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Amphan Cyclone wreaks havoc in West Bengal and Bangladesh, 14 dead

Cyclone Amphan from the Bay of Bengal wreaked havoc on eastern India and Bangladesh on Wednesday, killing at least 14 people and destroying thousands of homes, with officials struggling to evacuate and provide relief amid a surging coronavirus outbreak. The populous Indian state of West Bengal took the brunt of Cyclone Amphan, with gusting winds of up to 185 km ...

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Japan-India scientists claim Ayurvedic medicine Ashwagandha helpful in Covid-19 cure

IIT-D

Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) and IIT-Delhi joint research on Indian ayurvedic component Ashwagandha in combinaton with propolis, an actve ingredent from New Zealand can be developed as possible drug treatment to cure Coronavirus or COVID-19. The research by IIT-D was led by Professor D Sundar from DAILAB (DBT-AIST International Laboratory for Advanced Biomedicine) discovered ...

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Priyanka Gandhi thanks UP govt for allowing offer of 1,000 buses to ply migrant workers home

Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi’s offer to ply 1,000 buses to transport stranded labourers and migrants in Delhi to their homes in Uttar Pradesh has been accepted by the UP government after dragging ts feet for over two days. The state Additional Chief Secretary Awanish Awasthi replied to Priyanka Gandhi’s private secretary accepting the offer and requesting more details including a ...

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FBI suspects Chinese hackers targeting COVID-19 research progress in US

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) have ncreased their vigilance in the wake of increased threat to COVID-19-related research in the country. The FBI is investigating the targeting and compromise of U.S. organizations conducting COVID-19-related research by China-affiliated cyber actors and non-traditional collectors. These actors have been observed attempting to identify and ...

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Heart attack prevention lags for people with stroke, peripheral artery disease: Study

Preventon of heart attack efforts are found to be unequal in patients who usually reach the stage after several cardovascular diseases and stroke, according to a recent study, whch advocated early treatment methods to ward off such eventualites among patients. The findings were presented at the American Heart Association’s Quality of Care & Outcomes Research Scientific Sessions 2020, which had ...

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NIH begins clinical trial of hydroxychloroquine and azithromycin for COVID-19

The US National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has started working on a clinical trial to evaluate whether the malaria drug hydroxychloroquine, given together with the antibiotic azithromycin, can prevent hospitalization and death from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). The Phase 2b trial will enroll approximately 2,000 adults across the United ...

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Treatment with interferon speeds up recovery of COVID-19 patients

Treatment with antivirals such as interferons may significantly clear virus and reduce levels of inflammatory proteins in COVID-19 patients, said a new study conducted by researchers in Toronto. Researchers conducting an exploratory study on some confirmed COVID-19 cases in Wuhan found that treatment with interferon (IFN)-α2b significantly reduced the duration of detectable virus in the upper respiratory tract and reduced ...

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Fossilized footprint study reveals Division of Labor existed 11,700 years ago

Hatala, K.G., Harcourt-Smith, W.E.H., Gordon, A.D. et al.

The largest collection of footprints from the human fossil record in Africa belonging to human life during the Late Pleistocene period (126,000 to 11,700 years ago), suggests a division of labour in ancient human communities. Arcaeologists Kevin Hatala and his team from the Center for the Advanced Study of Human Paleobiology, George Washington University, Washington DC, unearthed 408 human footprints ...

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SARS-CoV-2: New coronavirus but there’s a cure in old bottle

Important lessons learned from the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak of 2002-2003 could inform and guide vaccine design for COVID-19 according to University of Melbourne Professor Kanta Subbarao, Director of the WHO Centre for Reference. In an article published Thursday in Cell Host and Microbe, Prof. Kanta Subbarao stressed the importance of detecting a neutralising antibody response in recovered ...

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Jaishankar praises Rs.20 lakh crore stimulus plan, prepares for next

External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar has described Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement under government’s Rs 20 lakh crore stimulus package under Atma Nirbhar Bharat as “bold initiatives” and noted that freign policy begins at home, hinting at changes soon to foreign policy too. “Foreign Policy begins at home. A strong economy allows our voice to be heard in the world. ...

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Texas Indian American Engineer faces charges over $10 million fraud PPP loan

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An Indian-origin engineer by name Shashank Rai has been charged by Texas prosecutors for fraudulent applications for $10 million loans under the COVID-19 relief program claiming to be for his firm employees. The charges include bank fraud and making false statements to a federal agency. Paycheque Protection Programme (PPP) is an initiative of the federal government to provide emergency help ...

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Reddit study finds peak of public interest in COVID-19 topics in March itself, so is Twitter

Using machine learning to track surges in interest in health topics on popular online comment boards, especially Reddit, a new study conducted during the COVID-19 outbreak by researchers in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania (Penn Medicine) fund peaks of interest among the public. Such insight could help public health officials better understand and address public ...

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Climate change familiar to these Chinese 1 million years ago

One million years old early stone tool used by hominins (early humans) has been unearthed by archaeologists in the Nihewan Basin, China which has thrown light on how the early civilizations were able to adapt to climate change and lead a sustainable living. These stone tools show the skills of ancient humans who modified their tool manufacturing behaviour in Eastern ...

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Trailer of Amazon Prime Video’s ‘Paatal Lok’ sizzles many

After building a high buzz around the story line and characters in their their upcoming series, the makers of Amazon Prime’s Paatal Lok recently released the trailer bringing the intensity to the series. From the looks, the series had created a buzz with the social media raving about the characters, actors, story line and the graph of captivating content the ...

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What’s Mars made of ? Japanese study throws light and opens up new study

Mars

Since going to Mars, one of our closest terrestrial neighbors, is still very far away, Japanese scientists have tried something on our own planet with simulations and found that the iron-sulfur alloys thought to comprise the core of Mars to reveal details about the planet’s seismic properties for the first time. This information will be compared to observations made by Martian ...

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