Health

18 Jun

Britannia Biscafe – the perfect coffee flavoured cracker

Business CorrespondentBusiness, Health#CoffeeKaBetterHalf, Britannia Biscafe

Britannia solved the #CoffeeKaBetterHalf dilemma that was causing wide spread paranoia and much anticipation. Britannia launched the all-new Britannia Biscafe, a coffee flavoured cracker that elevates your coffee drinking experience. Infused with the flavour of rich coffee and sprinkled with sugar, this super thin, light & crunchy biscuit offers coffee lovers the perfect companion to their cuppa. Britannia kicked off the campaign with a ‘leaked video’ of Karan Johar aka KJo, one of the most quirky, fashionable directors who have a strong affinity for Coffee. The video showed Karan losing his cool, as he was denied his favourite cup of…

18 Jun

Glenmark’s innovative FDC ‘Indamet’ for effective asthma management

Business CorrespondentBusiness, HealthFDC ‘Indamet’, Glenmark

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited (Glenmark) has launched the novel fixed-dose combination (FDC) drug - Indacaterol + Mometasone for patients suffering from uncontrolled asthma, in India. The company has launched this FDC under the brand name Indamet. The drug will be available in three strengths with a fixed dose of Indacaterol 150 mcg and variable doses of Mometasone 80 mcg, 160 mcg, and 320 mcg respectively. Asthma is a major non-communicable disease that affects more than 34 million people in India, causing thousands of deaths every year. Glenmark became the first company in India to market the innovative FDC of Indacaterol, a…

13 Jun

Age-related macular degeneration causes vision loss

Business CorrespondentBusiness, Health, IndiaAccidental Falls, WHO

As per WHO, falls due to poor vision are the second leading cause of unintentional injury deaths worldwide, where people over 60 years of age suffer the greatest number of fatal falls. Age-related macular degeneration is a leading cause of vision loss and has been associated with falls, poor balance, difficulty with activities of daily living, smaller life-space and poor quality of life. It is a retinal disease, damage to a spot in the retina called macula, causes vision loss in patients over 65 years of age. This spot is important for visual acuity as it has plenty of visual…

12 Jun

Sonia Gandhi hospitalised with Covid-19 complications, Congress says condition stable

editorHealth, Political

Congress Interim President Sonia Gandhi has been admitted to Delhi's Gangaram Hospital due to Covid complications. He is said to be stable and will be kept at the health center for observation. He tested positive for Covid-19 on Wednesday, June 1. He was asked to appear before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on June 8 but sought a different date, after which he was asked to appear on June 23. The ED has registered an FIR in a money laundering case related to the National Herald-AJL case. The All India Women's Congress tweeted, “Congratulations to Honorable Congress President Smt. Sonia Gandhi…

09 Jun

At 7,240, India records around 40% spike in daily Covid-19 cases

editorHealth

Around 7,240 fresh cases of Covid-19 having been said in the last 24 hours, India has viewed a spike of nearly 40% in day by day infections, authorities statistics released on Thursday stated. The country additionally pronounced eight extra deaths throughout the equal period, pushing the demise toll to 5,24,723. The Covid case tally has climbed to 4,31,97,522. India's active caseload currently stands at 32,498, with a rise of 3,641 such instances in 24 hours, Union health ministry data stated.The present day recovery in the country is 98.71%, the government additionally said. With 3,591 recoveries in the ultimate 24 hours,…

08 Jun

Passengers Without Masks Can Be Removed From Flight

editorHealth

The lack of masks at airports and in flights has been made operationable again as Covid numbers commenced hiking in parts of the country. The civil aviation regulator DGCA these days said passengers who refuse to comply can be de-boarded in advance of take-off or treated as unruly passengers. The personnel of the CISF will be in charge of enforcing masks. The fresh DGCA hints got here days after the Delhi High Court ordered a tough line against passengers who refuse to comply with Covid security measures. In its order today, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation said: "The Airline…

04 Jun

Actor Kartik Aaryan tests COVID positive again, says ‘sab kuch itna positive chal raha tha…’

editorHealthkartik aaryan

Actor Kartik Aaryan, who has been garnering in the success of his lately launched horror-comedy film, Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2, has examined positive for COVID-19. The actor was once supposed to perform at IIFA 2022, however unfortunately, he will not be attending the prestigious event in Abu Dhabi. On Saturday (June 4), Kartik took to Instagram and shared the update with his followers and followers. "Sab kuch itna positive chal rha tha, Covid se raha nahi gaya," he wrote. This is the second time Kartik has tested positive for the novel coronavirus, the first being in March 2021. As quickly as…

04 Jun

Corbevax Cleared As Covid Booster Shot For Those 18 years And Above

editorHealth

Biological E's COVID vaccine Corbevax has been cleared for booster dose for those of 18 yrs and above. It can be given to humans six months after they have taken the fundamental two doses of both Covaxin or Covishield for restrained use in emergency situation, the employer said in a assertion today. This makes Corbevax India's first heterologous Covid booster."We are very comfortable with this approval, which will address the want for COVID-19 booster doses in India. We have crossed but another milestone in our COVID-19 vaccination journey. This approval reflects once once more the sustained world category security standards…

03 Jun

Junior Chamber International Hand “LN-4” Distribution and Implant

editorAssam, Health

JCI Guwahati held a press conference at the Guwahati Press Club on 2nd June. The Press Conference was Presided by JCI Guwahati President JC Sonia Sarda, Immediate Past President JC Neha Jain, along with Project Chairpersons JC Manoj Barjatya & JC Reena Barjatya, Project Advisors JC Rashmi Khatuwala, JC Deepak Bhajanka, Project coordinators JC Gunjan Saraf, JC Poonam Damani, JC Nisha Agarwal and Zone Officers, Past Zone Presidents & Members of JCI. While Addressing the Press Conference JC Sonia Sarda, JC Manoj Barjatya, JC Rashmi Khatuwalainformed the reporters that: “JCI-Guwahati is going to organize Mega FREE Prosthetic hand distribution and…

02 Jun

Mumbai Warns Of Rapid Spike In Covid-19 Cases, Positivity Rate At 6%

editorHealthMumbai

Testing for Covid will be ramped up in Mumbai as the test positivity rate in the city has jumped to six per cent, the civic physique Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, or BMC, said today. It has asked officials to right now extend checking out "on struggle footing". Testing labs have additionally been requested to be proactive and entirely staffed."Daily active cases have quite accelerated in Mumbai, with monsoon around the corner, we will now see a fast upward jab in symptomatic cases," it warned. The BMC has similarly asked for the vaccination power in the 12-18 years category, and booster doses,…