Tag: coronavirus
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62 countries, 73rd meeting of the World Health Assembly
(Sandhya Jha, Intern Journalist): Australia and the European Union (EU) Corona have called for an unbiased investigation into the World Health Organization (WHO) response to the pandemic. 62 countries including India have supported it. A resolution to this will be placed at the 73rd meeting of the World Health Assembly. This meeting will start from…
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161 Indians to be repatriated by the US
161 Indians to be repatriated by the United States, this week. Most of them entered the country through the southern borders of Mexico. And these Indian nationals are hardly left with any legal aids. They will be flown to India through a special chartered flight. Among those enlisted to be repatriated, the maximum of 76…
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Centre Opts for Long-Term Agricultural Reforms
(Juhi Aishwary, Journalist): On Friday, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman held her third press conference in as many days to follow up on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s promise of a Rs 20 lakh crores financial stimulus package. After focusing on Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), and migrant workers in the first two days, Sitharaman turned her attention to agriculture. Sitharaman spent…
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2nd Tranche of ECONOMIC PACKAGE 2020: Nirmala Sitharaman
(Pooja Pal; Intern Journalist): On Wednesday, Sitharaman gave the details of the Modi government’s Rs 20 lakh crore economic package which incorporated Rs 30,000 crore Special Liquidity Scheme for non-banking monetary companies, micro-finance companies, housing finance companies; Rs 45,000 crore liquidity infusion through a semi Credit Guarantee plan 2.0 for NBFCs. FM Nirmala Sitharaman on…
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Oxford University Tests Vaccine on Six Monkeys, Antibodies Formed in 14 Days
(Sandhya Jha, Intern Journalist): Researchers at Oxford University in Britain have tested the vaccine for the treatment of Covid-19 on six monkeys. Test results have come out positive and this vaccine is being tested on humans too. About 1000 volunteers have participated in clinical trials. The vaccine, named CHADOX1 NCOV-19, was tested on six Rhesus…
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Trump will send some ventilators to India
(Sandhya Jha, Intern Journalist): US President Donald Trump has called the India-US partnership important in the fight against Corona. Trump said on Friday that he is proud to announce that America will donate some ventilators to its friend India. He also said that we are standing with India and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in times…
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Top 10 countries affected by Corona in Asia
(Juhi Aishwary, Journalist): The number of corona infections is increasing continuously throughout the world. Due to the lack of effective medicines, the number of patients is increasing continuously. India and Pakistan are also not spared from its havoc. These two countries are among the top 10 Corona affected in Asia. So far, 4542388 cases of coronavirus have been reported…
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‘COVID Kavach ELISA’ test kit made in India approved
(Kajal Singh Intern Journalist): The Government of India is also taking several steps to fight the Coronavirus. Meanwhile, India has got a huge success. ICMR has approved the ‘COVID Kavach ELISA’ test kit made by Zydus-Cadila.India has got a big success. Now in the country, more and more samples of coronavirus have been able to…