apr 2016

Fresh activity seen at North Korea nuclear site: US think tank

The prospect of North Korea acquiring more plutonium will be looked on with concern by the UN Security Council, including Pyongyang's major ally, China.

04 Apr 2016

Beat obesity with safe, non-surgical weight loss treatment

All patients demonstrated weight loss and dramatic hunger reduction levels after undergoing the treatment.

05 Mar 2016

How Zika virus causes fetal brain defects

This Florida State University study is the first major finding that shows that these critical cells are a target of the virus and also negatively affected by it.

26 Feb 2016

Either move more or die early

Though the scientists didn't discover any magic threshold for the amount a person needs to move to improve mortality, they did learn that even adding just 10 minutes per day of light activity could make a difference.

Antidepressants

07 Feb 2016

Fast antidepressant may better treat depression: Study

Using biochemical tests on mouse neurons, the team found that CGP3466B, a compound already proven safe for people, works on the same signaling cascade and shows effects within hours.

12 Jan 2016

Heartburn pills may raise kidney disease risk

More research is needed to determine whether PPI use causes kidney damage.

29 Nov 2015

On any given day about 35 mn Indians could be unwell: Study

Non-communicable diseases have recently overtaken communicable diseases as the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in India.

04 Nov 2015

Diamond reserve hidden in deep Earth?

"Diamond formation in the deep earth, the very deep earth, may be a more common process than we thought," said study co-author Dimitri Sverjensky from Johns Hopkins University.

Anxiety disorders

25 Sep 2015

Learn how to make your kids calm and fearless

Children of anxious parents are at an increased risk of developing anxiety disorders and a family-based intervention programme can help such kids to become calm and fearless, finds a new study.

16 Sep 2015

Our ancestors' diet shifted much earlier than thought

Our ancestors made the shift from a diet based on trees and shrubs to grass-based foods -- that include not only grasses and their roots, but also insects or animals that ate grass -- roughly 400,000 years earlier than experts previously thought, says new research.

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