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Covid XBB.1.5 variant not virulent in India as 90 per cent of population v
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Giving marginal respite amid a spurt of covid cases in countries like China, Japan, Hong Kong, and South Korea, Dr M Wali, Physician in Sir Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi, on Sunday said that the new covid variant of XBB.1.5 is not virulent in India as 90 per cent of the eligible populat
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Delimitation should not be done only on basis of population, says Assam CM
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
There are fears in Assam that the delimitation process may give birth to additional constituencies in districts where population explosion has been rampant in the past few decades.
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India takes giant strides towards uninterrupted water sufficiency
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
With the vision of providing safe and adequate drinking water through individual household tap connections to all rural households by the year 2024, the Jal Jeevan Mission was thrust into action aimed at the huge and deprived rural Indian population.
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US company supplied DNA collection equipment used in Tibet by China: repor
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The Citizen Lab report referenced above found that police collected DNA samples from roughly a quarter to a third of the population of the TAR. Citizen Lab's analysis determined that the activity was not apparently related to any criminal activity and that police targeted men, women, and
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Feel proud to be born in same country as Pele: TRAU FC's Gerson Vieira
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Football is not just a sport in Brazil. It's a national and cultural identity, a source of passion which resonates with the country's entire population of 217 million. And it's Pele who single-handedly elevated football from a sport to a religion in Brazil
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Tiger Kishan suffering from cancer dies in Lucknow Zoo
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
He was rescued from Kishanpur Tiger Reserve, on 1 March 2009 and brought to the zoo over 13 years back after he became a threat to the human population around the Dudhwa National Park.
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International Day of Epidemic Preparedness 2022: History, significance and
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
The world celebrates December 27 as International Day of Epidemic Preparedness 2022. This day promotes the value of epidemic prevention, preparedness, and collaboration by encouraging all individuals, institutions, and governments to properly prepare their population in line with national
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Study finds how virovory is enough to fuel physiological growth
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Researchers discovered that a type of Halteria, which are tiny ciliates that live in freshwater habitats all over the world, may consume large quantities of infectious chloroviruses. For the first time, the team's laboratory tests have also demonstrated that a virus-only diet, or "virovory,"
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Uttarakhand CM launches SBI Foundation and HESCO's Project Helping Chamoli
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttrakhand) [India], December 27 (ANI/NewsVoir): Uttarakhand, an ecologically fragile and disaster-prone state, has been experiencing climate change impacts such as changing seasons, less snowfall, flash floods, and unpredictable rainfall over the last few years. Large-scale anthro
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China's Sichuan province faces surge in Covid-19 cases
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
The authorities in Sichuan province conducted an online survey where 158,500 people participated and 63 per cent said their PCR or antigen test results came back positive. The province has a population of approximately 83 million.
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Current Antarctic conservation efforts insufficient to avoid biodiversity
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Existing conservation efforts are insufficient to protect Antarctic ecosystems, and population declines are likely for 65 per cent of the continent's plants and wildlife by the year 2100, according to a study
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China's working-age population to start declining rapidly in 2030s: Report
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
A decline in the country's working-age-population is expected to affect its potential economic growth and force changes in world trade and investment.
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