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On the occasion of Human Rights Day today, in a virtual ceremony, the National Centre for Promotion of Employment for Disabled People (NCPEDP) will felicitate 11 citizens/organisations in India with the NCPEDP Mindtree Helen Keller Awards…

NEW DELHI: The vaccine against COVID-19 is expected to be available in the coming weeks and with stringent oversight, it is being ensured that there is no compromise on the scientific and regulatory norms, stretching from the safety of the…

NEW DELHI: The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Wednesday granted conditional permission for phases 1 and 2 human clinical trial of the COVID-19 vaccine candidate developed by the Pune-based Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd in…

Face shields alone are not highly effective to prevent COVID-19 infection without masks, says a new study which assessed what happens to the airflow around these plastic screens when someone nearby sneezes. The research, published in the…

CHENNAI: With the temperature cooling down the city, children are prone to have dry and scaly skin. Dry skin is also known as Xerosis and is usually accompanied by itching. This skin condition can result from various environmental…

Moscow, Dec 9 (Sputnik) The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party thinks that Germany requires a vaccine against the coronavirus disease and it does not matter where it originates, Armin-Paulus Hampel, the party spokesman in the German lower…

New York, Dec 8   Raising hope of granting emergency use authorisation to drugmakers Pfizer and BioNTech's experimental Covid-19 vaccine, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Tuesday that data from 38,000 trial participants…

Alberta, Canada bans outdoor gatherings, mandates telecommuting as COVID spikes

NEW DELHI: Vaccine manufacturing major Serum Institute of India (SII) on Monday said it has applied to Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine Covishield. The Pune-based company…

NEW DELHI: An expert committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) will meet on Wednesday to review applications of Pfizer, Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech seeking emergency use authorisation for their…

Moscow , December 8  People in Brazil will be able to get vaccinated against the coronavirus for free, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has announced. "If there is ANVISA certification (scientific guidelines and legal…

Jakarta , December 7 : Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine made by China's biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech. The world's largest archipelagic is now drafting the rules governing their…

HARYANA: An end could be a noble beginning — Dr Rajesh Mehta realised 31 years ago when his elder brother died in a road accident. The awakening in him has taken him to multiple hospitals in Hisar, Haryana, where he runs a free homeopathy…

NEW DELHI: The Serum Institute of India on Sunday became the first indigenous company to apply to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking emergency use authorisation for the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine in the country citing unmet…

London, Dec 7 (Sputnik) More cases of bird flu have been detected in the United Kingdom, prompting the authorities to obligate all bird keepers to keep them indoors at all times beginning from December 14, the UK Department for Environment,…

There are many types of relationships—with your wife, husband, children, parents, siblings, neighbours and friends. Some people hate each other but that too is a kind of relationship. All these have emerged based on certain needs—physical,…

PATNA: 'Super 30' founder and noted mathematician Anand Kumar will be the expert at popular quiz show 'Kaun Banega Crorepati' on Monday's episode. Kumar will be the expert on episodes 51, 61 and 62 of the 12th edition of KBC hosted by…

NEW DELHI: Pfizer India has become the first pharmaceutical firm to seek from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) an emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine in the country, after its parent company secured such…

New Delhi , December 5 : Delhi reported 3,419 new COVID-19 cases on Saturday taking the total count of cases in the national capital to 5,89,544. According to the Delhi government health bulletin, 4,916 recoveries and 77 deaths…

New Delhi, Dec 6   The positivity rate of Covid-19 cases in the national capital has fallen further to around 4 per cent after the Delhi tested over 80,000 tests in the last 24 hours. The capital city tested 81,473 samples, of which,…