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A 34-year-old researcher, Syed Baker, and his friends have been distributing groceries and food packets to many families since the first wave of Covid hit the country.

Syed, who returned from Russia during the pandemic, said, “I came across two women who had lost their father to suicide years ago. They, along with their mother, were surviving by doing odd jobs with caterers, but were left with no work when the pandemic struck. We helped them by supplying grocery kits. It made us realise how badly people were struggling.”

This 18-year-old Bengaluru girl, who competed in her first senior nationals, defeated big names to clinch the gold medal.

When 18-year-old athlete Priya H Mohan left Bengaluru last week to participate in the interstate Senior Athletics Championship in Patiala, there was an air of confidence. After all, running a 400 m race is second nature to the youngster. She flew alongside coach Arjun Ajay and her father, with the former trying to keep her in a positive frame of mind. It was much required as it was her first senior athletic meet where she would be competing against the best in the country.

Earlier in the week, the Bengaluru girl came up with an effort to win a gold (clocking her best at 53.29s) on field, which comprised names like seasoned campaigner from Karnataka, Poovamma. So, this gold medal for Priya is the fruit of the hard work.

Environmentalist Garvita Gulhati, a 21-year-old student of PES University, was nominated for ‘Forbes 30 under 30 Asia 2021’.

After learning that millions of litres of water are wasted each year in India, left unsipped in glasses in restaurants, Garvita started her youth-led organisation.

Liposomal Amphotericin B has saved thousands of lives by helping people fight mucormycosis or black fungal infection, which has taken on an epidemic proportion during the second Covid wave.

One of the brains behind the wonder drug is Srikanth Annappa Pai, who hails from Gangolli in Udupi district.

As COVID-19 stands as a grim testimony to the damage an infectious disease can cause to human health and welfare, a major challenge in treating such diseases is misdiagnosis, which can lead to trial-and-error treatments, and improper use of antibiotics. Identifying the correct type of infection, is, therefore critical.

A recent study from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has identified a set of molecular biomarkers that can be used in the differential diagnosis of acute bacterial and viral infections.

First author Sathyabaarathi Ravichandran, Research Associate in the lab of Nagasuma Chandra, Professor at the Department of Biochemistry, explained that antibiotics are given even for viral infections in some cases because of misdiagnosis. With current methods, it can take a lot of time to test for bacterial or viral infections.

City-based historian Anirudh V Kanisetti tells CE about Connected Histories, his YouTube channel that throws light on how South Asia was linked with the world

PES University has volunteered to provide free meals for the needy during the pandemic. The university is delivering free food to the families of Covid-19 patients and to those struggling with poverty and food insecurity due to the curfew.