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Favipiravir ( mild-moderate case ) Glenmark becomes the first pharmaceutical company in India to receive regulatory approval for oral antiviral Favipiravir, for the treatment of mild to moderate covid-19. Fabiflu is the first medication to be approved and commercially available for the treatment of covid 19. Favipiravir, sold under the brand  name Fabiflu, Avigan or Abigan, is an antiviral medication used to treat influenza in Japan (approved in 2014). But generic name of this medicine is Avifavir. This medicine work for mild to migrate case only it does not work in serious condition of covid-19. The drug is priced at rupees 3500 for a pack of 34 tablets (rupees 103 per tablet). It will be available in retail chemist stores and hospitals coma but it is a prescription drug. It offers rapid reduction in viral load within 4 days and provides faster symptomatic improvement. It has been investigated worldwide, to know how effective it is? Studies from Japan, Russia and China have Shown pos

Meteorite-like object fall from sky in Rajasthan, leaves residents confound. On the morning of 19th June 2020, meteorite-like object weighing around 2.78 kilogram fall from the sky on Friday morning in Sanchore town in Jalore district of Rajasthan. The object fall with such force and heat that it resulted in the formation of one-foot deep pit in the ground. According to the local administration, an explosion was heard up to the range of 2 kilometres. Even 3-4 hours after it hit the ground the object was emiting heat. The local officials got it tested in a private lab located at a jeweller's shop in Sanchore.  This object contains - 10.23% of Nickel 85.56% of Iron 0.5% of Platinum Traces of Germanium, Antimony, Niobium and others. Geologist  at geographical survey of India will examine it further. It is important to know the difference between asteroid, meteorite, meteor and meteoride - Asteroid - An asteroid is a relatively small body (that is not a comet), usually Rocky or metalli

Indians call for boycott of Chinese goods after fatal border clashes. It seems easy to say that boycott Chinese product, but is this really easy to reduce trade with China? What you all readers say, can you easily boycott China? Can you boycott your Chinese phones, which some of you are using right now?      It seems easy my dear friend but actually its not. Because made in India products are not successful much that we start to export our products. Overall efforts are being made to reduce India-China trade but is it possible that we can do it? Because on one side everybody tweets on Twitter, Facebook etc. that boycott China and on the other side Chinese products like mobile phones are selling in minutes. According to the report by Gateway House,  chinese  smartphones brands, led by  xiaomi, vivo and oppo , are market leaders in India with an estimated 72% share put together, leaving Samsung and Apple. If I talk about a lower middle class family who have a monthly income of 15,000-20

Lonar lake also known as lonar crater, is a notified National Geo-heritage monument located in Buldhana district, Maharashtra. It was created by an asteroid collision with earth impact during the pleistocene E-poch. The water in the lake is both saline and alkaline. The lake was first mentioned in ancient scriptures such as the skanda purana and the Padma purana. The Ain-i-akbari, a document written about 1600 CE. The first European to visit the lake was a British officer, J.E. Alexander in 1823. Lonar lake has a mean diameter of 1.2 millimeters. The lake is a heaven for a wide range of plants and animal life. Resident and migrator birds such as black-winged stilts, brahminy ducks, grebes, shelducks(European migrant), swallows, etc. are found on the lake. Among reptiles, the monitor lizard is reported to be prominent. Lonar crater become a geo-heritage site in 1979. The area of 3.83 square kilometre was declared as lonar wildlife sanctuary by the government on 20 November 2015. In case

We all keep going out for some work everyday, but as quarantine is going on, it has reduced are going out. Staying at home full time and doing no physical exercise, affecting our health. keeping these things in mind, we need some changes in our diet, so that our health is not going to affect. Specially of those, who are doing work from home. Drink as much water water as possible to keep your body hydrate. Do not include too much oil, spices and sweet in the diet. Include dry fruits such as almond, walnut and peanuts in your diet. Include lentils, sprouted grains and beans in your diet. Chew your food very well to make it easier to digest. Take your three meals everyday For protein-rich diet, pulse, beans as well as milk, curd or whey must be consumed. Do not allow vitamin D deficiency in your body. Must add green vegetables, salads and fruits in your diet. Reduce your intake of tea and coffee or reduce the amount of sugar in it. At this time, it is important that your immune system is

Elephant caves, Maharashtra Located near to the Mumbai City, at only 7 km away on an island can only be reached by ferry rides. There are seven Rock cut caves, have been finally carved and designed by ancient artisians. Dates back to 6th century A.D. The fo due to the erosion of the limestone deposits by The chitravathi River. Belum caves have a length of 3229 and deepest point of 120 feet below the entry level. Belum caves, Andhra Pradesh Second largest natural cave in India. Situated in the belum village of kurnool district, Andhra Pradesh. These are formed due to the erosion of the limestone deposits by the chitravati River. Belum caves have a length of 3229 and deepest point of 120 feet below the entry level. Bhimbetka caves, Madhya Pradesh Situated inside ratapani wildlife sanctuary in madhya Pradesh. It is also a UNESCO world heritage site as it preserves some of the earliest artworks of man-made. It is believed to be the shelter of pandavas of Mahabharata during their time of ex

