Healthcare
Three share Medicine Nobel for discovery of Hepatitis C virus
05 Oct 2020
The discovery of Hepatitis C virus revealed the cause of chronic hepatitis and made possible blood tests and new medicines that have saved millions of lives, the Nobel Prize Committee noted
India, Russia in talks on `Sputnik-V’ vaccine coproduction: report
28 Aug 2020
Indian drug regulator has, so far, approved only one foreign vaccine candidate - the Oxford University and Serum Institute of India collaborative candidate - for phase-2 and 3 human trials in India
Serum Institute to make Covid-19 vaccine available at $3 per dose
10 Aug 2020
Serum Institute of India has entered into a new partnership with Gavi and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to accelerate the manufacture and delivery of Covid-19 vaccines for India and low-and middle-income countries
India’s daily corona count set to hit 1 lakh mark in a week
03 Aug 2020
With the biggest single-day spike of 55,079 corona virus cases reported on Friday, an incremental growth of 5,079 over the previous day’s 50,000 cases and a current tally of 1.6 million corona affected, India looks set to end up as the worst hit among all nations
India sees third COVID-19 death, number of affected climbs to 126
17 Mar 2020
A 63-year-old man, who returned from a trip to Dubai, and was under treatment at the state-run Kasturba Hospital in south central Mumbai for the past five days, died on Tuesday
COVID-19: Modi moots $10 bn Saarc fund; discusses way forward
16 Mar 2020
India, Modi said, has set up an Integrated Disease Surveillance Portal to better trace possible virus carriers and the people they contacted and that this surveillance software could be shared with other Saarc member countries
India takes first COVID-19 toll as 76-year-old dies in Karnataka
13 Mar 2020
The victim, who had returned to India on 29 February after a month’s stay in Saudi Arabia, initially showed no symptoms, but was later admitted to a private hospital in Kalaburgi where he was provisionally diagnosed with “mid zone Viral Pneumonia" and “suspected COVID-19
India locks down as COVID-19 cases rise to 73
12 Mar 2020
The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Tuesday declared COVID-19 a global pandemic as the disease spread to 113 countries, infected over 1,20,000 and took a toll of 4,284
And now, UK health minister Nadine Dorries tests positive for COVID-19
11 Mar 2020
Dorries had attended meetings at Westminster and in her constituency, besides a reception hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson at Downing Street last Thursday
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
03 Jul 2023
HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
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Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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