India logs 18,346 fresh Covid cases, 263 deaths
New Delhi, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) India on Tuesday reported 18,346 Covid cases in the last 24 hours – the lowest tally in 209 days, while there were another 263 deaths, taking the death toll to…
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European Medicines Agency approves Covid booster doses for adults
Amsterdam, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Amsterdam-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) has approved booster doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for all people aged 18 and over. The EMA said in a statement on Monday that…
Windows 11 starts rolling out to PCs worldwide
New Delhi, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Microsoft on Tuesday announced that Windows 11 is now available through a free upgrade on eligible Windows 10 PCs and on new PCs pre-installed with Windows 11 worldwide. New pre-installed…
Post-Covid disorder pose challenge in kids in UP
Lucknow, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) A multisystem inflammatory syndrome is emerging in children (MIS-C) after recovery from Covid in Uttar Pradesh. The residual effect of the virus is posing a challenge with rising MIS-C cases. According…
UP administers 11 crore vaccine doses, sets a record
Lucknow, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Uttar Pradesh has become the first state to have administered over 11 crore doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath took to social media to congratulate the health team…
Netflix launches ‘Play Something’ for Android users
San Francisco, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Netflix has launched a new feature “Play Something” for its Android users that will make it easier to find something to watch when a user can’t make a decision. Currently,…
Global Covid-19 caseload tops 235.3 mn
Washington, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The global coronavirus caseload has topped 235.3 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 4.80 million and vaccinations soared to over 6.31 billion, according to the Johns Hopkins University….
Africa’s COVID-19 cases near 8.34 mln: Africa CDC
Addis Ababa, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in Africa reached 8,339,857 as of Monday afternoon, the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (Africa CDC) said. The Africa CDC, the specialised…
JNCASR scientists win Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
New Delhi, Oct 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kanishka Biswas, an associate professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), has received the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in Chemical Science for his discoveries in…
JNCASR scientist wins Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in chemical science
New Delhi, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Kanishka Biswas, an associate professor at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), has received the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize in chemical science for his discoveries in…
Apple Watch Series 7 orders start on October 8
San Francisco, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Apple on Monday announced that orders for Apple Watch Series 7 will open on October 8 (Friday) and the first orders will be delivered from a week later, on October…
Health Ministry’s eSanjeevani completes 1.3 cr consultations
New Delhi, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Union Health Ministry’s eSanjeevani initiative on Monday completed 13 million consultations. As a digital platform of healthcare services delivery, it has gradually shaped into a parallel stream for the…
SC says no state to deny ex-gratia to Covid victims
New Delhi, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday told the district disaster management authorities (DDMA) and the grievance redressal committees to avoid any technicalities and act as a helping hand, as it ruled…
Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram suffer major global outage
New Delhi, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger went down for millions of users, including in India, on Monday evening, as they were unable to send or receive messages on social media platforms….
Delhi Govt issues show cause notice to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital
New Delhi, Oct (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi government has issued a show cause notice to Sir Ganga Ram hospital over alleged violation of norms for treatment of patients under the category of economically weaker section (EWS)….
Make in India drone used to transport Covid vaccines in Manipur
New Delhi, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) For the first time, a ‘Make in India’ drone has been used to transport Covid vaccines over an aerial distance of 15 km, from the Bishnupur district hospital to Loktak…
‘Easy to criticise..’: SC junks plea for CBI probe in oxygen crisis
New Delhi, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea seeking a CBI probe in connection with medical oxygen shortage during course of second wave of pandemic, and also constituting…
For unvaccinated, re-infection by SARS-CoV-2 likely: Study
New York, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Immunity gained after a natural infection is short-lived and remaining unvaccinated can increase the risk of getting re-infected with Covid-19, suggests a study published in the journal The Lancet Microbe….
Delhi reports 34 new Covid cases, active cases down to 398
New Delhi, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) Delhi reported 34 new Covid-19 cases, while there was no death in the last 24 hours, according to the health bulletin issued by the Delhi government on Monday. With 34…
NASA images show polluted skies set to engulf north India soon
New Delhi, Oct 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The clear blue skies over the national capital may go dark soon with dust and smoke as the stubble burning season nears. The satellite images by US space agency NASA…