What is solar eclipse A solar eclipse is called when a part of the earth casts a shadow of the Moon.Due to this, sunlight does not reach the earth in whole or in part. During this time, the sun, moon and earth would come in a straight line. In a full solar eclipse, the sun is completely hidden behind the moon, and that partial and annular (Ring of Fire) eclipse contains a part of the sun. What is Ring of Fire We do not see the Ring of Fire during every solar eclipse and the solar eclipse in which the Ring of Fire is seen are called annular solar eclipse. During Such an eclipse, the moon covers the middle part of the sun in such a way that its outer edges appear like a ring. Looking at it from a distance, it seems that there is a ring of fire around the moon. Although it is not necessary that this ring of fire is visible from everywhere during annular eclipse. This is the reason that the annular or ringed solar eclipse can also look like a partial solar eclipse. Why solar eclipse can ca

(Part-3) The smallest bird in theworld is the bee hummingbird which is 2.5 inches long   (6.2 cm) weight age only 0.06 Oz (1.6 gram).  The Northern Jacanas appear to be walking on water and because of that are also known as the "Jesus birds". Turkeys can have heart attacks. When the Air Force was conducting test runs and breaking the sound barrier, fields of turkeys dropped dead because of heart attacks. The world's smallest owl is the elf owl which weighs 1.5 ounces and is the size of a sparrow. Vultures can soar for hours without one beat of their wings. Chicken with red earlobes tends to produce brown eggs, and a chicken with white earlobes produces white eggs. Grackles can imitate human speech better than parrots. A hawk's vision is so good that it can see a mouse from a height of one mile. The strike of eagle talon is so powerful that its force is twice that of a rifle bullet.

We all are doing different-different types of work in our daily life routine.But did we know to manage our time? Which type of work should we prefer first?  Five steps to manage your time: Priorities: Concentrate on what is important. Start with small and easy work first and then turn into difficult end. Identify time wasting factors. Accept responsibility of achieving your goal. Reward yourself. Types of work Urgent and important - All emergencies -Time bound projects -Our daily routine works -Accident and natural calamities Not urgent and not important -Insignificant work  -Fun activities  -Useless work  -Long telephone calls Urgent but not important -Phone calls  -Newspaper  -Some meetings  -Disturbance by people Not urgent but important -Planning  -Creative a ctivities  -Searching new opportunities  -Building relationships Now you can easily differentiate which work is more important or which one is less.

The word yoga is derived from Sanskrit, which means to join/ to unite. Yoga influences us to understand ourselves, the purpose of life and develops a relationship with peace. In 2014, Indian prime Minister Narendra modi suggested the United Nations to celebrate June 21 as the international yoga day, as 21st june is the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. Benefits of yoga Yoga brings together physical and mental disciplines to achieve a peaceful body and mind. It build strength, flexibility and confidence. It helps to manage stress and anxiety and keeps you relaxing. Promotes self healing. It helps for inner peace. Helps in attention, focus and concentration. Practicing yoga helps in controlling an individual's mind, body and soul. It can help lose weight, release stress, improve immunity and maintain a healthy lifestyle. Regular yoga practice creates mental clarity and calmness, increases body awareness, relieves chronic stress. It helps relaxin

Whether it is summer or winter, we often have problems with our skin and hair. Do not know how many products we buy from the market and spend so much on them, but still we don't get best results from them. Today I am sharing with you and affordable and durable remedy for hair. Nowadays not only our skin but scalp also has to face a lot of problems like dandruff, fungus and lices. So onion helps to get rid of all this problems. Onion contains sulphur in it, which provides protein and keratin to the hairs. Which makes the hair strong and shiny. Using onion juice makes your hair silky and bouncy. Use twice in a week. Applying onion juice to the hair keep the hair naturally hydrated. It reduces both hair breakage and hair loss. Onion juice acts as a natural conditioner for hair and prevents hair from tangling. It is the bestest and cheapest remedy for all types of hair.

