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India Monitoring Spread of HMPV Viruses in China, No Cause of Concern Now: UHM

January 3, 2025 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Jan 3: India is closely monitoring cases of respiratory and seasonal influenza in the country amid the scare over alleged outbreak of Human Metapneumovirus (HMPV) in China, the Union Health Ministry said on Friday. The Ministry maintained that while China had reported a rise in respiratory illness, particularly HMPV, India hadn’t registered any […]

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WHO: Trump team to withdraw the US from global health watchdog

December 24, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: President-elect Donald Trump’s team is preparing to withdraw the US from the World Health Organization (WHO) which may cripple the global health watchdog’s resources and finances, the media reported on Tuesday. Washington may make this decision on the day of the new President’s inauguration, which is scheduled for January 20, […]

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Economy: Better than many other countries, India to end 2024 on a positive note

December 16, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The India Story continues… Despite a few downs, the Indian economy is ending 2024 on a positive note, with the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) easing to a three-month low in November, prices cooling, and business growth reaching a four-month high, the media reported on Monday. Government data showed on Monday […]

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Inflation: CPI-based retail inflation was down to 5.48% in Nov

December 12, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Consumer Price Index (CPI)-based retail inflation slowed down to 5.48 percent in November from a 14-month high of 6.21 percent in October, data released by the Union Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) said on Thursday, indicating persistent price pressures across sectors. The media reported that the data […]

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Roving Periscope: Ahead of Trump 2.0, COVID-19’s “lab-leak theory” resurfaces

December 3, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In 2020, then-US President Donald Trump dubbed the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic because of a “Chinese virus,” suspected to have leaked from Wuhan in China. Ahead of his second, non-consecutive term beginning next month, the same theory has resurfaced, thanks to his Republican Party’s findings—and hinting at the US’s […]

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Law and order: Pakistan is the world’s “third worst” country, says WJP

October 26, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: In a dubious distinction, the World Justice Project (WJP) has ranked Pakistan at number 140, as the “third-worst” nation in terms of law and order, among the 142 countries surveyed. Mali and Nigeria are the only countries ranked lower than Pakistan in terms of law and security. The WJP Rule […]

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BRICS’24: Hare Krishna Bhajan singers greet PM Modi at a Russian hotel

October 22, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: A group of Russian singers, singing a Hare Krishna Bhajan, welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a hotel in Kazan, Russia, after he landed there to participate in the 16th Summit of the BRICS group of nations, beginning Tuesday. During the three-day summit, being held under the chairmanship of Russia, […]

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Nobel season begins: Medine Prize goes to two US scientists

October 7, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The 2024 Nobel Prize season kicked off on Monday with two US scientists—Victor Ambros and Gary Ruvkin—winning it for Physiology/ Medicine, the media reported. They jointly received the prestigious award for their discovery of microRNA, a new class of tiny RNA molecules that play a crucial role in gene regulation, […]

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Energy: The UK becomes the first G-7 nation to scrap coal-fired power generation

September 30, 2024 revoi editor

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: Taking a decisive step against pollution, the United Kingdom on Monday closed the last coal-fired power plant in the country, the media reported. London had, in 2015, announced to close all its coal-based power plants within a decade as part of wider measures to reach its climate targets. Closing the […]

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Pan-D, Shelcal, Telmisartan, Glimepiride and Several Other Drugs Found Sub-Standard

September 25, 2024 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 25: Several top selling across the counter medicines including Antacid Pan D, calcium supplement Shelcal, anti-diabetic drug Glimepiride and high blood pressure drug Telmisartan have been flagged for failing quality tests in the latest monthly drug alert issued by the country’s drug regulatory agency. According to the “Not of Standard Quality (NSQ) […]