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New Covid cases drop below 10K-mark in Karnataka |
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Bengaluru | Wednesday, 2021 6:15:06 AM IST |
| In a clear sign of the curve flattening, Karnataka's single-day Covid tally plunged below the 10,000-mark for the first time in over two months, while Covid fatalities also dropped below 200, the state health bulletin said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Oxfam partners Microsoft to support 9 Covid hit states in India |
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New Delhi | Wednesday, 2021 4:15:05 AM IST |
| Oxfam India and Microsoft joined hands on Tuesday to help strengthen the healthcare ecosystem to address the challenges that have come up with the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in India and also to prepare for a possible third wave. ... read.. |
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Patanjali's Coronil lands in row in Nepal, faces distribution ban |
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Kathmandu | Wednesday, 2021 3:15:06 AM IST |
| Coronil, the so-called immunity booster kit manufactured by yoga guru Ramdevs Patanjali group in India, has landed in a controversy in Nepal after the Himalayan nations Department of Ayurveda and Alternative Medicine imposed a ban on its distribution. ... read.. |
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Mucormycosis caseload crosses 1K-mark in TN: Minister |
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Chennai | Wednesday, 2021 3:15:06 AM IST |
| Tamil Nadu Medical and Family Welfare minister Ma Subramanian has said that the mucormycosis (black fungus) cases in the state have crossed 1000. He was speaking to reporters at the Government Medical College hospital, Omandarur Estate, Chennai on Tuesda ... read.. |
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67 Covid deaths reported late in Goa, Oppn demands probe (Ld) |
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Panaji | Wednesday, 2021 2:45:06 AM IST |
| Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant and Health Minister Vishwajit Rane should resign from their posts, in wake of 72 previously unreported Covid-related deaths in the state in private hospitals from August 2020 to May this year, the main opposition party in ... read.. |
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No respite in Covid cases in Kerala, TPR hovers above 14% |
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Thiruvananthapuram | Wednesday, 2021 2:15:06 AM IST |
| Kerala's Covid test positivity rate (TPR) continues to hover near the 15 per cent mark as 15,567 people turned positive on Tuesday from 1,09,979 samples was tested in the past 24 hours, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said. ... read.. |
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Telangana's Covid positivity rate drops further |
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Hyderabad | Wednesday, 2021 2:15:06 AM IST |
| The Covid-19 positivity rate in Telangana dropped further to 1.42 per cent as the state reported 1,897 positive cases during the 24 hour period ending 5.30 p.m. on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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Gurugram hospitals told to reserve 50% ICU beds for Covid patients |
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Gurugram | Wednesday, 2021 2:15:06 AM IST |
| In view of decline in Covid-19 cases in Gurugram, District Magistrate Yash Garg on Tuesday ordered all private and public hospitals to reserve 30 per cent of their total beds capacity in general category and 50 per cent beds in ICU/Ventilator for Covid-19 ... read.. |
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More harmful algal bloom impacts emerge amid rising seafood demand |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 11:15:06 PM IST |
| A first-ever analysis of harmful algal blooms (HAB) -- 9,500 recorded globally over 33 years -- shows the harm rising in step with the aquaculture industry, marine exploitation and coastal development launched by UNESCO's Intergovernmental Oceanographic ... read.. |
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CAR T-cell therapy effective in treatment of rare cancer in children |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 10:45:06 PM IST |
| The Chimeric Antigen Receptor T-cell (CAR-T) therapy has emerged as a breakthrough in cancer treatment. Clinical trials conducted globally have shown promising results in end stage patients, especially in patients suffering from Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia ... read.. |
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'Our vaccines are effective on mutants seen in India' |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 10:45:06 PM IST |
| Our vaccines are effective on the mutants which have been seen in India till date, said India's top two Covid-19 experts: NITI Aayog Member (Health) V.K. Paul and AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria. ... read.. |
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Govt cares more for headlines, not deadlines: Cong's latest jibe |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 9:45:06 PM IST |
| A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced free vaccines for all above 18 years of age, Congress leader and former Union Minister Jairam Ramesh alleged that the only concern of the government is for headlines and not deadlines. ... read.. |
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Covid vax allocation now based on some criteria: Govt |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 9:45:06 PM IST |
| From Tuesday onwards, Covid-19 vaccine doses provided free of cost by the Central government to states and the Union Territories (UTs) will be allocated based on criteria such as population, disease burden and the progress of vaccination. ... read.. |
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Aus state finds source of Covid variant |
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Melbourne | Tuesday, 2021 8:45:06 PM IST |
