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Chickenpox, also known as varicella, is a highly contagious disease that largely affects children between five to ten years of age. Chickenpox occurs all over the world and is especially rampant between the months of March and May. Caused by the varicella-zoster virus, which is a member of the herpes family, chicken pox is a self-limited infection. Once infected with the disease, you have lifelong immunity against it. In some cases however, the body does not completely rid itself of the virus and it may manifest itself later on in the form of shingles. Shingles mainly affects adults and is characterized by a painful rash. Symptoms of Chicken Pox Chickenpox begins with symptoms that are common to most viral infections, such as fever, cold, headaches, body ache, and loss of appetite. A few days after these symptoms occur, you will notice a rash across the stomach, chest and back made up of red, flat dots. These red dots soon form clusters of pimple-like eruptions that turn in...
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Goa to Host 36th National Games The Indian Olympic Association (IOA)  formally  awarded to Goa the rights to host the 36th National Games . The announcement was made by the state sports minister Manohar Ajgaonkar. Ajgaonkar stated that  IOA Secretary General Rajeev Mehta , in a letter to  Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar , had formally conferred the rights to the state to host the sporting event in November 2017.
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74th Venice Film Festival Awards 2017 Guillermo del Toro’s ' The Shape of Water'  was awarded  the Golden Lion at the 74th Venice Film Festival.  The film, a romantic monster movie starring Sally Hawkins and Michael Shannon, premiered on the Lido on August 31, declared as the best movie. It’s also the first English-language movie to win Venice’s top prize since Sofia Coppola’s Somewhere in 2010.  List of Awards are as follows- 1. Golden Lion - Best Movie The Shape of Water, directed by Guillermo del Toro 2. Grand Jury Prize Foxtrot, directed by Samuel Maoz 3. Silver Lion - Best Director Xavier Legrand (for Jusqu’à la Garde) 4. Volpi Cup - Best Actress Charlotte Rampling (for Hannah) 5. Volpi Cup - Best Actor Kamel El Basha (for The Insult)
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Former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Elected as Chair of the IOC Ethics Commission Former United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon  was elected as  Chair of Ethics Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC)  for a four-year term. Ban succeeds Youssoupha Ndiaye of Senegal whose term has come to an end. His appointment was proposed by the IOC Executive Board and was approved during the IOC Session in Lima with a 74-4 majority.
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Google to Launch Mobile Payment Service in India Tech giant Google  is announced to unveil a  digital payment service in India  that has been developed for the local market. In July,  National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI)  had stated that Google had completed the testing of its UPI payment service and was awaiting Reserve Bank of India’s approval to launch its service in the country. Google is looking at launching a payment service  ‘Google Tez’ , which will include support for Unified Payments Interface (UPI) as well as mobile wallets like Paytm and MobiKwik.
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IIT Bhubaneswar Recruitment 2017 – Apply Online for Project Assistant Posts:  Department of Science and Technology, Research and Development (R&D), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bhubaneswar has published a notification for the recruitment of project Assistant vacancies for two the project titled ” Study of the effects of Climate Change on Hydro‐meteorological processes: Droughts and Floods at Different Spatial and Temporal Scales in Eastern India” . Eligible candidates can apply online on or before 28-08-2017. Other details like educational qualification, selection process & how to apply are given below…. IIT Bhubaneswar Vacancy Details: Total No. of Posts: 02 Name of the Posts: Project Assistant Educational Qualification:  Candidates should possess Diploma in Civil/ Mechanical/ Electrical Engg. with 2 years of relevant work experience or B.Sc with 2 years of relevant experience or M.Sc in relevant area of specialization How to Apply: ...
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IIT Guwahati Recruitment 2017 – Apply Online for Junior Asst Posts:   Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Guwahati has issued notification for the recruitment of Junior Assistant vacancies on contract basis. Eligible candidates can apply online on or before 22-09-2017 till 05:00 PM. Other details like age limit, educational qualification, selection process, application fee & how to apply are given below… IIT Guwahati Vacancy Details: Total No. of Posts: 20 Name of the Post: Junior Assistant Name of the categories: 1. UR: 11 Posts 2. OBC: 07 Posts 3. SC: 01 post 4. ST: 01 post Age Limit:  Candidates maximum age should be 27 years as on last date for receipt of application form. Age relaxation is applicable for SC/ ST/ OBC/ PWD/ Ex-Serviceman will be as per GOI rules. Educational Qualification:  Candidates should possess Bachelor’s Degree with working knowledge of computer office applications. Selection Process:  Candidates will be selecte...
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