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Healthcare solutions provider Global Response Aid (GRA) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced that the anti-viral drug Avigan produced promising results in a single-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical study conducted in Japan with the sponsorship of FujiFilm Toyama Chemical.

September 23, 2020

Avigan shows promising results in treatment of COVID patients in Japan

DUBAI, UAE — Healthcare solutions provider Global Response Aid (GRA) and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories announced that the anti-viral drug Avigan produced promising results in a single-blinded, placebo-controlled Phase 3 clinical study conducted in Japan with the sponsorship of FujiFilm Toyama Chemical.Patients who received Avigan recovered from COVID-19 symptoms 2.8 days earlier, on average, compared with the control group. Analysis showed patients had a statistically significant higher probability to recover when ...

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson in Parliament in this file photo. A controversial Brexit bill that could override parts of the Withdrawal Agreement signed with the EU has passed its latest stage in the UK's House of Commons after a compromise was struck with Conservative MPs.

September 23, 2020

Controversial Brexit bill passes latest stage in UK parliament

LONDON — A controversial Brexit bill that could override parts of the Withdrawal Agreement signed with the EU has passed its latest stage in the UK's House of Commons after a compromise was struck with Conservative MPs.MPs backed the government's UK Internal Market Bill on Tuesday night, which will be voted on again next week before being scrutinized by the House of Lords, the UK parliament's upper chamber.A potential rebellion ...

A volunteer distributes free masks to Indians in New Delhi. As part of fundamental and lasting changes in social behavior being ushered in by the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, 107 cities in India are to have pop-up cycle lanes, traffic-calmed sections and non-motorized zones.

September 23, 2020

COVID-19 foretells cycling boom in India

NEW DELHI — As part of fundamental and lasting changes in social behavior being ushered in by the coronavirus, COVID-19, pandemic, 107 cities in India are to have pop-up cycle lanes, traffic-calmed sections and non-motorized zones."Cities could launch programs such as community-led cycle rental schemes that increase the availability of cycles to citizens and promote the usage of cycling through public events and outreach," the Ministry of Housing and Urban ...

There have been 5.6 million cases in total in the country and the death toll stands at 88,935 people. — Courtesy photo

September 22, 2020

India's new COVID-19 cases at lowest in almost a month

NEW DELHI — India reported 75,083 fresh coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, lowest daily tally of new infections in almost a month, the federal health ministry data showed on Tuesday.The last time India reported less than 75,000 COVID-19 cases was on Aug. 26 as it recorded 67,151 infections that day.According to the ministry’s data, a total of 1,053 more patients have succumbed to the deadly virus across the ...

A worker sanitizes railings in the premises of Taj Mahal in Agra, India. — Courtesy photo

September 21, 2020

Taj Mahal reopens amid sharp rise in COVID-19 cases

NEW DELHI — India reopened the Taj Mahal after six months on Monday, with the first visitors trickling into the famous monument as authorities reported 86,961 new coronavirus infections across the country, with no signs of a peak yet.The white marble tomb in the northern city of Agra, built by a 17th-century Mughal emperor for his wife, was opened to the public at sunrise, and a Chinese national and a ...

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Saturday morning carried out searches and arrested nine terrorists of banned terror organization Al-Qaeda — File photo

September 19, 2020

India nabs 9 Al-Qaeda militants planning attacks

NEW DELHI — India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) said on Saturday it has arrested nine Al-Qaeda militants who were planning attacks in several locations including the capital New DelhiThe group was planning to undertake terrorist attacks at vital installations in India with an aim to kill innocent people and strike terror in their minds,” the country’s main counter-terrorism arm said in a statement.Those arrested “were motivated to undertake attacks at ...

September 19, 2020

India overtakes US in global corona recoveries

NEW DELHI — India's COVID-19 case tally crossed the 5.3 million-mark with a spike of 93,337 new cases in last 24 hours, data released by the health ministry on Saturday morning showed. The total number of confirmed cases now stands at 53,08,015 including 10,13,964 active cases. The country also witnessed 1,247 deaths during the 24-hour period, it said.With record 95,885 recoveries, India has overtaken the United States to record the ...

The apple industry brings about 100 billion rupees revenue to the union territory and provides livelihood to several thousand persons in the region as well as outside. — Courtesy photo

September 18, 2020

Sweet bonanza for apple growers in Indian Kashmir

NEW DELHI — The apple growers in Kashmir, nearly one-third of its population, are getting the best of both the worlds — not only are they benefiting from generous subsidies, the government's decision to buy at least 60 percent of their produce this year would bring an added bonanza.The federal government has been paying special attention to apple growers and other farmers and horticulturists in the union territory for the ...

A trial to develop a vaccine for the coronavirus is underway at Oxford University’s Jenner Institute. — Courtesy photo

September 18, 2020

WHO chief makes last push for countries to join multilateral COVID-19 vaccine effort

GENEVA — Countries, which have not signed on to a global mechanism that has pledged to provide fair and timely access to a COVID-19 vaccine, are urged to do so before Friday, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) told a virtual meeting of member states, held on the eve of the deadline. WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus reminded participants that so far, more than 170 countries have expressed interest ...

Dr. Jitendra Singh, the minister of state in the Department of Space

September 17, 2020

India's space sector now open for private business

NEW DELHI — India has thrown open its space activities and facilities to the private sector, Dr. Jitendra Singh, the minister of state in the Department of Space, told the Upper House of Parliament, Rajya Sabha, on Thursday. This a sequel to a decision in June this year to create the Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre, INSPACe, as part of reforming the country's space sector. "INSPACe, under the Department of ...

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