A fleet of mobile testing vans is now deployed in a massive suburban blitz to contain a rising infection rate that, according to Premier Daniel Andrews, has placed Victoria on a “knife’s edge”. Victoria will ramp up COVID-19 testing to 25,000 a day, with the aim of reaching around halfRead More →
Victorian Opposition says Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) job losses data released 25 June shows Labor’s lockdowns are harming workers in Melbourne’s west, north-west and south-east the greatest. All these regions are experiencing rises in unemployment well above the Australian and Victorian averages and spikes in COVID-19 infections. Most ofRead More →
State of EMERGENCY EXTENDED to Slow the Spread of Coronavirus in Victoria With Victoria experiencing fifth day in a row of new coronavirus cases in the double digits – 19 new cases recorded overnight, Victoria extended the State of Emergency for another four weeks. The measures are designed to slowRead More →
Dairy brands in India give Ayurveda twist to cash in on healthy beverage trend amid COVID-19. With immunity assuming importance in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, dairy manufacturers in India are giving ‘Ayurveda’ twist to cash in on the growing popularity of healthy beverages with immunity boosting functionality, saysRead More →
Tracking community outbreaks of COVID-19 through wastewater can happen faster, using more cost-effective tests, according to new research published by the Australian national science agency, CSIRO. The new research builds on the world’s first peer-reviewed proof-of-concept trial run in Brisbane by CSIRO and The University of Queensland which tested untreated sewage andRead More →
There is good news for those Indians who are stuck in Australia. Gaura Travels, a Melbourne based travel agency is organizing two charter flights with Singapore Airlines – one from Melbourne and one from Sydney taking Indians home. A lot of Indians stuck in Australia want to go back toRead More →
A new study has shown for the first time how inexpensive materials can be used in high performance batteries of the future. The study, published today in ACS Energy Letters, is a collaboration between Monash University, the India Institute of Technology Bombay-Monash Research Academy, and Deakin University. Scientists and engineers have beenRead More →
In a sign that designer drugs are becoming more prevalent in Australia, synthetic cathinones – commonly known as ‘bath salts’ – have been detected in the nation’s wastewater in the largest study of its kind in the country. These emerging family of drugs mimic the effects of ecstasy and amphetaminesRead More →
If you have been living abroad for some time, on visiting India, you would have noticed huge changes that are taking place in India. India is modernizing and urbanizing and one feels – at least from what you see, India seems to be changing for the better. Added to that,Read More →
In a ground breaking research conducted by the University of Oxford results showed the use of dexamethasone, a cheap and easily available anti-inflammatory steroid cuts the death risk by a third for those who have serious respiratory issues and have to be placed on ventilators. The drug also helped thoseRead More →