DNA Explainer: Things you must know about CBSE assessment of Class 10 Board students - The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) released its 'objective criterion' on the basis of which the students of Class 10 will be assessed.
DNA Explainer: Efficacy, Herd Immunity - COVID jargon explained !!
The experts are urging people to focus less on efficacy numbers and instead get vaccinated with whichever authorized vaccine being offered to them. (Image Source: Reuters)
Updated: Apr 28, 2021, 11:07 AM IST
The country is going through a terrible phase of the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. During this phase, more people are getting infected with the virus and we have seen more critical cases requiring medical emergency and oxygen supply surfacing.
Looking at the condition, the government has been speeding up the vaccination process in the country, and now anyone above the age of 18 years will be eligible to take the jab. On Monday, the Union government announced that the third phase of COVID-19 vaccination in India will begin from May 1 and everyone above the age of 18 years will be eligible to be vaccinated.
DNA Explainer: Spirometer a boon for COVID-19 patients?
Spirometers are commonly used at hospitals after surgeries or prolonged illnesses that lead to extended bed rest. (Representative Image)
Updated: Apr 23, 2021, 03:34 PM IST
We all know that the COVID-19 or coronavirus directly affects a person s lungs. This is the reason that serious COVID-19 positive patients have been requiring a constant oxygen supply to survive. In such a time of crisis let us look at some ways to better our lungs functioning. One such method is the use of an incentive spirometer.
Spirometers are commonly used at hospitals after surgeries or prolonged illnesses that lead to extended bed rest. Your doctor or surgeon may also give you a take-home spirometer after surgery. But before we understand how this device functions, let us know a little more about the device.
DNA Explainer: Why there will be NO Lockdown again?
Recently AIIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria said that people need to follow COVID-19 appropriate behaviour, and the crowd needs to be decreased. A woman wearing a protective mask walks past a graffiti of Marilyn Monroe wearing a mask, amidst the spread of COVID-19 in Mumbai - March 30, 2021 (Image Source: Reuters)
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Updated: Apr 6, 2021, 11:44 AM IST
India is facing a fresh surge of COVID-19 cases. The condition of some of the states in particular is worrisome. One such state is Maharashtra, where full lockdown has been imposed on weekends and fresh restrictions to last through April.
DNA Explainer: Tibetans have copyright over Dalai Lama reincarnation says Lobsang Sangay
China, possibly keen to make increase its influence on Buddhism has said that it will appoint the next Dalai Lama, the 15th in the line of succession.
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Updated: Apr 3, 2021, 03:56 PM IST
Dismissing China claiming to appoint the next Dalai Lama, the President of the Tibetan Government in Exile has said that it is the Tibetans who have copyright over reincarnation, and Beijing plans to have a duplicate copy.
Lobsang Sangay, Sikyong (President) of the Central Tibetan Administration (Tibetan Government in Exile), said, Communist Party of China has zero credibility, as far as reincarnation is concerned. The Communist Party believes in atheism. They say religion is poison, why do they want to interfere in our internal affairs.