Curry leaves that are easily found in Indian kitchens, not only enhance the taste of food but also beneficial for health. It is good for your skin Use Curry leaves in any form, it will work very well for your skin. It helps the skin to fight free radicals. consuming curry leaves tea daily gives you freedom from fear of infection. It helps to reduce obesity If you drink hot curry leaf tea on an empty stomach every morning, it reduces bad cholesterol from your body. There is a chemical found in curry leaves which increases the metabolism rate rapidly. Due to this, your body fat and weight starts decreasing rapidly. It detoxes the body By drinking curry leaf tea every morning and evening, all the body's dirt comes out. At the same time it also burns fat. If you eat high calorie food then you must drink this tea. It keeps stress away It is very common to be stressed out due to daily tasks and office work. But do you know that due to stress many other types of diseases starts occurring

Till now we have heard the news of the end of the world quite often. Like some people had claimed that in 2012 the world will end. But as the year passed, nothing happened according to the estimate of the peoples. But 2020, about which there was no rumour spread, that year came as a very disastrous. 2020 is a very destructive year because so many incidents have happened in this year so far, during which many people lost their lives. Everyone was busy in their everyday life that suddenly many unexpected devastations knocked on everyone's door. Almost half year has passed but still nothing has changed. One problem does not go away, the other comes first.  Countless incidents have occurred in 2020 which seems to be the end of the world. Like corona virus(covid-19) outbreaks. It was first identified in wahan, a city in China in December 2019 and was recognised as a pandemic by world health organisation(WHO). It is infectious disease. And now it has spreaded all over the world. Some cou

Aloe vera pickle Ingredients 1 aloe vera Mustard oil Rock or black salt Fennel seeds Carom seeds Fenugreek seeds Mustard seeds Method First of all wash aloe vera with water. Cut it slightly and leave it for whole night so that its yellow substance comes out. After that in the morning, cut both sides of it, now cut it into small pieces along with the peel. Now take aloe vera in a large bowl and add rock salt, fennel seeds, carom seeds, fenugreek seeds, mustard seeds and mix well. After this keep it in a sun for 3-4 days.   Note: If you want, you can cook it in mustard oil, for this, heat the oil in the pan, after that add the spice mix aloe vera and cook it for a while. After this keep it in sun for 3-4 days and your pickel is ready. Aloe vera barfi Ingredients Cow's milk  Aloe vera pulp  Sugar Method First of all, wash the aloe vera and cut both sides. after that, take out the pulp and cut into pieces. Now put milk in a pan and heat it, after boiling add aloe vera pulp and mix wel

We use some kind of products to bring the natural glow on the face, but the things kept at home can add shine to your face. Yes, gram flour, turmeric for aloe vera is one of these which will fill the natural glow on your skin. Today I will tell you aloe vera's good home remedy, which will improve your face after trying it. This will also give you a fair complexion as well as if there are marks of pimples, they will also be gone in a few days. To make glowing skin remedy, you do not need to buy any expensive product from the market. Learn about its ingredients and how to make it: Ingredients: 1 spoon aloe vera 1 spoon honey 8-10 drops of lemon juice 1 spoon rose water Method To make this solution, first mix aloe vera gel and honey in a bowl. When both the things are mixed well then add lemon juice to it. After mixing all the things well, add rose water to it. Your cleansing lotion is ready. Take some drops on your palm and apply on the face and massage for a while. After 5 minute wa

Does anyone know the size of the universe, I didn't even know before, but now I know. After years of hard work, some scientists are now claiming that they have measure the universe. Scientists estimate that the universe is 93 billion light years wide. Light year is the measurement by which long distance is measured. Light year covers a distance of 2 lakh kilometre in one second. So the distance travelled by the light in 1 year is measured in its light years. It is not possible to measure such a long distance in kilometres, therefore it is measured in light years. American scientist Harlow Shapley said that the milky way is about 3 million light years wide, but Haber used to say that it is not that big. He said that there are many Galaxies like this Galaxy in the universe, only by measuring the distance, we can know the exact shape of the universe. For this, scientists have found some ways like cosmic distance ladder (measuring the distance from planets stars with the help of radio

This matter is from 15 December 1964 . When India identified the low pressure India being built in South Andaman. Which means the rain and storm were about to knock. Everything seems fine, nobody thought that the medium wind of 45 kilometre/ hour was going to take the shape of hurricane (storm) soon. On December 21, the storm started moving towards the west. And this is the satellite imagery of the time, which is showing a clear cloud forming in a radius of about 965 kilometre. On 22nd December, a storm knocked over the northern tip in Ceylon( Sri Lanka), which had a speed of about 110 kilometre/hour. After hitting, the storm started moving towards north west and after that its speed was over 280 kilometre/ hour. In the evening of December 22nd Mr Sundar, who was the station master of dhanushkodi, reached home after finishing his duty. Around 9:00 in the night, the weather became very bad due to the strong wind and water started entering people's houses. Nobody knew what was happen

Nowadays I hear a lot about suicide. I feel like this is a common disease going on in people. Is suicide the only way to avoid your problems? Can't we solve the problems in another way? My opinion is that the suicide never ends the problem, but ends the life, not only of your own but also some special people related to yourself. Everyone has problems in his life whether they are big or small. Everybody has to face them and also have to fight against them, because it is called life. There is no life without problems. These problems will either drop you a lift you up. It depends on you how you treat them. You have must heard this saying at some time or other -  " No one is born happy but everyone is born with the ability to create happiness. " Don't know how many cases of suicide comes everyday. It seems like it become a trend of today's youth. life is too small, everyone has to die one day. So why not we live this life openly, apologize to some and forgive some. Th

