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Researchers discover nanobodies inhibit SARS-CoV-2 infection
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Melbourne [Australia], April 26 (ANI): In a groundbreaking discovery, Australian researchers have identified neutralising nanobodies that block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from entering cells in preclinical models.
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China targets Hong Kong bar association head for defending 2019 'peaceful'
Updated : 4 years, 10 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 26 (ANI): China's top office in Hong Kong has ratcheted up attacks against the city's bar association chairman Paul Harris for defending demonstrations of 2019, denouncing him as an "anti-China politician".
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SpiceJet airlifts 800 oxygen concentrators from Hong Kong to Delhi, gears
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Gurugram (Haryana) [India], April 24 (ANI): Amid an acute shortage of oxygen due to the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, SpiceXpress, the air cargo arm of SpiceJet, airlifted 800 oxygen concentrators from Hong Kong for emergency use and distribution across the country.
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6.4-magnitude quake hits 221 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga: USGS
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 24 (ANI/Xinhua): An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.4 jolted 221 km WNW of Pangai, Tonga at 002336 GMT on Saturday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
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Hong Kong court finds journalist guilty for exposing police failures
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 23 (ANI): As China continues to impose severe crackdowns on the people of Hong Kong, an award-winning Hong Kong journalist was found guilty of a crime on Thursday for using a public database to expose police failings, the first time a member of the news media has faced prose
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Fitch affirms India at BBB-minus, Covid not to derail economic recovery
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 23 (ANI): Fitch Ratings has affirmed India's long-term foreign-currency issuer default rating (IDR) at BBB-minus and said the surging second wave of Covid-19 might delay GDP recovery but will not derail the economy.
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Global chip shortage now hitting more tech players: S&P
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 20 (ANI): The heavy toll that chip shortages have inflicted on global auto industry is now broadening to other sectors, S&P Global Ratings said in a report released on Tuesday.
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Chinese Navy seeks to be more 'port'able
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 19 (ANI): One of China's strengths - as an authoritarian communist state - is its ability to wield a whole-of-nation approach to security, diplomatic and economic affairs around the globe. This is seen clearly in its efforts to develop port infrastructure and to carve out
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COVID-19: Hong Kong suspends flights connecting India from April 20 to May
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 19 (ANI): Hong Kong has announced the suspension of all flights connecting with India for 14 days starting Tuesday amid the rising number of COVID-19 cases in the region. The authorities have also suspended flights from Pakistan and the Philippines.
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Hong Kong 'prohibits' landing of two flights carrying COVID-19 patients
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Hong Kong, April 19 (ANI): Hong Kong's Department of Health on Sunday announced it invoked a flight-specific suspension mechanism to prohibit the landing of flights operated by two airlines.
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China's actions in Hong Kong rise to new levels of 'viciousness': Report
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 18 (ANI): As China continues to suppress the will of the people in Hong Kong under the draconian National Security Law, media outlets worldwide have called Beijing's actions in the city "a new level of viciousness".
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UK, EU condemn sentencing of Jimmy Lai, other Hong Kong pro-democracy acti
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
London [UK], April 18 (ANI): The United Kingdom and the European Union condemned the decision to sentence publishing tycoon Jimmy Lai and multiple pro-democracy figures to prison for their roles in the 2019 mass protests that rocked the city for a year.
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