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Parliament Monsoon Session 2021: Health Ministry says no data on COVID deaths due to oxygen shortage, Lok Sabha adjourned till July 22
On the total demand and supply of oxygen, the Health Ministry said that the supply of medical oxygen to hospitals is determined by contractual arrangements between the hospital and the medical oxygen supplier concerned.
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ICMR’s fourth national serosurvey for COVID finds two-third population with antibodies
A third of the population still does not have antibodies, which means over 400 million people are still vulnerable to the disease.
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Two villages in Jhansi district of UP fully covered with first dose of COVID vaccine
Kharela and Nota villages in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh have managed to cover their entire population with the first dose of the COVID vaccine.
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The time is ripe for the mallika mango
The less known mallika mango, which was cultivated and sold in the shadow of its more famous counterparts such as the alfonso and the dussehri, has lately come into its own and is gaining popularity. More about the mallika mango.
Shailendra Rajan
Riding his ‘chariot of education’, a government school teacher is taking education places, literally
To counter the shutting down of schools during the COVID19 pandemic, Sanjay Chauhan, a primary teacher from Dahod district, Gujarat, has converted his car into a ‘shiksha rath’. He loads it with teaching aids, and drives off every morning to Ruvabari village to impart learning to his students.
Ankit Singh
Fisheries is India’s sunrise sector. Want to start fish farming? Learn sitting at home
Matsya Setu is an Android mobile app developed by ICAR-Central Institute of Freshwater Aquaculture with self-learning video modules on various aspects of fish farming. Learners can interact with the sector experts too.
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A cheaper alternative to bio-toilets developed for Indian Railways
An Andhra Pradesh-based scientist has developed a seven times cheaper alternative to existing bio-toilets in the trains that cost Rs 100,000 per unit. The new technology has been stated to ease the maintenance of the toilets as well. More details here.
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Explained: Double whammy of Norovirus, Monkey B adds to COVID woes — what are these infections reported in England, China?
While the symptoms of Monkey B are akin to flu, which include fever and chills, muscle pain, tiredness and headache, the Norovirus manifests the symptoms as that of food poisoning — diarrhea, vomiting, nausea and stomach pain.
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Waste woes in Uttarakhand’s Haridwar and Rishikesh where up to 35% plastics waste flows into water bodies: iFOREST study
A new study points out how waste segregation suffers as 70% of households in Haridwar and 90% in Rishikesh use a single bin for waste disposal; and a large chunk of plastic waste flows into the local water bodies, including the Ganges.
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Coal ash: ‘White prawns turned into ash prawns; fishers pushed into poverty’
In a webinar themed on the adverse effects of fossil fuels on the indigenous communities living around power plants, participants from various regions of India shared how both human health and livelihoods are impacted. They underlined that the communities must be at the focus of planning and decision making.