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World's first intra-nasal vaccine for COVID gets CDSCO nod for restricted
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization (CDSCO) has approved India's first intra-nasal vaccine for COVID for restricted use in emergency situations in people aged 18 and up.
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Disasters should not be a cover for corruption, nepotism: Kerala High Cour
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kerala High Court on Thursday while hearing a plea demanding a probe against the Kerala Lokayukta over allegation of corruption in the purchase of equipment including PPE kits during the Covid-19 pandemic by the state government in 2020 observed that disasters should not be a cover for corru
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RSPO Certification grows from three countries in 2008 to 21 in 2021, repre
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 1 (ANI/NewsVoir): Global stakeholders from the palm oil industry gathered for the RSPO Annual Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil (RT2022), the first physical meeting to take place since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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China's Vice Premier calls for optimizing COVID-19 response after nationwi
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The top Chinese official also called for improving response to the changing situation around the pandemic, stressing the importance of optimizing the country's policy on disease prevention, testing and quarantine measures, as well as immunization of the whole population.
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India's example is of increasing relevance to others: Jaishankar at G20 Un
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Thursday underscored the increasing relevance of India in world affairs.
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Noble deed: Delhi witnesses increase in organ donation
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had a profound impact on all facets of the medical industry but according to official data, active coordination and revival of their public hospitals have increased organ donations and transplantation programmes in Delhi.
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India to receive over record USD 100 billion in remittances in 2022: World
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
In its latest Migration and Development Brief, World Bank said remittance flows to India will rise 12 per cent, putting its inflows ahead of countries including China, Mexico and the Philippines.
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People angry as China fails to prevent coronavirus cases despite its 'zero
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
The Chinese government continues to follow the zero COVID policy despite the people terming it 'ineffective.'
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Beijing has more means to suppress protests than 1989 Tiananmen crackdown:
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Over the weekend, thousands of people in Shanghai, China's biggest city and financial centre, began publicly protesting the government's strict Covid-19 measures and denouncing the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian rule.
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New gadget identifies COVID-19 antibodies in five minutes
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
Rapid, low-cost, and accurate tests are still required for epidemiological surveillance and healthcare services to monitor and contain the spread of SARS-CoV-2. Brazilian researchers have contributed to this field's efforts by creating an electrochemical immunosensor that identifies antibodi
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India's G-20 presidency: Cometh the moment, cometh the leader
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
India's G-20 presidency comes at a crucial time when the world is in the process of a geopolitical shift amid the Russia-Ukraine war and a troubled global economy inching toward recession. India will be presiding over the G20 for the first time since its inception.
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'I Wanna See a Movie!': New viral chant for China protesters against Covid
Updated : 3 years, 6 months ago IST
According to a report by US-based entertainment outlet The Hollywood Reporter, a video went viral across the Chinese social media portal 'WeChat' where purported protesters from Shanghai are seen chanting, "I Wanna See a Movie!"
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