Mount Everest and other peaks of the Himalayas seen through the window of an airplane Kathmandu: Mount Everest is higher than previously thought, Nepal and China said Tuesday, settling a long-running conflict over the height of the world’s highest peak that straddles their shared border. Kathmandu and Beijing had differed …
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Written by Kabir Firaque, edited by Explained Desk | New Delhi | Updated: December 8, 2020 9:59:41 pm Morgan Freeman and Jessica Tandy in the Oscar-winning film ‘Driving Miss Daisy’ (1989). The rear seat diagonally opposite the driver provides the greatest possible distance between him and the passenger. In an …
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Both brands had responded to CSE’s investigation where they failed the NMR test (verifies the purity of honey) performed in a German laboratory. The Center for Science and Environment (CSE) has responded to statements by Dabur and Patanjali about CSE’s research on the adulteration of honey and its honey samples …
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Written by Raakhi Jagga | Ludhiana | Updated: December 8, 2020 8:49:51 pm Dr. Varinderpal Singh coming up alongside “We Support Farmers” from the stage while the Union Minister (third from left) In more symbolic support for the farmers’ protest on the fringes of Delhi, a senior agricultural scientist refused …
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Margaret Keenan, a 90-year-old British grandmother, has become the first person in the world to receive the Pfizer. COVID-19 vaccine out of a trial after rapid clinical approval. An early riser, Keenan was hit at her local hospital in Coventry, central England, on Tuesday morning at 0631 GMT, a week …
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Indian stocks closed at an all-time high on Monday, with the Nifty rising for the fifth straight session. (Photo: Mint) 3 min read . Updated: Dec 08, 2020 10:50 am IST Devansh Sharma Benchmark Sensex equities jumped more than 250 points to hit its new lifetime peak in early trading …
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Written by Tora Agarwala, edited by Explained Desk | Guwahati | Updated: December 7, 2020 5:23:42 pm Interior Minister Amit Shah, Assam CM Sarbananda Sonowal and Bodo leaders after the signing of the Bodo peace agreement in January. (Photo: PTI / Archive) Elections to Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) in Assam …
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After the Indian arm of US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc, the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, on Sunday became the first indigenous company to apply for an emergency use authorization for the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine in the country. The Pune-based company has collaborated with Great Britain’s Oxford University and pharmaceutical …
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From insisting on seeking legal protection to waiving clinical trials, Pfizer’s application to the Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI), seeking permission for the Emergency Use Authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine, it has too many buts and yes. The committee of subject matter experts constituted by DCGI is expected …
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The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won six of the MLC’s 11 total seats in polls on Sunday for the state legislative council teacher and graduate electoral district seats. Of the 11 seats, the BJP contested nine and supported a separate seat for the teacher quota in Gorakhpur. . Of …
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