Hi, NewsWrap for June 30, 2020

Monsoon, Covid-19 Vaccine, COVAXIN, Kerala SSLC Result, Bharat Biotech, Coronavirus news

30 June 2020

  • Coronavirus Vaccine: Bharat Biotech Gets Approval from DCGI for Human Clinical Trials

    India's first coronavirus or Covid-19 vaccine ‘COVAXIN’, which has been developed by Bharat Biotech, Hyderabad has got approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) to begin with the human clinical trials. Bharat Biotech on its website said that it is happy to announce its 3 COVID-19 vaccines in association with the University of WISCONSIN, ICMR & Thomas Jefferson University.

  • Monsoon 2020: How to prevent conjunctivitis and other eye infections? 

    Monsoon is the season closely associated with a host of vector, water & foodborne diseases, such as flu, diarrhoea, malaria, leptospirosis, and jaundice. This rainy season also invites a lot of eye infections - with conjunctivitis being the most common of all. Apart from illnesses related to contaminated water & food, monsoon sees a huge rise in the eye. According to Health experts, high humidity levels are one of the leading causes of several eye infections, which are classified as viral, bacterial, protozoal, and fungal. 

    The first and basic precaution is to wash your hands with antiseptic soap & water frequently. It will avoid contracting the infection & prevent the spread of viral and bacterial conjunctivitis to family members. 

    One must separate his or her belongings from that of others like bedspreads, linens, towels, clothes, etc. Do not touch your eyes, if infected. Cover them with a face shield or glasses. 

  • Kerala SSLC Result 2020 Declared; Here’s List of Websites to Check Results

    Kerala board has declared SSLC Result 2020 today on the official website of Kerala Pareeksha Bhavan - keralapareekshabhavan.in. Students can check their results at some other websites like sslcexam.kerala.gov.in, results.kerala.nic.in, results.kite.kerala.gov.in and prd.kerala.gov.in.

    Kerala SSLC Result 2020 is also available on 'Saphalam' app that can be downloaded from Google Play Store. To check the result, students will have to use their roll number.

  • China's PLA to recruit mixed martial arts fighters  

    After a violent clash with the Indian Army soldiers in Ladakh’s Galwan Valley, China will be recruiting mixed martial art fighters into its army. Though, 20 Indian soldiers were martyred in the violent ambush by the PLA and 76 were injured, China has not yet released any details about its casualties. As per, State broadcaster CCTV reports, 20 fighters from the Enbo Fight Club would be based in the Tibetan capital, Lhasa. China’s Enbo club is notorious for recruiting children as young as 12 from poverty-stricken parts of the country. 

     

  • Coronavirus Live Updates: Over 100 infected after attending wedding ceremony in Bihar 

    In midst of the spurt of Corona positive cases in India , a wedding ceremony in Patna appears to have set off the biggest infection chain in Bihar so far, state health department said, as per PTI. The officials said the groom was running a high fever and two days after his wedding, he died and his body was creamted without conducting a Covid-19 test 

     

     

     

  • India-China Border Live Updates: Corps Commanders meet at Chushul; Beijing ‘Strongly Concerned’ after Ban of 59 Apps 

    After the ban of 59 Chinese app including Toktok, Helo and We chat, the Corps Commanders of the Indian and Chinese armies are holding a meeting at the Chushul border point as part of efforts to de-escalate the situation on the Line of Actual Control in Ladakh, PTI reported. This is the third meeting between XIV Corps Commander Lt General Harinder Singh and South Xinjiang Military Region Commander Major General Liu Lin. They are meeting at the border point in Chushul — June 6 and June 22 meetings were held at Moldo on the Chinese side. 

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