PUNE, India – Twelve children, all under the age of five, were hospitalized in a village of India’s western state of Maharashtra on Jan. 31, after health officials gave them sanitizer drops instead of oral polio vaccine drops. A district official confirmed the news to Zenger News. “The children came in the morning to take the vaccination, and mistakenly 12 kids were given two drops of sanitizer instead of the polio vaccination drops,” said M D Singh, district collector of Yavatmal. The incident happened at a medical subcenter, Bhambora Primary Health Care, in Yavatmal district, around 700 kilometers from the…
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For those who cannot choose between sweet and savory, Colombia has the perfect dish for their palate! Although the cocoa industry is one of the largest globally, Colombia is first in quality. The most consumed brands are the local ones in the country, and customers usually ignore foreign ones. In fact, Colombians constantly reinvent ways to enjoy chocolate, seeking to enhance its flavor. It comes as no surprise that the unusual combination became one of Colombia’s national dishes: cups of hot chocolate with cheese on the bottom. This drink neatly combines salty flavors with sweetness. People usually enjoy the beverage…
CHENNAI, India — India’s exports are likely to get a boost once seven new textile parks are set up in the next three years. “Small countries like Bangladesh have taken over India because we are not able to produce volumes. Textile parks would give us a chance to integrate our operations,” said Raja Shanmugham, a textile exporter from Tiruppur in Tamil Nadu state, which contributes a major amount to India’s knitwear exports. “At present, most of our players are micro and small-scale companies. Using these facilities will help us increase our scale and grow.” The Mega Investment Textile Parks were announced…
Jasjit Singh Kochhar, who runs three restaurants in New Delhi, had a tough time during the pandemic as his eateries have been shut for most of the year, and he had to lay off his staff. While his restaurants have now reopened, Kochhar is not happy with India’s Union Budget that was unveiled on Feb. 1. The 2021-22 budget lacks support for the hospitality industry, including hotels and tourism — among the hardest hit sectors during the pandemic, with its lockdowns and travel restrictions. “I did not have many expectations from the government because we have been neglected as a…
LUCKNOW, India – Privacy issues have been raised since one Indian city rolled out plans for police to install cameras that use artificial intelligence to “read” expressions of women in distress and alert a nearby police station. As facial recognition technology gains a foothold in the country, activists are questioning the police’s surveillance plans in Lucknow, the capital city of Uttar Pradesh state. “Equipped with artificial intelligence, the cameras will perform multiple actions simultaneously — capturing data, analyzing it and sending alerts when required,” said Lucknow police commissioner D.K. Thakur. Under the plan, smart cameras are to be installed in…
Remnants of royal purple-dyed fabric dyed dating back some 3,000 years were recently unearthed in southern Israel. The discovery by researchers from Tel Aviv University took place in the extremely dry climate of the arid Timna Valley in the Arava Desert, near the basin of the Dead Sea. Their findings, published in the PLOS ONE journal in January, marked the first time Iron Age textiles containing purple dye were found in the country. The cloths from approximately 1000 B.C. correspond with the biblical monarchies of Kings David and Solomon. Shells of the three species of murex snails used to make…
Trellis is helping to streamline wine production. Pernod Ricard Winemakers, the premium wine division of wine, spirits and Champagne international company Pernod Ricard, will support its operations across Australia and New Zealand with smart predictions on grape yield, quality, harvest timing and procurement cost prediction from Trellis of Tel Aviv. “As we continue to lead the wine industry into the digital era, we are committed to working with artificial intelligence innovators that are reimagining global supply chains,” said Alex Kahl, who is optimizing technology for Pernod Ricard Winemakers. “We were impressed by Trellis’ expertise in the industry and proven ability…
More than 1.3 million Israelis have thus received both doses of the Covid-19 vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech. While many countries, including the U.S., have thus far struggled to get the available vaccines distributed to their populations, the extraordinarily fast and organized vaccination campaign in the country of just over 9 million people is unmatched per capita anywhere in the world. By design, this fast rollout is providing Pfizer — and everyone else — with the first critical real-world data on brand-new mRNA vaccines. This type of vaccine instructs cells to make a “spike” protein that triggers the immune system to produce…
ISLAMABAD — Weeks after members of the capital police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad shot and killed a 22-year-old student in Islamabad, police have removed the investigation office at the request of the victim’s father. The prosecutor informed the court on Jan. 25 that the officer had been replaced at the request of Nadeem Satti, whose son, Osama Nadeem Satti, was killed in the early hours of Jan. 2. His death prompted outrage in the country, and in the wake of the killing, five officers who were allegedly involved were fired. The initial police report said that Satti was shot for ignoring police…
MUMBAI, India — Sometimes, a picture is worth a lot more than a thousand words. In six Indian states where leprosy is endemic, more than 300,000 community health workers are using large, pictorial flip charts that tell the stories of two women in ways meant to help detect cases at an early stage and reduce the burden of the disease. Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s Disease, is curable, and if treatment is started early, it can prevent disability and deformities caused by the disease. Prolonged, close contact with someone with untreated leprosy is needed to catch the disease, according to…