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Jammu and Kashmir gets seven oxygen plants from Germany

Jammu and Kashmir has received seven new imported oxygen plants from Germany with a cumulative generation capacity of 7,100 litres per minute (LPM)

Bharat Biotech to start Covaxin trials in 2-18 age group

Indian vaccine maker Bharat Biotech will launch the phase II and III clinical trials for Covaxin in children between the ages of 2 to 18 years in the next 10-12 days,  Dr VK Paul, member (health) of Niti Aayog, said

Sweden-based India focused charity lends support to India’s COVID-19 fight

SETU Sverige Foundation, a Sweden-based charity, has lent support to India’s fight against COVID-19 pandemic, with procurement of oxygen concentrators and oxygen cylinders among other things

India monitoring Singapore situation closely, says Minister Puri on new Covid variant reported

India's Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri has said the government is taking all precautions and keeping a close eye on the situation in Singapore, responding to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's tweet asking for suspension of all flights to and from that country

Vaccines 'at least partially and probably quite protective' against Covid variants found in India: Dr Anthony Fauci

White House Chief Medical Adviser Dr Anthony Fauci on Tuesday said that the vaccines currently being administered in the United States would be “at least partially and probably quite protective” against the variants of coronavirus first found in India

With decline in Covid cases, Delhi sees increased vacant hospital beds

The declining rate of COVID-19 cases in Delhi have resulted in an increase in vacant beds and Intensive Care Units (ICUs) in the national capital

Indian astronomers use Machine learning to pick out stars in a crowd

Indian astronomers have developed a new method based on Machine Learning that can identify cluster stars -- an assembly of stars physically related through common origin with much greater certainty

India develops new multiplex RT-PCR kit to facilitate detection across various mutant COVID 19 strains

A newly developed multiplex RT-PCR kit developed by Indian scientists has a higher accuracy of detecting Covid19 across the various mutant strains of the virus responsible for the global pandemic

COVID-19: India's daily recoveries more than 400,000; National Mortality Rate 1.1%

In a landmark achievement, with the dedication and tireless effort of all the healthcare and frontline workers, India has recorded daily recoveries of more than 400,000 COVID patients in a single day for the first time

Corona strain in Singapore can be India's 3rd wave, extremely dangerous for children, warns Delhi chief minister

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has warned the central government against a new Covid variant found in Singapore, which is affecting children dangerously, and asserted that it can lead to a third wave in India unless immediate measures are taken, including suspension of flights to and from Singapore

'Islam prioritizes human life': Islamic scholars, AMU faculty call upon people to get vaccinated

Asserting that Islam prioritizes human life, 15 leading Islamic scholars and faculty members have appealed to the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) community and the general public to get vaccinated to prevent the spread of the Covid 19 pandemic which had wreaked in the campus

Cyclone Tauktae: Indian Navy rescues 60 personnel from Bombay High Oil fields

The Indian Navy said it had rescued a total of 60 persons from Barge P305 of Bombay High Oil fields have been rescued till midnight on Monday, IBNS reported

Indian Army conducts COVID-19 awareness programme in Kashmir

In a break from its normal role, the Indian Army  hosted a COVID-19 awareness programme at Sultanpur Kandi village of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district amid rising cases in the region

'India-developed 2-DG medicine is new ray of hope in fight against COVID-19'

The first batch of the adjunct COVID therapy anti-COVID drug, 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG), was released by India's Defense Minister Rajnath Singh and handed over to Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in New Delhi on May 17, 2021

Bleeding and clotting events following COVID vaccination minuscule in India

Bleeding and clotting cases following COVID vaccination in India are minuscule and in line with the expected number of diagnoses of these conditions in the country, a report submitted by the National AEFI (Adverse Event Following Immunization) Committee to the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare said