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Trained counsellors can make a marked difference towards helping elderly people deal with their emotional problems. (Representational image : Pixabay)

Devi Kar | Young and old can help each other & bridge generation gap

An interdependent and connected society can yield rich dividends and make human existence far more meaningful

20 April 2022 12:23 AM IST

Merlion park in Singapore. (AFP)

Singapore tourism eyes more Indian visitors

Travel agents from the city are hoping that there would be a tremendous increase of visitors in May, June and July

13 April 2022 10:56 PM IST

The birth waiting rooms had been established especially for pregnant Adivasi women living in high-risk interior areas where there arent any PHCs or government hospital for delivery. Representational Image. (AFP)

Transmission of COVID-19 infection from mother to baby rare: BMJ study

Researchers find that less than two per cent of babies born to mothers with SARS-CoV-2 infection also test positive for...

17 March 2022 4:28 PM IST

According to a new study, exercise might break the vicious cycle of inflammation that could lead to developing diabetes and depression. (Image via ANI)

Exercise may treat long COVID-induced diabetes, depression: Study

Long COVID causes symptoms including brain fog, muscle pain, and fatigue that can last for months after a person...

11 March 2022 3:32 PM IST

A girl wearing a mask walks near India Gate in New Delhi. A high number of children and adolescents are contracting the novel coronavirus in the second wave (Photo: PTI)

Over 1.9 million kids in India lost parent or caregiver to COVID-19:...

The new study suggests that globally, two out of three children orphaned from are adolescents aged 10 to 17 years

25 Feb 2022 12:48 PM IST

A medical worker takes a nasal sample from a man during a COVID-19 testing at a makeshift testing site at the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 15, 2021. (AP/Ahn Young-joon)

S Korea tests new virus steps as infections reach new high

Officials also planning to treat most mild cases at home and reshape a testing regime that had been centered around PCR...

26 Jan 2022 11:33 AM IST

Police said false news was being spread that the High Court of Telangana had ordered that the traffic police have no powers to seize the vehicles for non-payment of challans. (Representational Photo:DC)

City police patrol hit as COVID infects cops

With nearly 70 cops testing positive on an average every day, almost every police station in the city has staffers...

24 Jan 2022 6:48 AM IST

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the risk of animal-to-human transmission is low, whilst low authorities have cited the need to protect public health. (Representational Image: ANI)

Nine hamster samples test positive for COVID-19 in Hong Kong

A total of 2,581 small animals were seized from local pet stores during the past week, Hong Kong Free Press said citing...

23 Jan 2022 12:27 PM IST

As of Saturday, about 360 doctors, faculty, PG doctors and other staff of Osmania general hospital (OGH) were infected with Covid. A total of 134 healthcare workers in Gandhi hospital and about 33 in Chest hospital have also tested positive. (DC file photo)

Govt. healthcare staff bearing the brunt of Covid onslaught in...

About 360 doctors, faculty, PG doctors and other staff of Osmania general hospital (OGH) were infected with Covid

22 Jan 2022 11:37 PM IST

Medical staff members tend to a Covid-19 patient at the intensive care unit of Cremona hospital, in Cremona, northern Italy. (Photo: AFP)

COVID-19 fatalities low in TN compared to other states: Health...

The state government launched the weekly mega vaccination exercise on September 12 last year

22 Jan 2022 7:22 PM IST

Former Prime Minister H D Deve Gowda. (PTI Photo)

Former Prime Minister HD Devegowda tests positive for COVID-19

Former Chief Minister of Karnataka BS Yediyurappa also confirmed the news and extended his best wishes for his speedy...

22 Jan 2022 11:22 AM IST

A BMC health worker collects swab sample of an outstation passenger for COVID-19 test at Chatrapati Shivaji Maharaj terminus in Mumbai. (Photo: PTI)

-'Isolation-' not mandatory for foreign arrivals testing COVID...

Passengers found to be symptomatic during screening shall be immediately isolated and taken to a medical facility as per...

21 Jan 2022 12:58 PM IST