| Health authorities in the Australian state of Victoria, which is battling to contain the highly contagious B.1.6172 or the Delta Covid-19 variant, have found a genomic link to one of the positive cases. ... read.. |
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Apple unveils watchOS 8, new health tools |
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San Francisco | Tuesday, 2021 8:15:06 PM IST |
| To make it more user-friendly, Apple has unveiled watchOS 8, macOS Monterey and a new slate of health features for its users at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2021. ... read.. |
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Bengal gears up to unlock in phases |
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Kolkata | Tuesday, 2021 8:15:06 PM IST |
| With the Covid infection rate coming down below 10 per cent and the number of daily cases hovering around 5,000, the Mamata Banerjee government is mulling lifting of restrictions imposed on in West Bengal in phases. ... read.. |
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Pak's Covid positivity rate drops below 3% this yr |
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Islamabad | Tuesday, 2021 8:15:06 PM IST |
| Amid strict measures and a vaccination drive against coronavirus, Pakistan has reported a Covid-19 positivity rate below 3 per cent for the first time in 2021, the National Command and Operation Centre (NCOC) said on Tuesday. ... read.. |
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US govt lab in 2020 concluded Covid-19 leaked from Wuhan: Report |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2021 6:45:06 PM IST |
| The US government's national laboratory had in a 2020 report on the origins of Covid-19 concluded that the virus leaked from a Chinese lab in Wuhan, the Wall Street Journal said on Monday citing people familiar with the classified document. ... read.. |
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WHO warns against overpriced Covid vax |
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Geneva | Tuesday, 2021 6:15:06 PM IST |
| The World Health Organization (WHO) warned against the danger of buying overpriced Covid-19 vaccines from intermediaries, reminding countries to buy jabs certified by the WHO and make sure to identify the origin of the product. ... read.. |
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Madurai Covid vax drive suspended due to shortage |
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Chennai | Tuesday, 2021 5:45:05 PM IST |
| Vaccination for Covid-19 has been temporarily suspended in Madurai district due to the shortage of doses. The Tamil Nadu Health Department has not received any information regarding the arrival of new stock of vaccines and the resumption of inoculation in ... read.. |
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Pfizer, Moderna vaccines cut infection risk by 91%: US CDC |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2021 5:15:05 PM IST |
| Taking two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's mRNA-based vaccines, authorised by the Food and Drug Administration, can reduce the risk of coronavirus infection by 91 per cent, according to a new study by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prev ... read.. |
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US FDA approves new drug for Alzheimer's |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2021 4:45:06 PM IST |
| The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a new drug, Aduhelm (aducanumab), for the treatment of Alzheimer's, a debilitating disease affecting 6.2 million Americans. ... read.. |
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Lucknow traders defy curfew, open shops |
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Lucknow | Tuesday, 2021 4:15:06 PM IST |
| Upset over the 50-day closure in the coronavirus-induced curfew, traders in several markets have now started defying the restrictions and opening their shops. ... read.. |
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After Mulayam's jab, vaccine politics begins in UP |
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Lucknow | Tuesday, 2021 4:15:05 PM IST |
| When Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav took the Covid vaccine in a hospital in Gurugram on Monday, little did he foresee that it would unleash vaccine politics in Uttar Pradesh. ... read.. |
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Thailand starts mass inoculation amid worst outbreak |
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Bangkok | Tuesday, 2021 2:45:06 PM IST |
| Thailand has started a mass Covid-19 vaccination program with the aim to administer as many as 6 million shots in June amid efforts to stem its worst coronavirus outbreak since the onset of the pandemic last month. ... read.. |
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Global Covid-19 caseload tops 173.5mn |
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Washington | Tuesday, 2021 2:45:06 PM IST |
| The overall global Covid-19 caseload has topped 173.5 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 3.73 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. ... read.. |
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Spain opens doors to vaccinated visitors |
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Madrid | Tuesday, 2021 8:45:06 AM IST |
| Spain on Monday ended restrictions on travellers from outside of the European Union (EU) and the Schengen travel area who have a certificate to prove they have fully completed their vaccination procedure 14 days before travel. ... read.. |
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Covid cases tally crosses 27-lakh mark in Karnataka |
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Bengaluru | Tuesday, 2021 6:15:06 AM IST |
| In spite of the daily positive cases declining, Covid tally in Karnataka crossed the 27-lakh mark while 340 patients succumbed to the infection in the last 24 hours, said the state health bulletin on Monday. ... read.. |
