Parle-G reportedly registered its best sales figures in over eight decades during the COVID-19 lockdown period. “We’ve grown our overall market share by nearly 5 percent… And 80” 90 percent of this growth has come from the Parle-G sales. This is unprecedented,” reported Economic Times quoting Mayank Shah, category head at Parle Products. However, the company has…
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Chinese troops move few hundred yards back in Galwan Nala area
New Delhi [India], June 3 (ANI): Even as India and China are talking to resolve the ongoing dispute in Ladakh, the Chinese troops have gone back a few hundred yards in the Galwan Nala area. “In one of the areas in the Galwan Valley, the Chinese have gone back a few hundred yards on their…
Over 10 agonizing days, this migrant worker walked and hitchhiked 1,250 miles home. India’s lockdown left him no choice
Rajesh Chouhan had covered 620 miles (1,000 kilometers) in five days. His legs were swollen and his blisters had burst. A piece of Styrofoam trash he’d found on the roadside was soaking up the pus seeping from his feet. But he didn’t stop walking. He couldn’t. The 26-year-old migrant worker was in the heart of…
COVID-19: India Seventh Worst-Hit Country; Cases Over 1.8 Lakh
With over 1.8 lakh COVID-19 cases, India has climbed to the seventh position in the list of worst-affected countries due to the pandemic, according to the Johns Hopkins University tracker. In the last three days, the county has been recording the highest single-day spikes. Meanwhile, the Ministry of Home Affairs on Saturday, 30 May, issued…
Advanced, Proactive Measures: How Vietnam Kept Its Coronavirus Death Toll at Zero
Advanced, Proactive Measures: How Vietnam Kept Its Coronavirus Death Toll at Zero When the world looked to Asia for successful examples in handling the novel coronavirus outbreak, much attention and plaudits were paid to South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong. But there’s one overlooked success story — Vietnam. The country of 97 million people has…
Tripura sees sudden spike in cases, days after CM declares state coronavirus-free
Tripura sees sudden spike in cases, days after CM declares state coronavirus-free Agartala, May 10 (PTI) Days after Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb declared Tripura COVID 19-free, the state witnessed an abrupt spike in coronavirus cases with over 130 people testing positive for the disease in just one week since May 2. All the new…
IAS Officer With Month Old Baby, Telangana Woman Who Rode 1,400 Km: Supermoms And Coronavirus Warriors
Mother’s Day is perhaps, that one day in a year when you appreciate your mother a little more than usual. And while we all know that mothers are loving and caring, too often, they are also fierce and brave. In the middle of a global pandemic, this rings particularly true. They are mothers at home, they…
Italian scientists claim to have developed world’s first coronavirus vaccine
Italian researchers claim to have developed a vaccine that can neutralise the coronavirus in human cells. Tests carried out at Rome’s infectious-disease Spallanzani Hospital generated antibodies in mice that work in human cells. “This is the most advanced stage of testing of a candidate vaccine created in Italy,” said Luigi Aurisicchio, CEO of Takis, the company working on…
Vizag Gas Leak: Factory Was Trying to Open Post Lockdown, Says NDRF DG; Residents within 5km Being Evacuated
Visakhapatnam: At least ten people were killed, including a six-year-old, and nearly 5,000 fell sick after a chemical gas leaked from a plastic manufacturing unit of LG Polymers in Andhra Pradesh’s Gopalapatnam near Visakhapatnam. According to preliminary report, the incident occurred after styrene gas leaked around 2:30am. The exact reason for leakage is yet to be…
World Asthma Day 2020: Is there a Natural Way to Fighting Asthma?
Asthma is the most prevalent inflammatory disorder and is characterized by inflammation of the airways in your lungs. The inflammation causes the airway to constrict, weakening its ability to exchange air. When constricted airways are coupled with excess production of mucus, it can lead to breathing difficulties, persistent coughing and wheezing. Unless treated properly, the…