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Sustainable scents for a beautiful aroma at home
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Sustainable scents for a beautiful aroma at home

New Delhi, Aug 4: Don't you feel great when you enter a house and it smells super nice. Do you feel relaxed and your mood gets an uplift when you enter a nice-smelling space? Your place could use a little freshening. And really, whose house doesn't need that once in a while!? After cleaning our...
COVID-19: India records 42,625 cases and 562 deaths in a day
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COVID-19: India records 42,625 cases and 562 deaths in a day

New Delhi, Aug 4: With 42,625 people testing positive for the coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,17,69,132 and the active caseload increased to 4,10,353, according to data updated by the Union Health Ministry on Wednesday. The death toll climbed to...
Breastfeeding results in a healthier mother-child duo
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Breastfeeding results in a healthier mother-child duo

New Delhi, Aug 3: According to the World Health Organisation, breastfeeding is one of the most effective ways to ensure child health and survival. However, nearly two out of three infants are not exclusively breastfed for the recommended 6 months -- a rate that has not improved in 2 decades.Shelly...
India adds 30,549 coronavirus infections, active cases fall after six days
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India adds 30,549 coronavirus infections, active cases fall after six days

New Delhi, Aug 3: India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,17,26,507 on Tuesday with 30,549 more people testing positive for the disease while the active caseload declined after six days, according to Union health ministry data. The death toll climbed to 4,25,195 with 422 fresh fatalities, the data...
40,134 new COVID-19 cases, 422 related deaths in India
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40,134 new COVID-19 cases, 422 related deaths in India

New Delhi, Aug 2: India registered 40,134 fresh COVID-19 infections, pushing its virus tally to 3,16,95,958, while the number of active cases recorded an increase for the sixth consecutive day, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll from the pandemic...
COVID-19: India records 41,649 fresh cases, 593 more fatalities
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COVID-19: India records 41,649 fresh cases, 593 more fatalities

New Delhi, Jul 31: With a single-day rise of 41,649 new cases, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,16,13,993 on Saturday, while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 4,23,810 with 593 more people succumbing to it, the Union health ministry said. The number of active coronavirus...
Delta variant may spread as easily as chickenpox, cause more severe infection: Reports
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Delta variant may spread as easily as chickenpox, cause more severe infection:...

New York, Jul 30: The Delta variant of the coronavirus may cause more severe illness than all other known versions of the virus and spread as easily as chickenpox, US media reports quoting an internal document from the US health authority said. The document from the Centers for Disease...
COVID-19: India records 44,230 fresh cases, 555 more fatalities
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COVID-19: India records 44,230 fresh cases, 555 more fatalities

New Delhi, Jul 30: With a single-day rise of 44,230 cases, India's COVID-19 tally climbed to 3,15,72,344 on Friday, while the death toll due to the viral disease shot up to 4,23,217 with 555 more people succumbing to it, the Union health ministry said. The number of active coronavirus cases in...
How to deal with long Covid-19 in kids
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How to deal with 'long Covid-19' in kids

New Delhi, July 29: Coronavirus has left a scar on our minds, and its impact is not only felt by adults but kids as well. The concept of 'long Covid 19' is not well defined yet, but there are several research papers that highlight the long-term effects of Covid-19 on various age groups. Children...
India adds 43,645 COVID-19 cases, 640 deaths
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India adds 43,645 COVID-19 cases, 640 deaths

New Delhi, Jul 28: India logged 43,654 fresh COVID-19 cases taking its tally to 3,14,84,605, while 640 more fatalities pushed the death toll to 4,22,022, according to Union Health Ministry data on Wednesday. The number of active cases stood at 3,99,436, an increase of 1,336 in a span of 24...
Antibodies drop 50% in 3 months of Pfizer, AstraZeneca jabs: Study
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Antibodies drop 50% in 3 months of Pfizer, AstraZeneca jabs: Study

London, July 27: Total antibody levels produced by both Pfizer and AstraZeneca appear to start declining from as early as six weeks after two vaccine doses and can reduce by more than 50 per cent over 10 weeks, according to a new study stressing the need for booster doses. The study, led by...
India records less than 30,000 fresh COVID-19 cases in over three months
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India records less than 30,000 fresh COVID-19 cases in over three months

New Delhi, Jul 27: India recorded less than 30,000 fresh COVID-19 cases after 132 days while its active caseload fell below 4,00,000 after 124 days on Tuesday, according to Union health ministry data. As many as 29,689 new coronavirus infections took the country's tally of COVID-19 cases to...
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