Coronavirus: Junior Railway Minister Suresh Angadi died of COVID-19 New Delhi: Junior Rail Minister Suresh Angadi died almost two weeks after testing positive for coronavirus infection. He was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi after his condition worsened. He was the Prime Minister of the Union and the fourth deputy to …
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NEW DELHI: Only 60 districts in seven states across the country are cause for concern, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday while chairing a Covid-19 review meeting. The Prime Minister chaired a high-level virtual meeting with senior ministers and health ministers from seven high-burden Covid-19 / Union Territory states …
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a virtual meeting with top ministers from seven states where the burden of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) cases is highest. He appreciated the efforts made by states to control the spread of the disease and also announced the increase in the limit on the …
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Water quality in the Ganges did not improve and rather deteriorated in many stretches, possibly even due to the discharge of untreated or partially treated sewage despite restrictions on human activities during the 68-day lockdown imposed since the March 25 to control Covid-19. pandemic, according to a report by the …
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In the midst of the race to develop a possible vaccine against the new coronavirus, pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson has started phase three global trials of its single-dose Covid-19 vaccine with up to 60,000 volunteers from the US, South Africa, Argentina. , Brazil, Chile and Colombia. , Mexico and …
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Bharat Biotech, a leading vaccine and biotherapeutics manufacturer, has entered into a licensing agreement with Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri, USA, for a single-dose intranasal vaccine for coronavirus disease. (Covid-19). Bharat Biotech owns the rights to distribute the vaccine in all markets except the United States, …
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Indian stock markets rose half a percent on Wednesday, driven primarily by gains in information technology (IT) and auto stocks. The S&P BSE Sensex rose 250 points to 37,960 levels and the Nity50 index hovered around the 11,250 mark. Reliance Industries gained 2 percent after the company announced that KKR …
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NEW DELHI: With an increase of 83,347 new cases and 1,085 deaths in the past 24 hours, India’s Covid-19 count stood at 56,46,011 on Wednesday. According to the Union Ministry of Health, this includes 9,68,377 active cases and 45,87,614 patients cured and discharged or migrated. The death toll in the …
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On Monday, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that 64 wealthy countries have joined its Covax facility for the fair distribution and allocation of a Covid-19 vaccine. This author has previously referred to Covax, an association of vaccine developers and countries established by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, the Coalition of …
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A new study looking at the coronavirus outbreak in Brazil found a link between the spread of the virus and past outbreaks of dengue that suggests that exposure to mosquito-borne disease may provide some level of immunity against Covid-19. The yet-unpublished study led by Miguel Nicolelis, a professor at Duke …
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