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New gadget identifies COVID-19 antibodies in five minutes
Updated : 3 years, 4 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, 4 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, 4 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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WHO South-East Asia region launches regional forum for primary healthcare-
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The World Health Organisation South-East Asia Region and partners on Tuesday launched the South-East Asia Regional Forum for Primary Health Care-Oriented Health Systems.
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Locally-grown school meals can be beneficial for children, farmers, climat
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic brought a decade's growth in school feeding programmes to a dramatic halt, leaving about 370 million school children without access to their one reliable meal a day, according to UNICEF.
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No legal compulsion to get COVID-19 vaccination, Centre tells SC
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Centre on Tuesday clarified to the Supreme Court that there was no legal compulsion to get a vaccination for COVID-19.
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Govt funding into health sector needs substantial augmentation: Chairman 1
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Speaking at the industry body CII's 19th Health Summit on Tuesday, Singh said despite having done many things there is no getting away from the fact that public outlays in the health sector need to be "substantially augmented".
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China should respect people's right to peaceful protest: Human Rights Watc
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Over the weekend, thousands of people in Shanghai, China's biggest city and financial center, began publicly protesting the government's strict Covid-19 measures and denouncing the Chinese Communist Party's authoritarian rule.
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Media must report responsibly during terrorist attacks: Anurag Thakur
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
"Media must ensure that live reporting in case of a terrorist attack shouldn't provide clues to attackers and facilitate their ill motives," said Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur at Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union General Assembly, on Tuesday.
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Guarantee right to demonstrate: UN to China amid COVID protests
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Hundreds of protestors demonstrated in cities across China against President Xi Jinping's zero-Covid strategy, with some of them even calling for his removal. "Step down, Xi Jinping! Step down, Communist Party!" CNN quoted some people as yelling during a protest in the financial hub of Shang
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China's stringent COVID curbs flare up public anger against ruling Communi
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Several videos circulating on social media have shown a crowd chanting the slogan "Communist Party step down, Down with Xi Jinping" in unison over a deadly fire in Urumqi, the capital of China's Xinjiang region that has unleashed excessive public outrage.
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Protests against zero-covid policy become 'biggest rebellion' in China's h
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The public outrage against CCP rule and torturous zero-covid policy has been observed across several cities of China including Beijing and Shanghai which are the trade hubs of the country. People in Xinjiang, as well as Lhasa, were also seen, according to several videos circulating on social
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