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AI-derived digital marker to measure characteristics of heart disease in patients : Study
According to the study, the model, which the researchers termed a...
Google building AI model to support over 100 Indian languages: Sundar Pichai
Pichai, who is visiting India, said the pace of technological...
Maha: Poultry farmer approaches police as hens stop laying eggs
No FIR is registered as the concerned manufacturer has agreed to pay the compensation to owners of three to four poultry farms who also faced this issue.
Less than 4pc Indian farmers adopted sustainable agricultural practices: Study
The study, supported by the Food and Land Use Coalition (FOLU), found that scaling up sustainable agriculture would be critical to improve farm incomes and bolster India’s nutrition security in a climate-constrained future. States such as Andhra Pradesh and Sikkim have already taken a lead in sustainable agriculture.
‘Please help!’ India’s Covid-19 tragedy spills onto social media
The collapse of the country’s decrepit public health system is evident in the gut-wrenching photos on social media of multiple Covid patients sharing a single hospital bed, a line of ambulances outside a hospital in Mumbai, and people dying as they wait for oxygen. Government helplines are broken. Thousands of social media forwards plead for the antiviral drug Remdesivir, and many more seek donor plasma.
Israel logs Indian Covid-19 variant, sees some vaccine efficacy against it
An initial seven cases of the Indian variant were detected in Israel last week among people arriving from abroad and who have since undergone preliminary testing, the Health Ministry said.
“The impression is that the Pfizer vaccine has efficacy against it, albeit a reduced efficacy,” the ministry’s director-general, Hezi Levy, told Kan public radio, saying the number of cases of the variant in Israel now stood at eight.
COVAXIN neutralises multiple variants of SARS-COV-2, double mutant strain: ICMR
“ICMR study shows #COVAXIN neutralises against multiple variants of SARS-CoV-2 and effectively neutralises the double mutant strain as well,” the ICMR tweeted. This development comes amid the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic being witnessed across the country.
China’s births may fall below 10 million annually in next five years – expert quoted
Although China abolished its decades-long one-child policy in 2016, couples have been discouraged from having larger families by the rising costs of healthcare, education, and housing. Economic uncertainties brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have further weighed on decisions to have children. Separate data from the Ministry of Public Security shows the number of births last year plunged 15% to 10.035 million births from 11.79 million in 2019.
Twitter becomes platform of hope amid the despair of India’s COVID crisis
In response, people are bypassing the conventional lines of communication and turning to Twitter to crowdsource help for oxygen cylinders, hospital beds, and other requirements. People in need and those with information or resources share telephone numbers of volunteers, vendors who have oxygen cylinders or drugs, and details of which medical facility can take patients using hashtags like #COVIDSOS.
Covid-19 disrupted food security for millions; likely to reverse progress on ending hunger by 2030: Harsh Vardhan
The population, food security, nutrition and sustainable development theme is of critical importance at all times. But even more so now as the world is trying to rebuild itself while emerging from the challenges posed by Covid-19, Vardhan said. He said that the pandemic has severely disrupted food security and nutrition for millions of people around the world and will likely reverse the progress made towards ending hunger by 2030.
Britain is investigating variant originating in India
Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC television, Hopkins said: “We have not got enough data about this variant yet to be able to clarify whether it’s a variant of concern. We have put it as a variant under investigation.”
Susceptibility to Covid high immediately after vaccination
“The susceptibility to infections appears to be particularly high immediately after vaccination (either due to lower immunity or due to unsafe behaviour), and an advocacy campaign on the need to remain vigilant will help mitigate this risk”, it said.