Author: Doorva Asthana

Monkeypox: The Shadow Pandemic

By Doorva Asthana | Fri Jun 10th, 2022 | 10.58 PM IST | Still lurking in its shadow, the world has barely recovered from the pandemic and while struggling to control small outbreak, on June 8th, the World Health Organisation (WHO) urged all countries to identify any cases of the monkeypox, iterating it posed a ‘real’ risk. First discovered in 1958, originating from the African continent, the monkeypox is a rare viral disease. It is communicated through skin contact, contact with clothes or linen and fluid from the sores or respiratory droplets. As per the Centre for Disease Control (CDC),…

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Maharashtra Board to Provide Counselling for Highschool Students

By Doorva Asthana | On Thu Jun 9, 2022 | 10.42 pm IST | Prior to the result declaration, the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education (MSBSHE) announced that it will provide counselling to students for 8 days from 8 am to 8 pm, making it the first state in history of India to do so. Passing through the trying path of appearing for board exams in the dangerous conditions presented by the pandemic and extreme heat, after long, students have fared glorious. This can be clearly derived from the results produced by the students of MSBSHE. Despite…

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