Coronavirus tracing efforts: China says ready to cooperate with WHO
Beijing: China, which questions the view that COVID-19 emerged from Wuhan, on Thursday said it is ready to enhance its cooperation with the WHO to advance the global efforts to trace the origin of the coronavirus, as a team of experts of the UN health agency prepares to visit the central Chinese city. The 10-member […]
China’s spacecraft successfully brings home moon samples
Beijing: China’s Chang’e-5 probe successfully touched down on Earth in the early hours of Thursday, bringing home the first samples of the moon in over 40 years. The spacecraft landed in Siziwang Banner in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region at 1:59 AM (local time), according to the China National Space Administration (CNSA). Zhang Kejian, […]
Conspiracy afoot to confuse farmers: PM Modi
Dhordo (Guj): Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said a conspiracy is afoot to confuse farmers over the new agri laws and accused the opposition of using farmers’ shoulders to fire their guns. As the protest by farmers outside Delhi entered the 20th day, Modi made a strong pitch for the agri laws enacted in […]
No winter session of Parliament due to COVID-19: Govt
Cong slams move
New Delhi: The winter session of Parliament will not be held this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the Budget session will be convened in January 2021, the government has conveyed to the opposition, a move slammed by the Congress as the “decimation of parliamentary democracy”. In a letter to leader of Congress in […]
Remdesivir may be highly effective against coronavirus: Study
London: Remdesivir may be a highly effective antiviral against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a new single-patient study that contradicts previous research which found the drug had no impact on death rates from the disease. The researchers from the University of Cambridge in the UK who gave the drug to a patient […]
Govt committed to welfare of farmers: PM Modi
Assures farmers on agri reforms
New Delhi: As farmers vowed to expand their protests over new farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday assured them that his government was committed to their welfare and that the legislations were aimed at giving them alternate markets to boost income Without directly referring to the farmers’ agitation, which entered the 17th day […]
China, Pakistan behind farmers’ protest: Union minister Danve
Aurangabad: Union minister Raosaheb Danve on Wednesday claimed that China and Pakistan were behind the ongoing protests by farmers, who are seeking repeal of three new farm laws. He also alleged that Muslims were earlier misled over the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC), but as those efforts did not […]
India’s apex child rights body ‘not in favour’ of PUBG relaunch in India
New Delhi: India’s apex child rights body NCPCR has said it will not be appropriate to relaunch popular gaming app PUBG in the country until legislations are in place for such online games, according to officials. PUBG was among 118 Chinese mobile applications banned by the government in September this year. The government had said […]
Scientists develop new inhalation delivery system for vaccines
New York: Scientists have developed an inhalation delivery system for vaccines which generates potent immune responses in mice and non-human primates, without causing lung damage, an advance which may lead to new therapeutics for respiratory diseases like COVID-19. The findings, published in the journal Med, suggests that a safe and effective lung delivery system could […]