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Plasma therapy may be removed from national Covid-19 treatment guidelines:
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 20 (ANI): Convalescent Plasma Therapy may be removed from the national guideline for the treatment of novel coronavirus after an India Council of Medical Research study revealed that it did not help in reducing mortality or slow the progression of Covid-19, the ICM
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Central govt lauds Uttarakhand govt's midday meal scheme resulting in redu
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Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], October 19 (ANI): Union Ministry of education has lauded the efforts of Uttarakhand government's for distributing Rs 38 crore midday meal allowance to 6.5 lakh students of the sate under the Midday Meal Scheme during the lockdown which helped in curbing the d
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Four drugs for COVID-19 appear to have little or no effect on reducing mor
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New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): The interim analysis of WHO's Solidarity Trial has revealed that 4 repurposed drugs for COVID-19--remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon regimens-- appeared to have little or no effect on reducing mortality, initiation of venti
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Four repurposed drugs have no effect on reducing mortality in COVID-19 cas
Updated : 5 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): The interim analysis of World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Solidarity Trial has revealed that four repurposed drugs for COVID-19--remdesivir, hydroxychloroquine, lopinavir/ritonavir and interferon regimens appeared to have little or no effect on reducing m
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Sitharaman participates in 102nd meeting of the World Bank Development Com
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New Delhi [India], October 16 (ANI): Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman participated in the 102nd meeting of the World Bank Development Committee Plenary through video conferencing on Friday and said the hard-fought gains in reducing the level of poverty, achieved over a number of years, a
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CIABC cautions govt against reducing customs duty on liquor imports from U
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New Delhi [India], October 2 (ANI): The Confederation of Indian Alcoholic Beverage Companies (CIABC) has urged Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal to ignore a proposal relating to reduction in basic customs duty on alcoholic beverages imported from the United Kingdom.
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Japan snubs China's olive branch on Senkaku-Diaoyu spat
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Beijing [China], September 28 (ANI): As the tensions between China and Japan increased in the East China Sea, Liu Qingbin, an associate professor said that Beijing offered an olive branch to Tokyo by reducing its naval presence in the area but was snubbed when Japan hired fishing boats to go
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Govt asks auto industry to bring down costs for boosting sales
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New Delhi [India], Sep 17 (ANI): India's tax policy on automobiles has been quite consistent for the past three decades and the industry should strive for greater efficiency levels to bring down costs rather than expect tax cuts, government sources said on Thursday.
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COVID-19: ISSER scientist in Mohali develops affordable ventilation system
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Mohali (Punjab) [India], September 13 (ANI): A scientist at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) at Mohali, Punjab, has designed an affordable and portable ventilation system that helps in reducing the viral load of airborne Coronavirus and other microorganisms in close
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Titagarh to replace 25 pc of power demand with clean energy
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], September 10 (ANI): India's largest private sector manufacturer of passenger and freight trains Titagarh Wagons Ltd on Thursday announced the signing of a power purchase agreement with Fourth Partner Energy to procure 4.8 megawatts of solar power for its wagon
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Piyush Goyal urges industry leaders to collaborate with Railways in reduci
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): Union Railways Minister Piyush Goyal on Tuesday said there has been a transformation of railways and that the COVID-19 phase has been utilised to remove bottlenecks making policing changes and improving infrastructure.
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Convalescent Plasma therapy didn't help in reducing COVID-19 deaths: ICMR
Updated : 5 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 9 (ANI): The Convalescent Plasma (CP) therapy didn't help in reducing death due to the coronavirus, the India Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed in a study.
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