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Delhi reports 2,136 new COVID cases in last 24 hours
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] August 12 (ANI): The national capital reported 2,136 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours with a case positivity rate of 15.02 per cent, according to a bulletin by the Delhi Health Department on Friday.
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Wikimania 2022: The festival edition brings together Wikipedia volunteers
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India]/San Francisco [US], August 12 (ANI/Seraphim): Every year, hundreds of Wikimedians - the volunteers who make Wikipedia and Wikimedia projects possible - come together to celebrate free knowledge at the annual Wikimania global conference. Now in its 17th edition, the conferen
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How edtech is shaping the future and strengthening minds
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI/PNN): Traditionally dominated by classroom teaching and limited digital infrastructure, the education industry has transformed itself at a rapid pace due to COVID-19. The education system has been forced to evolve significantly. In particular, online educati
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Pakistan sees sudden surge in COVID-19 positivity rate, 11 dead in 24 hour
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 12 (ANI): Pakistan saw a sudden surge in the daily COVID-19 death count as the country reported 11 new deaths overnight, as given in the data from the National Institute of Health of Islamabad on Friday.
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India records 16,561 new COVID cases
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): India recorded 16,561 new COVID cases in the last 24 hours according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Friday.
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Over 7 pc Indians owned cryptocurrency in 2021, says UN trade body
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], August 12 (ANI): Over seven per cent of Indians owned digital currency in the form of cryptocurrency in 2021, according to the United Nations trade and development body UNCTAD, which said the use of cryptocurrencies globally, including the developing countries, has incr
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Study describes how COVID-19 damages the brain
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): A study shows how SARS-COV-2 infects brain cells called astrocytes, causing structural changes in the brain. Infection with SARS-CoV-2 can cause brain alterations and neurocognitive dysfunction, particularly in long COVID-19 syndrome, but the underlying mech
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Omicron strains 20-30 pc more infectious: INSACOG to review data of genom
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], August 12 (ANI): Amid rising COVID cases in the national capital and other States, the Indian SARS-CoV-2 Genomics Consortium (INSACOG) will review the data of genomic surveillance of COVID-19 variants on Friday, said sources.
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Pandemic might have led to health inequalities among ethnic groups
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 12 (ANI): According to a recent study, pre-existing health disparities among ethnic minorities with diabetes have become worse during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Nanoparticle treatment may benefit individuals hospitalized with severe CO
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Washington [US], August 11 (ANI): According to researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine, an experimental dendrimer nanoparticle medication called OP-101 significantly lowered the risk of death and the need for a ventilator in a study of 24 seriously ill patients hospitalized with COVID-19.
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Corbevax likely to be available at vaccination centres from tomorrow
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], August 11 (ANI): The recently approved heterologous Covid-19 vaccine, Corbevax is expected to be available as a booster dose on the COWIN App in both public and private vaccination centres from Friday, manufacturer Biological E. Limited (BE) said.
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China: Xi's 'Zero Covid Policy' develops fault lines between administratio
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, August 11 (ANI): Owing to the hard-line "Zero Covid Policy" of the authoritarian regime of Xi Jinping in China, the number of people protesting in the country is witnessing a perpetual rise. The peaceful protests have gradually turned into violent riots due to assertiveness of the
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