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Commerce ministry organises competition for designing new street vending c
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New Delhi [India], March 13 (ANI): The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in collaboration with the National Institute of Design (NID) Ahmedabad, organised a competition for designing Covid-19 Street Vending Cart through new and cost-effective cart models.
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$400 million ADB loan to help Philippines purchase Covid-19 vaccines
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Manila [The Philippines], Mar 13 (ANI): The Philippines has become the first recipient of financing support under the Asian Development Bank's (ADB's) Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) with approval of a 400 million dollar loan that will help the country purchase safe and effec
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Japan intends to limit number of arrivals to 2,000 per day amid COVID-19
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Tokyo [Japan] March 12 (ANI/Sputnik) The Japanese government intends to introduce a daily limit on the number of people arriving in the country, including Japanese nationals and foreigners, to 2,000 to control the possible spread of new coronavirus strains and ensure the effectiveness of
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Novavax COVID-19 vaccine highly effective in UK trial, but drops against S
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London [UK], March 12 (ANI): Novavax on Thursday said that final data from a trial in the United Kingdom shows its COVID-19 vaccine is almost 90 per cent effective, but the vaccine was far less effective in a separate trial in South Africa, given the virus variant there that has raised co
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WHO encourages all nations to closely monitor adverse effects of any vacci
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Genoa [Italy], March 12 (ANI/Sputnik): All countries should closely monitor adverse health effects related to the use of any vaccine, a spokesperson for the World Health Organization (WHO) told Sputnik following the suspension of the AstraZeneca drug in several EU countries.
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Indian Army adopted robust counter-infiltration strategy: Govt
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New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): The Indian Army has adopted a robust counter-infiltration strategy which has an appropriate mix of technology and human resource put together to check infiltration effectively, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik informed the Parliament on Wednesday.
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Global GDP to surpass pre-pandemic level by mid-2021: OECD
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Paris [France], March 10 (ANI): The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) sees global GDP growth at 5.6 per cent this year, an upward revision of more than one percentage point since its projection in December 2020, and 4 per cent in 2022.
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Scientists develop new brain sensor to offer Alzheimer's answers
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Washington [US], March 9 (ANI): Scientists at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have developed a tool to monitor communications within the brain to offer an explanation for why Alzheimer's drugs have limited effectiveness and why patients get much worse after going off of them.
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Is online dating effective or just superficial
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Washington [US], March 8 (ANI): The findings of a study by Pew Research Center suggest that 1 out of 10 adults living in America have found a long-term relationship from online dating apps, such as Tinder, OkCupid, and Match.com. But what is it in people that compels them to "swipe right" on
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Study suggests regular exercise could prevent type 2 diabetes
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Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): Exercising regularly is known to have many health benefits and now another advantage of regular physical activity has come to light.
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Delhi Police uses social media for public outreach, follows four-pronged s
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New Delhi [India], March 6 (ANI): Delhi Police has been effectively using social media for better public outreach and redressal besides following a four-pronged strategy to bust 'fake news'.
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PPHF, Niti Aayog Co-host Global Rare Disease Conference on International R
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New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI/NewsVoir): To call for effective dialogue and decisive action against the alarming challenges of rare diseases in India, People to People Health Foundation (PPHF), a public health organization working towards better healthcare and Niti Aayog, Co-hosted a Globa
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