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2 new multi drug-resistant bacteria found in scat of vine snake: Researchers Researchers from Pune and Chandigarh have discovered two new multi drug-resistant bacteria in the scat of vine snakes, commonly found in the North Western Ghats. advertisement UPDATED: May 23, 2021 18:22 IST Researchers have found two new multi drug-resistant bacteria in the scat of vine snakes. (Representative image from Getty Images) A group of researchers from Pune and Chandigarh has discovered two new “multi drug...

Vijay MohanTribune News ServiceChandigarh, May 22 In the backdrop of increasing evidence of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via aerosols, the Central Scientific Instruments Organisation (CSIO) he

New Delhi: There has been increasing evidence for airborne route of transmission of SARS-CoV-2 via aerosols which is now considered to be important by international agencies WHO, REHVA, ASHRAE and by health authorities in several countries. The airbo

In closed un-ventilated indoor spaces, droplets become quickly concentrated, says Centre’s top scientific advisor

by Swarajya Staff - May 4, 2021 06:13 AM Dr Gobardhan Das (Ujita Bhardwaj/ThePrint) Bombs have been hurled at the home of scientist and BJPs Purbasthali Uttar candidate Dr Gobardhan Dass home in West Bengal by alleged TMC workers. The mobs have also attacked various party workers in his village. Author and scientist Dr Anand Ranganathan made a SOS call to Home Minister Amit Shah, imploring him to ensure Dass safety. He said that Das is trapped inside his hope along with his family members inclu...

Shekhar C Mande, Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, spoke to Bappa Majumdar about the second coronavirus wave sweeping the country: With India in the middle of a second wave of Covid-19 infections,...

UPDATED: January 7, 2021 21:31 IST A health worker takes a nasal swab of passenger for Covid-19 test at Bandra Terminus railway station, Nov 2020 (Mandar Deodhar) Even as apprehensions grow about new strains of the coronavirus outpacing vaccinations around the world, Indian scientists are putting the mutant strains under watch and bracing to launch a countrywide genome sequencing initiative. They have also highlighted concerns about how the virus lingers in the air and airborne transmission of...

Airborne transmission of coronavirus: Study reveals surprising details By News Desk|   Edited by Neha  |   Published: 7th January 2021 11:18 pm IST By Mohammed Hussain Ahmed Hyderabad: A new coronavirus research may render people more alert and force them to observe guidelines more strictly.  Hyderabad’s research lab, Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has conducted a research study in cooperation with Chandigarh’s Institute of Microbial Technology (IMT) in both these citi...

»Coronavirus Found in Air Samples of Covid Hospitals Ward, Can Sustain for More than Two Hours: Study 1-MIN READ Coronavirus Found in Air Samples of Covid Hospitals Ward, Can Sustain for More than Two Hours: Study Image for representation. The study, which is yet to be peer-reviewed, said that when the Covid-19 patients spend longer in a room, the virus is found in air for more than two hours, even further than two metres from the patient. Coronavirus was found in air samples in Covid-19 ward...

Image used for representational purpose only HYDERABAD: After finding the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in drinking water, sewage and hospital walls, scientists have now isolated the virus from air samples collected from designated Covid-19 wards. Researchers at city-based Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) and Chandigarh-based Institute of Microbial Technology (IMT) have studied three hospitals each in Hyderabad and Chandigarh to find if the novel coronavirus was present in the...