Postpartum haemorrhage (PPH), a condition of excessive blood loss after birth, is the world’s leading cause of maternal mortality, resulting in an estimated 60,000 deaths per year in resource-limited countries. A novel form of oxytocin, an inhalable dry powder that does not require refrigeration, could enable ease of use by frontlineRead More →
The State of COVID-19 Emergency in Victoria has been extended for four weeks to continue measures we know are working to slow the spread of coronavirus and save lives. Although it is challenging to live with Stage 4 restrictions and it’s easy to feel frustrated or get complacent – especiallyRead More →
To the utmost delight of many Indian-Americans, the Presidential candidate for the Democrats Joe Biden has named Senator Kamala Harris as his running mate and Vice-Presidential candidate. Kamala Harris is half Indian from her mother’s side and half Jamaican. Her father is Donald Harris, Prof Emeritus, Stanford University, from Jamaica.Read More →
A Californian judge has ordered Uber (and Lyft another ridesharing company) to start classifying more than 100,000 California drivers as employees instead of independent contractors. Once the drivers become employees, they are entitled to full employment benefits, including overtime and unemployment insurance. Uber and Lyft were sued in May byRead More →
India’s fight with COVID-19 continues. There are now 2,215,074 (more than 2.2 million) case of COVID-19 in India with 44, 386 deaths. Although the number of deaths is too many, compared to the US where 163, 370 people have died with more than 5 million cases of the virus andRead More →
With Victoria hit hard by the second wave of COVID-19, the imposition of Stage 4 restrictions in Melbourne Metro had become inevitable. Victorian economy is choking to death has forced JobKeeper program expansion. And to make things a lot worse for both the state and federal governments, the lifeless VictorianRead More →
The dream of millions to have Shri Ram Temple or Shri Ram Lalla Temple (infant Lord Ram) at his birth place site in Ayodhya will now be a reality once the construction completes. A very proud Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday August 5 laid the foundation stone of the RamRead More →
Finally there will be temple at Ayodhya, the place of Shri Ram Lalla – the winner of the court battle in the famous Supreme Court of India judgement delivered by a full bench of the ap0ex court led by former Chief Justice of Indi Mr Rajan Gogoi. Hindu devotees ofRead More →
Morneau Shepell, a leading provider of total wellbeing, mental health and digital mental health services, today released its monthly Mental Health Index(TM) report, making July the fourth consecutive month of a negative mental health score for Australian workers. While mental stress has increased for one-in-four Australians (24 per cent) inRead More →
As yesterday, experts urged the Premier to move swiftly to stage 4 restrictions to control the spread of COVID-19 in the community, the number of new case – 671 – and seven more deaths pushed the Premier and Chief Health Officer to act and metropolitan Melbourne has been placed underRead More →