Bharat Biotech and the World Health Organization held a ‘pre-submission’ meeting on Wednesday for international emergency use listing (EUL) of Covaxin, its COVID-19 vaccine. The meeting was to give the company a chance to receive guidance from WHO authorities before the final submission. No details…
Warren Buffett on Wednesday resigned as trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, one of the world’s largest private charitable organizations, as he delivered another $4.1 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway stock to philanthropy. Buffett has been making annual contributions to five charitable foundations…
India said on Wednesday it has found around 40 cases of the Delta coronavirus variant carrying a mutation that appears to make it more transmissible, and advised states to increase testing. Below is what we know about the variant. What is Delta Plus? The variant, called “Delta Plus” in India,…
A parliamentary panel meeting on the issue of vaccine development witnessed high drama on Wednesday as several BJP MPs walked out of it asserting that this is not the appropriate time to discuss the vaccine policy, sources said. Scientific Advisor to the government K Vijaya Raghavan, ICMR DG VK Bhargava and…
Japan’s Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that laws requiring married couples to have the same surname are constitutional, dismissing a challenge by three couples seeking to keep their original names. The decision to affirm a 2015 Supreme Court ruling was a major disappointment for rights activists who say the laws…
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has stayed the transfer of 100 MHADA flats to the Tata Memorial Hospital for providing temporary accommodation to cancer patients undergoing treatment there. State Housing Minister Jitendra Awhad on Wednesday confirmed the decision. Shiv Sena MLA Ajay Chaudhary told reporters…
Asking armed forces to be on guard along borders with both China and Pakistan, Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has said that terrorists working with the Pakistan Army can go rogue and it could escalate the situation with India. Speaking to ANI on Tuesday, the Chief of Defence Staff also stated that while…
This might sound weird, but a US-based CCTV company has decided to hire people who will monitor stores from remote locations in India and scream at armed robbers in case of suspicious activities in the stores. The operator, in fact, will also administer the workings of the store and its employees. Washington-based Live…
The Earth’s surface is composed of three layers — the crust, mantle and core. While we know about crust (the outermost layer) formation and composition, very little is known about the mantle and the core, which are located below the crust. Researchers have now analysed a meteorite that could hold clues…
The Union Health Ministry has said around 40 cases of Delta Plus, classified as a variant of concern (VOC), have been detected in India so far. These cases of Delta Plus variant of Covid-19 have been reported in Maharashtra, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh. “As of now, among the samples sequenced (45000+) in…