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Amritsar, June 17 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Students’ Science Club (SciRox) of Guru Nanak Dev University organized its first virtual conference on Astrophysics and Cosmology (AstroRetreat’20). The conference was co-organized by the Stellar Universe, a student club of Delhi University. This conference provided an opportunity to students and young physicists to understanding challenging problems of the contemporary times in the areas …

PIB’S DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 Posted On: 16 JUN 2020 6:22PM by PIB Delhi New Delhi, June 16 (Punjab Post Bureau) –   (Contains Press releases concerning Covid-19, issued in last 24 hours, inputs from PIB Field Offices and Fact checks undertaken by PIB)

New Delhi, June 16 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas & Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan has stressed on enhancing domestic steel usage in the country and reducing import dependence for meeting oil & gas sector’s steel requirements. Addressing the Webinar on ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat: Fostering Domestic Steel Usage in Oil & Gas Sector’ here today, he said …

New Delhi, June 16 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Following directions of the Union Home Minister Shri Amit Shah, all hospitals in Delhi, (Central and State Government and private), today complied with the decision taken at a meeting chaired by the Union Home Minister on 14th June, by speeding up cremation/last rites of bodies of COVID-19 patients. The hospital staff performed the …

India is amongst the countries with least deaths due to coronavirus – PM New Delhi, June 16 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi today interacted with Chief Ministers via video conferencing to discuss the situation emerging post Unlock 1.0 and plan ahead for tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. This was the sixth such interaction of the Prime Minister …

With “Yoga at Home, Yoga with Family” campaign New Delhi, June 16 (Punjab Post Bureau) – In context of the current COVID-19 pandemic situation, slowdown in daily activities and restrictions on the movement of people, this year’s observance of International Day of Yoga will aim to highlight the health-building and stress-relieving aspects of Yoga. To facilitate this, the Ministry of …

New Delhi, June 16 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has asked States/UTs to proactively engage with the private healthcare providers to facilitate enhanced bed availability and critical care health facilities and to ensure fair and transparent charges for services provided.             In this regard, some States like Tamil Nadu, Odisha, …

MoHFW releases a guide to combat stigma associated with Covid-19 New Delhi, June 16 (Punjab Post Bureau) – During the last 24 hrs, 10,215 COVID-19 patients were cured. A total of 1,80,012 patients, so far, have been cured of COVID-19. The recovery rate rises to 52.47%, which is indicative of the fact that more than half of positive cases have …

Amritsar, June 16 (Punjab Post Bureau) – Punjab has Type 2 diabetes (T2D) as a major health issue  (prevalence ~ 10%). The population apparently has a considerable contribution of genetic factors that dictate the susceptibility to T2D which has been shown by extensive research published by the department of Human Genetics of the Guru Nanak Dev Universityin reputed international journals. This …

PIB’S DAILY BULLETIN ON COVID-19 Posted On: 15 JUN 2020 6:28PM by PIB Delhi New Delhi, June 15 (Punjab Post Bureau) – (Contains Press releases concerning Covid-19, issued in last 24 hours, inputs from PIB Field Offices and Fact checks undertaken by PIB)