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With Omicron, 3rd wave projected to hit India by Feb

With Omicron, the new variant of SARS-CoV2, the third wave of coronavirus could hit the peak by February with cases likely to be reaching up to 1-1.5 lakh a day in the country, but it will be......

First two cases of Omicron reported from Mumbai ; Maha tally at 10

Two fully vaccinated persons who returned from abroad last month have tested positive for the new Omicron strain of coronavirus in Mumbai, the first cases of the variant found in the metropolis,......

Gennova's mRNA vaccine to come in powder form, stay stable at 2-8C

Gennova has also got permission for phase-2 and 3 clinical trials for its lyophilised mRNA vaccine for injection from the subject expert committee advising the Central Drugs Standards Control......

Is this Indian Covid vaccine better than Pfizer's?

India's first mRNA platform-based vaccine will remain stable at 2-8 degrees Celsius while Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine needs minus 70 degrees Celsius and Moderna vaccine can remain stable for six......

COVID-19: Why everyone needs to be vaccinated

'At the stage where we are in today in the country, by the time mass vaccination becomes available, it would be around the middle of next year.''Most of those people, who got infected this year,......

India-born scientist Rajaram awarded World Food Prize

India-born Mexican scientist Sanjaya Rajaram has been presented with the prestigious World Food Prize 2014 for his agricultural research that led to a remarkable increase in world wheat production......

GM crops: All-party par panel for ban on trials

The report of Parliament's standing committee on agriculture and genetically modified crops has asked for an end to all field trials for these. "Further research and development on transgenics in......

Ramesh to popularise Bt brinjal across India

Environment Minsiter Jairam Ramesh will from Wednesday hold a series of public meetings across the country on the controversial Bt brinjal which was cleared by the country's bio-technology......

Why health insurance premiums are set to rise

The rise in premiums could be in the range of 5-25 per cent, depending on the features that each insurance company adds on its products. Health insurance premiums are set to rise as non-life......

India working on GM herbs, says Greenpeace

Even as the debate over safety and essentiality of genetically modified foods continues, Indian research institutes are trying to genetically modify some high-value medicinal herbs that are an......

Rogge wants gene doping rules

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Jacques Rogge has called for new regulations against changing genes to increase athletic performance, so-called gene doping.Rogge said progress in......

Beware athletes, says IOC chief

The International Olympic Committee will not hesitate to expel any athlete, however famous, from August's Games in Athens if they are caught doping, IOC president Jacques Rogge said. Rogge told......

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