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The Indian Chest Society unveils special booklet on cough management
With dedicated sections on both dry and wet cough management,...
Asia’s extreme April heat worsened by climate change, scientists say
"Heatwaves have always happened. But the additional heat, driven by...
GSK says tests show antibody drug works against Omicron variant
In a statement, the British drugmaker said that lab tests and a study on hamsters have demonstrated the sotrovimab antibody cocktail to work against viruses that were bio-engineered to carry a number of hallmark mutations of the Omicron variant. London:...
SC sets 24-hr deadline for Centre, states to act on Delhi air pollution
The top court made it crystal clear that it needs to take action within 24 hours to curb air pollution in the capital. The bench said: "If you do not act, we will step in…we have extraordinary steps in mind. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday minced no words to...
Globally, 300,000 children were newly infected with HIV in 2020: UNICEF
Alarmingly, 2 in 5 children living with HIV worldwide do not know their status, and just over half of children with HIV are receiving antiretroviral treatment (ART). Some barriers to adequate access to HIV services are longstanding and familiar, including...
Star Health IPO subscribed 20 pc on second day of offer
The category for Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) was subscribed 89 per cent, Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs) was subscribed 7 per cent and non-institutional investors portion received 2 per cent subscription Mumbai: The initial public offering of Star Health...
iNDIA’S resilient cOVID-19 PANDEMIC strategies
The South Asian nation is now ranked twenty sixth in the month-to-month snapshot, which measures the place the virus is being dealt with the most successfully with the least social and financial upheaval. The league desk assesses 53 main economies on 12 data points...
U.S. tightens travel rules as more countries secure borders to quell Omicron
Investors remained on edge on Wednesday, even as financial markets came off lows plumbed a day earlier following remarks by the CEO of Moderna that raised questions about the efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines against Omicron. In an attempt to stave off hasty border curbs,...
Asian factories shake off supply headaches but Omicron presents new risks
"Overall, with new export orders flooding back to countries previously hamstrung by Delta outbreaks and the disruption further down the supply chain still working through, there is plenty of scope for a continued rebound in regional industry," said Alex Holmes,...
Star Health IPO subscribed 12 pc on first day of offer
The category for Retail Individual Investors (RIIs) received 64 per cent subscription and those for non-institutional investors 1 per cent Mumbai: The initial public offer of Star Health and Allied Insurance Company Limited was subscribed 12 per cent on the first day...
Stricter norms for int’l passengers to be effective from Tuesday midnight
Under the new norms, RT-PCR tests are mandatory for passengers arriving from 'at-risk' countries and they will be allowed to leave the airport only after the test results come. Also, randomly 5 per cent of the passengers arriving in flights from other countries will...
World ‘dangerously unprepared’ for future pandemics unless leaders tackle inequalities, UNAIDS warns
The latest HIV and AIDS Global Snapshot warns that the COVID-19 pandemic is deepening the inequalities that have long driven the HIV epidemic, putting vulnerable children, adolescents, pregnant women and breastfeeding mothers at increased risk of missing life-saving...