Study says Covid is airborne: The Lancet
A study published in The Lancet, a weekly peer-reviewed general medical journal, has stated that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, is an airborne pathogen. The report is written by six experts from the US, the UK and Canada. The report goes against the predominant scientific view which say
India’s Rising Burden of Non-Communicable Diseases
There is an accelerated rise in chronic non-communicable ailments like diabetes and hypertension, and they dominate communicable diseases in the total disease burden of the country. A study of two lakh people in 21 states by The Thought Arbitrage Research Institute (published by The Times of India o
“Most countries have not achieved gender balance”: UN report
As the world celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, a UN Women report points out some interesting findings. According to the report that examines global data, women are underrepresented at all levels of decision-making worldwide, and achieving gender parity in the political space is far
Carbon Watch is India’s first app to assess carbon footprint
In an innovative move, Chandigarh becomes the first state or Union Territory in India to launch Carbon Watch, a mobile application that helps to calculate the carbon footprint of an individual. Carbon Watch will allow users to determine their carbon footprint and will suggest ways to reduce it. Carb
Commercial activity causing acoustic harassment to marine life
Human activity—especially ships, seismic surveys, air guns, pile drivers, dynamite fishing, drilling platforms, speedboats and surfing—have made the world’s oceans an unbearably noisy place for marine life, according to a review of the impact of anthropogenic ocean noise published in the journ
Lancet study says masks have been effective in controlling COVID
A new study published recently in The Lancet Digital Health journal points out that mask-wearing is associated with better control of COVID-19 transmission in the community. The study links data from a survey of more than 3,00,000 people in the US with localised estimates of virus transmission based
Govt issues guidelines for bird flu
Instances of deaths of birds due to bird flu in Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, and Maharashtra have triggered a scare among people, and hatcheries have witnessed a 15-25 per cent impact on sales. Bird flu, or avian influenza, is a viral infection that is reporte