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  Chandigarh :   Immunity has become the go-to word for people ever since the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world. Now, amid the fast-spreading Omicron variant, people have become all the more conscious about taking preventive steps against the dreaded virus. India is once again witnessing an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 infections after the new Omicron variant started wreaking havoc. Acharya Manish, a renowned Ayurveda and Meditation Guru and the founder of Shuddhi Ayurveda and HIIMS, suggested that Ayurveda and naturopathy is the only solution to this problem. He has come up with some simple natural measures to avoid the Corona virus and its new variant - Omicron, as part of a public awareness campaign, which one can adopt easily to increase immunity. So that the virus does not attack the internal organs of the body. He further suggested that as soon as symptoms of flu and infection appear; start eating fruits for 3-4 days. In this situation, you can start consumption...

  Roopnagar :  A major stride has been made in the field of ophthalmology - the medical specialty dealing with diseases of the eyes. Dr Varun Baweja, an ophthalmic surgeon from Punjab has introduced a revolutionary iStent technique to cure Glaucoma in the eyes, similar to cardiovascular stents. Dr Varun Baweja, a pioneer in the eye stent technique, is the first eye surgeon of India to get a certification from England for carrying out the iStent inject surgery. This eye surgery is used to treat Glaucoma disease, commonly known as ‘Kala Motia’. "The best thing about this path breaking surgery is that the patients get the same medical intervention sitting in India which normally is available abroad at a heavy  cost," said Dr Baweja, a Consultant Ophthalmologist at the Baweja Multispeciality Hospital in Punjab's Roopnagar, near Chandigarh. It is pertinent to state that Dr Varun got his poster published in the American Academy of Ophthalmology Journal in 2009 and has pe...

  Kolkata: In a recent funding round, Ms Rimjhim Ray, Co-founder of Spotle.ai has invested in Wise Owl Learning. Rimjhim has joined their board and will be advising Wise Owl Learning primarily on partnerships, market expansion and investor strategy. Wise Owl Learning is a social impact edtech startup building adaptive, digital learning solutions for schools. Aimed at the next half billion population the startup has inked agreements with governments including Sikkim and Meghalaya to digitise school learning, student performance tracking and assessments. Rimjhim Ray is the Co-Founder, Spotle.ai , India ’s largest career platform for students and recent graduates. Speaking on her joining the Wise Owl board, she said, “The pandemic has given a push to students and schools beyond the metro cities to go online. The team at Wise Owl has the right vision and capability to serve a wide market with their integrated learning solutions. They address the learning gaps of each child throu...

Chandigarh : City’s young and dynamic entrepreneur brother duo – Akshay and Karan Grover – will be bringing a whiff of fresh air in tricity’s hospitality sector, with the formal unveiling of French hospitality behemoth Accor's Novotel Hotel, Tribune Chowk on October 1st. The hotel in all its grandeur  qualifies to be a landmark feather in the cap of City Beautiful, & the iconic  facility is going to offer better times for the hospitality sector, while providing many direct and indirect jobs to hospitality industry professionals. “A good hotel creates a chain of opportunities for everyone -- for owners, for employees and also for the people associated with the hotel as business partners. The hospitality sector was the first to get affected by the huge impact of pandemic following cancelled weddings, conferences and travel, we are hopeful that Novotel will have a role in providing impetus to growth of tricity's hospitality sector” reflect Akshay and Karan. “The social ga...