Congress leader Ahmed Patel, a close associate of Sonia Gandhi, died in a Gurgaon hospital on Wednesday morning at the age of 71. The political veteran had been in Medanta Hospital since his health deteriorated after a COVID-19 infection. In a tweet, his son Faisal Patel said that Gujarat MP …
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India’s Covid count is 91,77,840. (Archive) New Delhi: There are two ways to modify the actual number of Covid cases. The first, more obvious way is to reduce the amount of testing that is done, as Donald Trump repeatedly suggested. The second, less obvious and more insidious way is to …
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On Monday, Nature released a report showing that we are slowly but surely finding out the origin of the Sars-CoV-2 virus that causes the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The report deals with two related findings about the virus that came, not from the field, but from the freezer. There have been …
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The number of Covid cases has now dropped to 4,700 to 5,000 cases daily, the chief minister said. Mumbai: Maharashtra’s Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday disapproved of the conduct of “some parties” for putting people’s lives at risk by waving on the roads ahead of a second wave of …
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By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 24, 2020 5:27:30 pm The storage of a vaccine depends on the temperature at which it must be kept so that its potency remains intact. There are several vaccines for Covid-19 in the works. As some enter the final stages of …
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Expressing concern about large gatherings amid the second wave of Covid-19, Maharashtra Prime Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to instruct politicians to refrain from organizing protests. Thackeray brought up the issue of political protests at a meeting of the Prime Minister with top ministers …
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Following the Maharashtra government’s decision to compulsorily screen passengers coming from Delhi, the National Capital Region (NCR), Rajasthan, Gujarat and Goa, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which is in charge of health city public, will begin to evaluate the passengers of the trains of the external stations by location. Testing …
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On Tuesday, the Supreme Court requested a response from the Center to a petition that sought to fix a uniform ceiling on the RT-PCR test for the detection of Coronovirus disease (COVID-19) throughout the country. The petition filed by a lawyer Ajay Agrawal called for the nationwide fee for this …
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Prime Minister Modi urged states to work with the government to keep distribution infrastructure ready. (Archive) New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi warned on Tuesday that any COVID-19 vaccine could lead to side effects in some people, as even popular drugs do, and that the government would only rely on …
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BENGALURU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has indicated that the Covid-19 vaccine is likely to be ready soon and has called on states to prepare for its rapid and effective distribution, Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa said on Tuesday. “He (PM) spoke about it (vaccine) and there are indications that it …
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