  (part-2)   Mercury and Venus of our solar system are the only two planets that have no moons. Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, highest and driest continent on Earth. Venus is the only planet that rotates clockwise. made in China stickers are made in South Korea that's why it lasts long than their products. When you sneeze, all body functions stop, even your heart. It's impossible to sneeze while sleeping. Cold water weighs more than hot water. The human heart is not on the left side , it is tilted slightly to the left. It lies middle between your right and left lung. Honey is the only natural food which never spoils. It only takes 6 minutes for brain cells to react to alcohol. When awake, the human brain produces enough electricity to power a small light bulb. Your mouth blows warm air when you say 'Haaah' but same mouth blows cold air when you say a 'Whooh' while inhaling. You can't 'Hum' while holding your nose closed. 15 million blood cells

Ingredients 4 large eggs  1 cup (125 gram) powdered sugar  1 cup flour (maida )  1 cup coca  3/4 level tsp baking powder  a pinch of baking soda(meetha soda) 3/4 cup oil 1 tsp vanilla essence Note: for a plain cake, remove cocoa and add 1/2 cup cornflour instead Method Sieve flour, Cocoa, baking powder and meetha soda together.  Beat sugar and eggs very well together (with an electric beater). And essence.  Add oil gradually beating mixture likely. Fold in a flour a little at a time, with the wooden spoon, till the flour is used.  Transfer to a greased bowl of 6 diameter. Microwave for 5 minutes. Let it stand for 5 minutes in the microwave.  It cool for 5-10 minutes. Remove to a serving platter. Pour chocolate sauce on it and decorate with walnut halves.

Ingredients 1/2 kg carrots peeled and grated  1/2 cup milk  1/2 cup sugar, or slightly less  1/2 cup (100 gram) khoya roughly mashed  2 tbsp desi ghee  Seeds of 2 green cardamom(choti elaichi)powdered  1 tbsp chopped nuts like almonds or cashews  1 tbsp raisins (kishmish) Method Mix grated carrots, sugar and milk in a big deep bowl. Microwave covered for 10 minutes. Add ghee and khoya. Mix well. Microwave uncovered for 10 minutes.  Add cardamom and chopped nuts. Serve hot decorated with nuts.

Ingredients 200 gram paneer cut into pieces  5 large (500 gram) tomatoes - chopped 1 tsp chopped Ginger  2 tbsp butter/ghee and 2 tbsp oil  seeds of 2 green cardamoms (chhoti elaichi) - crushed 1/2 tsp sugar, 1 tsp salt or to taste  1/2 tsp garam masala  1/2 tsp red chili powder  1 tsp tomato ketchup  4 tsp cashewnuts orr magaz - soaked in 1/4 cup water and ground to a paste  2 tsp dry fenugreek leaves (kasuri methi)  1/2 cup milk or cream, approx. Method In a deep dish cover and microwave tomatoes, ginger and 1/2 cup water for 5 minutes. Cool. Puree in a mixer.  Microwave butter/ghee, oil and elaichi for 2 minutes. Add salt, sugar, red chilli powder and garam masala. Mix. Add fresh tomato puree and tomato ketchup. Mix very well. Microwave covered for 4 minutes. Stir once. Microwave uncovered for 4 minutes again. Add cashewnut paste and kasuri methi. Mix well. Add 1/2 cup water. Microwave for 3 minutes. Add paneer. Add enough milk/cream to get a thick red gravy. Microwave for 2 minutes

Ingredients 1/2Cup red lentil (arhar dal) soak for 1 hour.  100 gram pumpkin or 2 small brinjals or any other vegetable of your choice-chopped (1 cup)  Lemon sized ball of tamarind (imli) soaked in 1/4 cup hot water  1 tsp salt or to taste.  1 tsp asafoetida (Hing powder)  2 tbsp sambar powder, 1 tbsp oil  1 onion sliced  1/2 tsp mustard seeds (sarso)  A few curry leaves  tiny piece of jaggery (gur)-optional Method Put Dal with 2 cups water in a deep bowl. Cover with cling film. Prick the film. Microwave for 15 minutes or till Dal turns soft. mash well.  Extract tamarind pulp. Keep aside.  Mix oil, curry leaves, sarso, sambar powder and onions in a deep micro proof bowl. Microwave for 5 minutes.  Add chopped vegetables, salt, pureed dal and gur. Cover and microwave for 6 minutes  Add 1 and a half cups water and tamarind pulp. Microwave covered for 4 minutes or till it boils. uncover and microwave for 2 minutes. Serve.