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TN Govt plans to restrict the sale of Cow Dung Powder as people use it to commit suicide

September 18, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Chennai: The Health Minister of Tamil Nadu on Friday expressed concern about the rising cases of suicide in the state. Health Minister Ma Subramanian said that “Following the rise in the number of suicides in Tamil Nadu, the state health department is planning to pass orders to stop the sales of cow dung powder, a […]

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India Celebrated PM’s Birthday by Record Two Crores Plus Inoculation in a Day

September 17, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 17: India celebrated the prime minister Narendra Modi’s 71st birthday on Friday by giving a major push to the inoculation drive creating a new record of administering over two crore COVID-19 vaccine doses in a single day. The cumulative doses administered in the country reached 2,00,41,136 and the total number […]

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Covid-19: With 3rd wave threatening, India may not resume vax exports soon

September 15, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the Covid-19 infections dwindling, India had started exporting vaccines in January 2020. By March, it was exporting to around 100 countries under different categories. Then the pandemic’s second, and fiercer, wave struck, forcing New Delhi to stop vaccine exports in April. A similar situation is surfacing now. Pandemic numbers […]

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Phase III Trials to Begin for Single Dose Sputnik Light Vaccine

September 15, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 15: As India recorded 27,176 new Covid cases on Wednesday, marginally higher than Tuesday but still less than 50,000 cases for the last consecutive 80 days, the country’s drug regulator granted permission to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to conduct phase 3 clinical trials for Sputnik Light, the single dose and first component of […]

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Covid-19: With Delta infections rising, China locks down 4.5 mn people

September 14, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With the highly-transmissible Delta variant of SARS-Cov-2, the virus causing Covid-19, rising once again in Fujian province in southeastern China, Beijing locked down on Monday Xiamen, a coastal city of 4.5 million people, in a renewed attempt to halt the outbreak and maintain its strict zero-tolerance approach to the pandemic. […]

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“Third Wave will be Less Deadly, May Hit in Three Months:” Scientist

September 13, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 13: Amidst hundreds of complimentary and contradictory theories about a possible third wave of Coronavirus in India, a scientist at the Banaras Hindu University has brought hopes claiming that the third wave would be less deadly, especially for the vaccinated group of people, persons who have been cured of the virus and […]

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“New Variants Beating Vaccines are Likely in Coming Months, Years:” WHO

September 13, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 13: Even as the number of the daily new Covid cases are showing downward trend in most countries in the world, including India, the World Health Orgnaisation has again warned the developed countries against going for a booster doze for those who have already been administered the two doses of the vaccine […]

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Covid-19: India reports 33,776 new cases, Four percent lower than Yesterday

September 11, 2021 Vinayak Barot

New Delhi: The Health Ministry on Saturday early morning released the data – shows that the Nation have reported 33,376 new COVID-19 cases and 308 deaths in the last 24 hours. India have reported 3,32,08,330 cases of coronavirus, and claimed 4,42,317 deaths. More than 3.23 Cr people have beaten the Coronavirus. In the last 24 […]

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“Vaccination is the Most Important Shield against Coronavirus;” Govt

September 9, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 9: Even as the country recorded 43,263 new coronavirus infections and 338 deaths in the last 24 hours on Thursday, the central government asserting that vaccination prevented deaths, said one dose of vaccine was 96.6 per cent effective in preventing death and two Covid shots were 97.5 per cent effective. […]

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SC Rejects Plea for Door-to-Door Vaccination

September 8, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 8: Even as the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed 70 crores, the Supreme Court on Wednesday shot down a plea to direct the government to immediately embark on a door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination policy. Strongly admonishing the petitioners demanding door-to-door vaccination policy, the court said […]