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Congress to step up free vaccination drive in Karnataka |
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Bengaluru | Tuesday, 2021 5:15:06 AM IST |
| Congress would expand its free vaccination drive across Karnataka by involving its various wings, so as to protect as many people as possible from Covid, its state President D.K. Shivakumar said on Monday. ... read.. |
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SOPs issued for vaccination of people going abroad to study/work |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 3:45:05 AM IST |
| Following several requests for second dose of vaccines from people planning to travel abroad, the Centre on Monday issued guidelines to states and Union Territories to provide vaccines to such people who have completed 28 days of their first dose. ... read.. |
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Andhra reports 4,873 new Covid cases |
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Amaravati | Tuesday, 2021 2:15:05 AM IST |
| Andhra Pradesh reported its lowest Covid tally in many months as the state recorded just 4,873 new Covid cases and 86 deaths during the 24-hour period ending 9 a.m. Monday, officials said. ... read.. |
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3rd Covid wave can be prevented, says V.K. Paul |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 1:45:05 AM IST |
| NITI Aayog's Member (Health) V.K. Paul on Monday expressed hope that the third wave of Covid-19 pandemic can be prevented by following appropriate behaviour instructed by the government. ... read.. |
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India reports over 28K mucormycosis cases till date: Govt |
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New Delhi | Tuesday, 2021 1:15:06 AM IST |
| A total of 28,252 cases of mucormycosis have been reported in India so far from 28 states in which 86 per cent have a history of Covid-19 infections and 62.3 per cent of diabetes, the Central government said on Monday. ... read.. |
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Free Covid vax to 18 plus age group from June 21: Modi |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2021 11:45:06 PM IST |
| As the second wave of coronavirus has been indicating a declining trend in India for the last few days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that all Indians above 18 years of age will be administered free Covid-19 vaccine from June 21. ... read.. |
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Tech firms continue Covid relief work as cases subside |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2021 11:15:06 PM IST |
| Cloud software firm Salesforce on Monday announced $1.1 million donation to United Way of Hyderabad, Concern India Foundation, Rise Against Hunger India and Youth for Seva, to support the Covid response across India. ... read.. |
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Punjab extends statewide curbs till June 15, gives some relaxations |
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Chandigarh | Monday, 2021 10:45:05 PM IST |
| Adopting a graded approach to reopening, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday ordered extension of Covid-19 statewide restrictions to June 15 with certain relaxations, including allowing opening of shops till 6 p.m. and private offices function ... read.. |
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Unique Disability ID card also allowed for getting Covid shot |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2021 10:15:05 PM IST |
| With a view to facilitate access to vaccination for persons with disabilities, the Central government on Monday directed all states and Union Territories (UTs) to include the Unique Disability Identification (UDID) card in the list of prescribed photo ide ... read.. |
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How globetrotters increase spread of microbial resistance |
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New York | Monday, 2021 10:15:05 PM IST |
| People who travel around the globe are likely to pick up numerous genes that promote microbial resistance, which can then spread when travellers return home, and potentially initiate a bacterial outbreak, suggests a new research. ... read.. |
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Polling booths in Delhi to be turned into vax centres: Kejriwal |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2021 9:45:05 PM IST |
| While the Delhi government's 'door-to-door' ration delivery scheme is a fresh political flashpoint between the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and the Centre, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has decided to use his flagship scheme for vaccination drive in the nationa ... read.. |
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Plea in SC to seek postponement of AIIMS PG test amid Covid |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2021 8:45:06 PM IST |
| A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to postpone postgraduate entrance test being conducted by AIIMS on June 16 and termed the schedule of the exam an utter disregard to the assurance given by the Prime Minister's Office while postponing the ... read.. |
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Andhra extends partial curfew, reduces curfew timings |
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Amaravati | Monday, 2021 8:45:06 PM IST |
| Even as Covid cases have been gradually declining over the past week, the Andhra Pradesh government has decided to play safe, and extend the partial curfew by another 10 days -- from June 11 to June 20. ... read.. |
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PM Modi to address the nation at 5 p.m. today |
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New Delhi | Monday, 2021 8:45:06 PM IST |
| Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 5 p.m. on Monday at a time when there is declining trend in cases of Covid-19 in the country after a deadly second wave in April-May. ... read.. |
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