Numaligarh Refinery Ltd is doing its best in its own way to safeguard the community during the Covid-19 pandemic.A senior NRL official said it has involved 35 local tailors from Letekujan, Purabangla,...
A top Indian government science office on Tuesday urged all people to wear homemade masks to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus, diverging from a Union health ministry advisory that says masks d...
Sir — Amid lockdowns in countries across the world to prevent the spread of the coronavirus, the kitchen seems to have become the favourite hang-out of the rich and the famous. It is no secret that ...
The coronavirus scare across the world has given a boost to the surgical mask manufacturing trade in Bengal with many makers receiving huge export orders.A businessman based in Thailand has sent messa...
The debate over whether Americans should wear face masks to control coronavirus transmission has been settled.Governments and businesses now require or at least recommend them in many public settings....
The malls are shut but a handful of standalone apparel stores that have opened in the city are seeing only a few customers throughout the day.Most of the people walking in have one requirement — a m...
The Madhya Pradesh government has planned to procure 50 lakh low cost cotton masks and facilitate their availability at fair price shops for public to contain the spread of coronavirus.The government ...
Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday said the stocks of personal protective equipment (PPE) kits and N95 masks was “satisfactory” and requested state Congress president Ripun Bora n...
A slum in West district, with a population of 2,000, has cordoned off all sides and restricted entry of any outsiders without wearing a mask or gamcha.Radhanagar Purba Basti is more than 50 years old ...
Federal health officials have now recommended that we cover our faces with fabric during the coronavirus pandemic. But what material offers the most protection?The Centers for Disease Control and Prev...
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