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Municipal employee in Bhubaneswar arrested for peddling brown sugar
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], November 19 (ANI): An employee of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation was arrested for allegedly peddling brown sugar, police said on Wednesday.
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Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine trial complete, cites shot is 95 per cent eff
Updated : 5 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 18 (ANI): American drug giant Pfizer on Wednesday said that final results from the late-stage trial of its coronavirus vaccine was found to be 95 per cent effective and had no serious side effects on older people.
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A change of heart -- new drug for HCM reduces heart mass
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 17 (ANI): For the first time, medication has impacted heart muscle thickness and function for patients with the most common inherited heart condition, rather than simply addressing their symptoms.
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Man held with mephedrone worth Rs 55,000 in Pune
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Pune (Maharashtra) [India], November 17 (ANI): Pune rural police arrested a man with mephedrone, a banned drug also known as Meow Meow, worth Rs 54,000 on Monday.
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Indian govt in talks with Moderna for its COVID-19 vaccine candidate
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi[India], Nov 16 (ANI) Indian government is in dialogue with US biotech giant Moderna, regarding initial successful development of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate, which the drugmaker on Monday announced had achieved 94.5 per cent efficacy in phase 3 trials.
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Novel monoclonal antibody therapy cuts LDL cholesterol by half in high-ris
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 16 (ANI): The investigational drug evinacumab reduced low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol--the so-called "bad" cholesterol--by 50 per cent in patients with severe hypercholesterolemia whose condition is resistant to standard treatments, a phase 2 study from th
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Kerala FM Issac deliberately creating controversy over CAG report on KIIFB
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], November 15 (ANI): The United Democratic Front (UDF) on Sunday alleged that Kerala Finance Minister Thomas Isaac was deliberately trying to create a controversy over Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) draft report on Kerala Infrastructure Investment
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'Rewiring' metabolism in insulin-producing cells may help in treating Type
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 14 (ANI): Scientists have recently discovered an unknown way that pancreatic cells decide how much insulin to secrete.
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Kodiyeri Balakrishnan was afraid of being probed so he resigned: Kerala B
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Kochi (Kerala) [India], November 14 (ANI): After Kerala CPI (M) state secretary Kodiyeri Balakrishnan stepped down from his post, BJP leader KS Radhakrishnan on Friday said the "unexpected" resignation could be because the Polit Bureau member was afraid of being probed by authorities after
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NCB arrests actor Arjun Rampal's friend in drug-related case
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], November 13 (ANI): The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has arrested Paul Bartel, a friend of Bollywood actor Arjun Rampal, in a drug-related case here in Mumbai.
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'Rewiring' metabolism in insulin-producing cells may aid Type 2 diabetes t
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 13 (ANI): Researchers have discovered a previously unknown way that pancreatic cells decide how much insulin to secrete. It could provide a promising new target to develop drugs for boosting insulin production in people with Type 2 diabetes.
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IIT Roorkee scientists predict FDA-approved commercial drugs through AI to
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Roorkee (Uttarakhand) [India], November 13 (ANI): Amid the rapid transmission of cases of Covid-19, a group of scientists from IIT Roorkee has leveraged Artificial Intelligence (AI) to predict 10 FDI (Food and Drug Administration) approved commercial drugs available for the treatment of the
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