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06 Jul

Life-saving HIV drugs risk running out as COVID-19 hits supplies

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More than a third of the world's countries say they are at risk of running out of life-saving AIDS drugs because of disruptions to supply lines and other problems caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Health Organization said on Monday. Twenty-four out of those 73 nations have already reported critically low supplies of the vital antiretroviral drugs, the agency said. "The findings of this survey are deeply concerning," the WHO's director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a statement at the start of the International AIDS conference. The WHO said about 8.3 million HIV-positive people are reliant on the…

06 Jul

A ‘Smart Swab Robot’ to help collect COVID-19 test samples

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Coronavirus cases are growing in the country and same is the condition with testings. A robotic engineer from Coimbatore has developed smart swab robot for sample collection. The robot works automatically through connecting with phone via app and it eliminates any human interference that could help in containing the spread of coronavirus. A day after India overtook Russia to become the third-highest country in the world in terms of coronavirus cases, the Indian Council of Medical Research said that the country has tested over one crore samples till date. “The per day testing capacity which was around 1.5 lakh on…

06 Jul

Education in Bengal has taken nosedive, we must take it to its past glory: JP Nadda.

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BJP President JP Nadda on Monday asserted that training in Bengal has taken a nosedive and mentioned that we have to be devoted to taking the training within the state again to its earlier glory.Addressing a digital rally in West Bengal on the beginning anniversary of Syama Prasad Mookerjee, the BJP chief mentioned, “Mookerjee had led the state of West Bengal to new heights. It was mentioned that what Bengal thinks as we speak, India thinks tomorrow. The state has at all times given route to the nation. However as we speak, training in Bengal has taken a nosedive.” The…

06 Jul

Maharashtra adds 5,368 new COVID-19 cases

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Maharashtra's COVID-19 tally rose to 2,11,987 on Monday with the state adding 5,368 new cases, while more than 200 patients succumbed to the infection. A total of 3,522 patients were discharged from hospitals, taking the number of recovered persons to 1,15,262, the department said. There are 87,681 active cases in the state at present, it added. Meanwhile, the nationwide tally of coronavirus cases crossed seven lakh on Monday. According to the data shared by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Monday morning, there were 6,97,413 cases and 19,693 cases. However, with the latest numbers coming out of states, the…

06 Jul

Four Maoists killed in Odisha’s Kandhamal Encounter Had Sophisticated Arms, Explosives.

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The Odisha police scored a major success in their anti-Naxal operations when four CPI (Maoist) cadres were gunned down in Kandhamal district on Sunday. On a tip-off, personnel of the Special Operation Group (SOG), an anti-Naxal force, and the District Voluntary Force (DVF), a special constabulary unit of the State police, rushed to a forest area of the Sirla gram panchayat under the Tumudibandh police limits of Kandhamal early on Sunday. “There was an exchange of fire between Maoists and SOG and DVF near Tumudibandh. The security forces were fired upon and they fired back in self defence. There were…

06 Jul

Lalu Prasad seeks bail ahead of Bihar Poll.

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Jailed former Bihar Chief Minister and Rashtriya Janata Dal supremo Lalu Prasad has moved the Jharkhand HC for bail in the Chaibasa treasury fraudulent withdrawal case in the runup to the Bihar Assembly poll. “The Assembly elections are crucial for RJD’s survival. Lalu can’t rely on his sons,” said an RJD leader. According to Lalu's lawyer, he has applied for bail on the ground that he has spent half of the prison term in jail. Lalu has been in custody since December 23, 2017, after his conviction in three different cases related to the fodder scam. He was granted provisional…

06 Jul

Covid-19 antigen test for every patient in Odisha

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The Naveen Patnaik-led Odisha government has decided to conduct the rapid antigen test (RAT) for all coronavirus disease (Covid-19) patients and healthcare staff in four hospitals in Cuttack city after they reported 135 viral outbreak cases in the past week. Pradipta Kumar Mohapatra, additional chief secretary (ACS), health department, said RAT would be conducted on the following hospitals in Cuttack city -- SCB Medical College & Hospital, Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre, Sishu Bhawan, and City Hospital. Data showed that these four hospitals have reported 135 Covid-19 positive cases in the past week, including Acharya Harihar Regional Cancer Centre (111)…

06 Jul

Hyderabad COVID-19 Vaccine: Over 1,000 People In Phase 1 And 2 Of Trial

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Bharat Biotech International Ltd., an unlisted vaccine maker, received regulatory approval to start human clinical trials for its experimental shot earlier this week and it already has India's top medical research body expediting the process.India has set an ambitious timeline for its first potential coronavirus vaccine -- from human trials to general use in six weeks. The under-development vaccine is "envisaged" to be rolled out "for public health use by Aug. 15 after completion of all clinical trials," Indian Council of Medical Research, or ICMR, said in a July 2 letter to clinical trial sites, which was seen by Bloomberg…

05 Jul

ICMR Bolsters ‘mid-August’ Covid Vaccine

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The Indian Council of Medical Research has shortlisted 12 institutes, including one from Odisha, for human clinical trial of the India’s first COVID-19 vaccine. ICMR has developed the indigenous BBV152 COVID vaccine in partnership with Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL). The apex body selected 12 institutes to fast track clinical trials of the vaccine which is one of the top priority projects monitored by the Central government. "The vaccine is derived from a strain of SARS-CoV-2 isolated by ICMR-National Institute of Virology, Pune. ICMR and BBIL are jointly working for the pre-clinical as well as clinical development of this vaccine," an official said.

05 Jul

Complaint against Virat Kohli being examined

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BCCI ethics officer DK Jain on Sunday said that he was examining a "conflict of interest" complaint against Indian skipper Virat Kohli sent on email by Madhya Pradesh Cricket Association life member Sanjeev Gupta. "I have received a complaint. I will examine it and then see if the case is made out or not. If yes, then I have to afford an opportunity to him (Kohli) to respond," news agency PTI quoted Jain as saying. In the complaint against Kohli, Gupta has alleged that the Indian skipper is occupying two posts - captain of the Indian team and director of…