Rumita Patel
A national network of scientists and popular scientific movements has expressed concern that the World Health Organization does not grant the emergency use list for Covaxin from ICMR-Bharat Biotech. He cautioned that India seemed willing to repeat the mistakes it made in the Covaxin approval process in the way it was approving Zydus Cadilla’s three-dose…
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BENGLAURU: A team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) working on open source voice technologies in Indian languages that can democratize the technology and enable access to people across the spectrum has raised $ 2 million for the first project phase. The project aims to develop open voice data sets that can…
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NEW DELHI: India and the US have finalized a plan to expand their partnership in the space sector by deciding to work on a space situational awareness (SSA) agreement during the first in-person bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and US President Joe Biden recently on the sidelines of the Quad summit. Although Isro…
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NEW DELHI: Amid growing party defections and chaos in Punjab’s unity, Congressional veteran and G-23 leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has asked leaders to convene a meeting of the Congressional Working Committee . The CWC meeting demand was accompanied by new G-23 fire targeting the Gandhis, without naming them. Former Union Minister Kapil Sibal said at…
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NEW DELHI: Ahead of Diwali, six major firecracker makers faced the ire of the Supreme Court on Wednesday, which asked them to explain why contempt proceedings were not brought against them for using the banned chemical barium and its salts in the biscuit production. In October 2018, the SC had banned the use of barium…
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court warned Wednesday that chronic fanatics who take shots at the judiciary and judges cannot escape the rigor of punishment under contempt of court law by presenting an apology, which is not based on the remorse; it is an attempt to save your skin when caught in an inescapable situation. Taking…
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NEW DELHI: Former Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh visited Union Interior Minister Amit Shah at the latter’s residence here on Wednesday. The two leaders had a meeting of more than 50 minutes, sparking speculation that the congressional leader would join or ally with the BJP for the Punjab elections. Although there was no clarity on…
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Congressional veteran and “G23” leader Ghulam Nabi Azad has asked the party’s top brass to convene a CWC meeting to discuss the problems in Punjab. Another ‘G23’ leader, Kapil Sibal, said the party was “headless” and that no one knew who was making decisions. Leaders close to “them” (leadership) have left the party, while “we”…
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CHENNAI: More people are now undergoing a one-time genetic test that costs Rs 8,000 to assess whether they are born predisposed to heart disease. The genomic risk score, also called a polygenic score, currently prescribed for high-risk people with a family history of heart disease, uncontrolled diabetes, hypertension, or cholesterol levels, helps doctors assess risk,…
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BENGALURU: Breastfeeding is an inalienable constitutional right of a nursing mother and the right of the baby must be assimilated with the right of the mother, the Karnataka high court observed on Wednesday. He was getting rid of a batch of petitions filed by the birth mother and adoptive parents of a young child. “It…
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