Trial was carried out on 108 participants aged 18-60 in Wuhan A phase-1 trial using a single dose of a vaccine (Ad5-nCoV) that uses a recombinant adenovirus type-5 vector that carries the…
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GUWAHATI: Coal mining has forever remained a controversial business across India. In upper Assam the modus operandi of mining coal has always been alleged to be illegal and so, controversial. The Assam…
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InternationalNepal releases new political map showing Lipulekh and Kalapani as part of its territory
Nepal has issued a new national map incorporating areas also claimed by neighboring India, prompting fierce criticism from New Delhi. At issue is about 300 square kilometers (115 square miles) of mountainous…
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Wildlife & BiodiversityWild boars die in Arunachal as African swine fever kills 15,000 pigs in Assam
As Assam prepares for mass culling to check the spread of African swine fever (ASF) that has killed almost 15,000 domesticated pigs, adjoining Arunachal Pradesh fears that the “foreign” disease may have…
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NEW DELHI – The 76-year old American tourist arrived at the hospital in Thimphu, the sleepy capital of Bhutan, on a cool day in early March. His symptoms were perplexing. He complained…
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A tigress was found dead on Sunday in Kaziranga National Park. The carcass was recovered in the bank of Bhalukjan Beel in the Bagori range of the Kaziranga National Park and Tiger…
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ScienceCoronavirus drugs-vaccines coming, give us time: Pulitzer-winning cancer researcher Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee
In an exclusive conversation with India Today as part of the E-Conclave Corona Series, Pulitzer-winning author and cancer surgeon Dr Siddhartha Mukherjee says that while there is hope at the end of…
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NEW DELHI: The northeastern region, which has traditionally been disciplined, has emerged as the model of coronavirus management and the rest of the country should emulate it, Union minister Jitendra Singh said…
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Guwahati: The entire country is grappling with the rapid spread of coronavirus disease, which has infected more than 62,000 people and killed more than 2,000. But there are five states in the…