NEW DELHI: On Thursday, the Supreme Court requested a response from the Center and the Union Public Service Commission in a request for postponement of civil services 2020 exams in light of alarming Covid-19 outbreak pandemic and floods. A bench of judges AM Khanwilkar and Sanjiv Khanna issued notices to …
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Most people who are infected by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which causes Covid-19, are not asymptomatic during the course of infection, a review of studies conducted at the beginning of the pandemic suggests. While some people who contract the new coronavirus never experience any symptoms, there is disagreement about the proportion …
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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 The yet-unpublished study led by Miguel Nicolelis, a professor at Duke …
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MUMBAI: The Pallonji Mistry Family announced its decision on Tuesday to exit Tata Sons, the holding company of India’s largest conglomerate in which it is the largest minority shareholder with almost 18.4%, after a bitter and protracted four-year battle in court and outside of the courts. In a statement of …
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The simple answer, at a time when good news is a rare commodity, is yes, but fall is more than meets the eye. First, the facts. In the past week, the nationwide new case curve has seen a rare drop, with the seven-day average of cases per day declining for …
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NEW DELHI: Codagenix Inc said Tuesday that the Serum Institute of India has started manufacturing the potential Covid-19 vaccine from the American biotech company and expects to begin early-stage human testing of the vaccine by the end of 2020 in the UK. United. Serum Institute, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer …
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AYODHYA: As reality bites into real estate in cities, property prices in Ayodhya They have defied the pandemic-induced slowdown to nearly double in the span of just over a month since the temple of Ram “bhoomi pujan” in August. This without counting the appreciation of 30-40% between The Supreme Courtverdict …
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NEW DELHI / MUMBAI: An indigenously developed test using state-of-the-art CRISPR gene editing technology to accurately, inexpensively and rapidly detect the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes Covid-19 infection has been approved for its commercial launch by Drugs Comptroller General of India. Developed by scientists from IGIB (Institute for Genomics and Integrative …
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India’s count of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) on Sunday crossed the 5.4 million mark with an increase of 92,605 new cases and 1,133 deaths in the past 24 hours. The country has been recording the highest number of cases every day since early August, when it began seeing more than …
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Migrant workers and their families queue outside a train station to board a Bihar-bound Shramik Express train in Faridabad on May 15, 2020 (AFP). In a written response to a question posed by TMC MP Derek O’Brien, Railways Minister Piyush Goyal said that autopsies on 51 bodies have shown that …
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