The characters played by Balasubrahmanyam have been time tested, with great memory value because they were few and far between. Kathiresan, a police officer, returns home and sees Prabhu, her son, sitting with a notebook in deep pain. When his efforts to figure out what’s wrong meet the defensive “it’s …
Read More »Total number of tests crosses the 7 crore mark
New Delhi: The total number of Covid-19 tests conducted in India surpassed 7 million rupees on Saturday, the government said. A total of 85,362 new cases of coronavirus have been reported in the last 24 hours in the country. 75% of the new confirmed cases are concentrated in 10 states …
Read More »Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2020: 12 researchers receive India’s highest scientific award – science
The names of 12 scientists who received the country’s highest scientific award, the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award for 2020, were announced during the founding day of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) on Saturday. The award is given to Indian scientists under the age of 45 for outstanding …
Read More »Odisha man made fake Covid vaccine with ‘top secret’ formula, arrested
A man was arrested on Friday in the Bargarh district of Odisha on charges of manufacturing a questionable vaccine for Covid-19. Authorities raided his facilities and confiscated several vials labeled ‘Covid-19 Vaccine’ from his possession. The raid was carried out after the man himself sent an email to authorities asking …
Read More »Narendra Modi UN, Directorate LIVE Updates: As the World’s Largest Vaccine Producer, India Will Help Nations Exit Covid 19 Crisis, Says PM; Calls for reforms at the UN
This year’s UN General Assembly is being held largely online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the world’s leaders are delivering prerecorded speeches at the New York summit. Some of the priority issues for India at the ongoing 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly will be to …
Read More »Prime Minister Narendra Modi will highlight India’s role as a ‘pharmacy for the world’ and seek greater participation in peacekeeping missions in today’s UN General Assembly speech
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 27, 2019. (REUTERS / Brendan Mcdermid) In a pre-recorded video statement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will promote greater transparency in the process of inclusion and exclusion …
Read More »Coronavirus LIVE updates: India cases cross 59 Lakh, WHO warns of global cost of 2 million before widespread use of vaccines
“One million is a terrible number and we must reflect on that before we begin to consider a second million,” WHO emergency director Michael Ryan told a virtual press conference, when asked if it was unthinkable that two millions of people could die in the pandemic. before a vaccine arrives. …
Read More »Why Kerala could re-enter the top 10 states soon
Written by Amitabh Sinha, edited by Explained Desk | Pune | Updated: September 26, 2020 12:40:41 pm A Covid hospital built by Tata Group in Kasaragod in Kerala. It was handed over to the state government on September 10. Coronavirus cases in India: With more than 18,000 new cases detected …
Read More »India responded well in many respects, but positive spin on Covid-19, avoiding bad negative news: The Lancet
A woman reacts when a healthcare worker tries to collect her swab sample to test for Covid-19, in Hyderabad on September 23, 2020 (AFP). The British magazine stressed that India has the fastest growing Covid-19 outbreak in the world in absolute numbers, adding that not relying on science despite a …
Read More »Covid-19 Vaccine Trial Starts Today at Mumbai Hospital: Everything You Need to Know
The first dose of the Covid-19 candidate vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca will be administered to three volunteers at King Edward Memorial Hospital (KEM) in Mumbai on Saturday, while 10 more volunteers have been selected for the clinical trial. Another Mumbai hospital, BYL Nair, will begin …
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