NEW DELHI: As the third wave moves towards the peak, India reported 2.47 lakh new coronavirus cases today — the highest single-day rise in the current wave. The country’s total now stands at 3.63 crore, which includes 5,488 cases of Omicron Covid variant, across 28 states and union territories. The current active cases stand at […]
NEW DELHI: Deemed ineligible for a human transplant, David Bennett, 57, a US man has become the first person in the world to get a heart transplant from a genetically-modified pig. The transplant recipient had advanced heart failure and a type of arrhythmia called ventricular fibrillation. Because he had not taken steps to control his […]
HYDERABAD: In what comes as a big relief to all awaiting the results of COVAXIN booster dose study play outs, the vaccine has shown equal efficacy against the latest strains, namely Delta and Omicron. Earlier studies demonstrated the neutralising potential of COVAXIN against SARS-CoV-2 Variants of Concern Alpha, Beta, Delta, Zeta, and Kappa. Dr. Krishna […]
JHARKHAND: At only 18 years in age, Sumati Kumari, the youngest of six kids and a rising football star from a Lundru Village in Gumla district of Jharkhand, has made it to the senior women’s team for AFC Asian Cup, where she is to play as a striker. The AFC Cup is to start from […]
NEW DELHI: On December 23, 2021, United States President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, a bipartisan bill to ensure that goods and materials manufactured with forced labor in the Xinjiang Region of the People’s Republic of China do not enter the United States market. While Biden signed the Uyghur […]
New Delhi: In December 2020, science got to a miracle — a coronavirus vaccine arrived — and the main reason was that mRNA vaccine, a previously untested technology, appeared to work better than almost anyone had hoped. While we remember those historic advances as the work of individual scientists or laboratories, the vaccines against Covid-19 […]
NEW DELHI: There is good news in the offing, and a matter of pride for India, as the trials for homegrown vaccine COVAXIN booster dose have shown ‘promising’ results. Six months after receipt of the second COVAXIN dose, participants received a third booster dose of COVAXIN which resulted in the following findings: The phase 2, […]
NEW DELHI: The country registered over 37,000 new covid infections on Jan 3, significantly higher than it was recording for November and most of December when new daily cases remained under the 10,000 threshold. Metropolitan cities like Delhi, Mumbai, and Kolkata make up most of this surge at the moment. With West Bengal topping the test […]
NEW DELHI: The Austrian parliament on Thursday voted to legalize assisted suicide from January. The decision came after a court ruling said that its ban breached fundamental human rights. Assisted Suicide Act gives the option of an advance directive similar to a living will. This would be applicable only to people above 18 years of […]
NEW DELHI: In view of the restrictions by the Delhi government to prevent the spread of the COVID-19, the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation on Thursday decided to limit the number of seated passengers to 200 per 8 coach train from 2400 normally. It also said, “Travel only if absolutely essential”. An eight coach Metro train […]