Opposition spreading lies about CAA, claims Amit Shah

Opposition spreading lies about CAA, claims Amit Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses a meeting with booth level presidents held at LB. Stadium, Hyderabad on March 12, 2024. | Photo Credit: By Arrangement Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday has accused the Opposition of spreading falsehoods about the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and asserted that it is only meant to give … Read more

Press Council should take quick action against those deliberately spreading fake news: Vice-President Dhankhar

Press Council should take quick action against those deliberately spreading fake news: Vice-President Dhankhar

Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar on Thursday said fake news, wrong and mischievous information, political ambitions and preferences, tendency to play power brokers, and monetary considerations, had eroded the people’s faith in the media. “The Press Council of India [PCI] should take quick action against those deliberately spreading fake news and compromising professional ethics. It is not … Read more

Hat-trick for BRS; Cong. and BJP spreading lies: Harish Rao

Hat-trick for BRS; Cong. and BJP spreading lies: Harish Rao

BRS leader and Minister for Finance T. Harish Rao addressing the Meet-The-Press programme organised by TUWJ in Hyderabad on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: RAMAKRISHNA G hyderabad Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) would retain power with a positive vote based on the good work done by the State government since 2014, senior leader of the party and … Read more

Centre issued directives to block 635 URLs since December 2021 for spreading fake news: Anurag Thakur

Centre issued directives to block 635 URLs since December 2021 for spreading fake news: Anurag Thakur

Union Minister Anurag Thakur speaks in the Rajya Sabha during the Monsoon session of Parliament on July 27, 2023. | Photo Credit: PTI The government issued directions to block public access to 635 URLs, including 120 YouTube-based news channels, since December 2021 for publishing fake news and content not found to be in the interest … Read more

Deer Are Spreading Lyme Ticks in Suburban Backyards

Deer Are Spreading Lyme Ticks in Suburban Backyards

By Steven Reinberg HealthDay Reporter TUESDAY, Sept. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) — They look so cute, grazing quietly in your backyard. But the overpopulation of white-tailed deer across the Northeastern United States could help spread Lyme disease and another tick-borne illness, anaplasmosis, especially in suburban areas, a new study suggests. The research points out that … Read more

Rats Blamed for Spreading Disease More Than They Do

Rats Blamed for Spreading Disease More Than They Do

June 22, 2022 – Scientists have long suspected rats might be one reason cities are petri dishes for disease in a way that isn’t seen in rural communities. But a new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution suggests that rats may not deserve this bad reputation. To study the problem, scientists wanted to see … Read more

Is your office Covid-secure? Free online tool can calculate risk of virus spreading in poorly-ventilated places – ET HealthWorld

is your office covid secure free online tool can calculate risk of virus spreading in poorly ventilated places

LONDON: Researchers have developed a new online tool that can calculate the risk of Covid-19 transmission in poorly-ventilated places, showing that when two people are in such spaces and neither is wearing a mask, prolonged talking is far more likely to spread the novel coronavirus than a short cough. The research, published in the journal … Read more