The havoc that the second wave of the pandemic has wreaked across India is not only due to the disease’s high rates of transmission but also and possibly more importantly, on account of a scarcity of life-saving tools. Particularly, oxygen, which we have always taken for granted. At the...
Number of active Covid cases has been concerning the medical fraternity in India since March this year. India has recorded the highest single-day count of new cases in the world. But more than that, the severity of the new Covid strain is making them more anxious. The second wave of Covid is h...
China’s appetite for meat has started to decline as the country has possibly started to uphold the vegan revolution. Concerns over carbon emissions and food crises are being identified as the reason. Although China still consumes 28% of the world’s meat, including half of all pork, and boa...
The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) organised another edition of the webinar series on ‘Illness to Wellness’ campaign, themed around “Preventions and Treatment of Liver Ailments”. ASSOCHAM organised this webinar with an objective to cascade mass awarene...
In December 2019, while we were welcoming 2020, we never realised that the coming year would be a game-changer in all our lives. Let us now welcome the New Normal 2021. Early 2020, when the world came to a screeching halt due to Covid-19 - which unleashed a catastrophe of unprecedented proport...
Recently, a new strain of coronavirus has been detected in eight European countries. Hans Kluge, WHO's Regional Director for Europe has stressed on the need to boost the protective measures and stated that the new strain seems to be spreading among younger age groups, unlike the previous strai...
The spread of Covid 19 has witnessed an exponential growth in cases, which in turn has led to severe restrictions on the functioning of the global economy. This is primarily due to a unique feature of the Covid 19 virus and the infectious cycle, where in the initial three to five-day period of infec...
Diabetes is a complex disease. It can affect your life in many ways. As a result, there is a whole host of myths, misrepresentations and misunderstandings around diabetes. Even those who do their best to be well-informed have misconceptions about it. And wrong conceptions about diabetes affect how p...
From the start of civilisation, the primary focus has been human survival; the fight for safety, food and shelter. As civilisation progressed and with the emergence of the study of psychology, the existence of clinical issues of the mind came to light, changing the way we understood human functionin...
When the ‘City of Joy’ is decorated with lights, the city is covered with advertisement hoardings and long queues outside pandals and restaurants exercise unparalleled patience, it goes without saying that Kolkata is celebrating Durga Puja, the largest biggest festival for the Bengalis. The pomp...
