A file photo of the Parappana Agrahara jail complex in Bengaluru. The Telecommunication Consultants India Limited (TCIL), a public sector undertaking, found weak mobile and wifi signals around for about 2.5 km radius of the central prison at Parappana Agrahara during its survey that concluded on Thursday. The survey was ordered by the Prison and Correctional Services … Read more
UKHSA’s Prof Susan Hopkins questioned over face masks at Covid inquiry. There is only “weak evidence” that high-grade face masks better protected health workers than surgical ones in the pandemic, the Covid inquiry has been told. Prof Susan Hopkins, chief medical adviser at the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA), said respirator masks – known as … Read more
A landmark report says “toxicity” of debate is hampering medical research into gender services. Source link
A UK pesticide producer did not look at key health records in its Parkinson’s study, legal papers show. Source link
A file photo of Supa dam in Joida taluk of Uttara Kannada district. Supa dam is one of the three major hydel power generating dams in Karnataka. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A weak southwest monsoon has led to low water levels in reservoirs this year, in turn impacting power generation in hydel dams. The cumulative … Read more
The Congress on Tuesday alleged that a rule prohibiting investment by opaque funds was done away with by SEBI on “weak grounds” and said the market regulator cannot run with the hares by diluting reporting requirements and hunt with the hounds pretending to identify beneficial ownership in opaque tax havens. The Opposition party’s assertion came … Read more
BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh, Union Minister Kishan Reddy and State BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar at a meeting in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit: G. RAMAKRISHNA Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, along with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, Rahul Gandhi and others are joining … Read more
The former Tory leader takes a swipe at MPs who pressed for the dilution of the strategy, but reserves his strongest words for the Government for “giving in” – “intellectually shallow, politically weak and morally reprehensible”. Health campaigners have already condemned the U-turn. The question now is whether other prominent politicians put more pressure on … Read more
The aim is to reduce the risk of infection to those who may not respond well to a vaccine. Source link