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3 sanitation workers die of asphyxiation in Karnataka manhole

Three sanitation workers died of asphyxiation during manual scavenging on Friday, the police said.

Jun 5, 2021

Indian cos missing the bus on vaccines, mRNA-based technologies: Jefferies

Vaccines and mRNA-based technologies have rapidly emerged as promising new therapeutic modalities, but Indian companies are lagging behind in adopting these innovation platforms.

Jun 5, 2021

Alzheimer's raises Covid severity by three times with death risk: Study

People with dementia, particularly Alzheimer's disease are at threefold risk of dying as a result of infection by SARS-CoV-2, the virus behind Covid-19, according to a study by Brazilian researchers.

Jun 5, 2021

Vaccine Shortage: KTR urges Centre to import unused Covid vaccine stocks

Telangana IT Minister K.T. Rama Rao asked the Centre that it immediately import vaccines from countries that are sitting on a huge stockpile of unused doses.

Jun 5, 2021

COVID-19 could wipe out tribes; NHRC steps in to protect vulnerable tribal groups [details]

Classified as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs), many of these tribes are on the verge of extinction.

Jun 4, 2021

Huge mystery sinkhole in Mexico growing; creates panic and fear [details]

The owner of the only house in the vicinity, which stands directly on the edge of the crater, first discovered it when she heard a loud noise at the weekend.

Jun 4, 2021

Punjab CM assures support to Paralympic athletes; even beyond upcoming Tokyo competition [details]

Ahead of the Tokyo Paralympic Games 2021 in August, Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh assured his support for Paralympic athletes.

Jun 4, 2021

BJP leadership in Kerala faces backlash over pre-poll cash deal, leaked audio sheds light on unholy deal

JRS treasurer Praseetha Azhikode claimed that BJP wanted CK Janu in NDA

Jun 4, 2021

Come clean on COVID lab-leak in Wuhan; Fauci pressurises China [details]

Fauci is now urging China to release medical records of nine people, including three who had taken ill with Covid-19 symptoms before China officially declared the outbreak of the pandemic.

Jun 4, 2021

Defence Ministry clears Navy's Rs 43,000 crore mega deal for six advanced submarines [details]

Under the Project 75I, the submarines for the Indian Navy are going to be constructed in India and will be through ToT by the OEMs.

Jun 4, 2021

Doctors need protection from Covid as well as BJP govt's callousness: Rahul Gandhi

Days after a doctor in Karnataka was brutally thrashed by a mob, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said that the doctors not only need protection from the Covid-19 but also the BJP government's callousness.

Jun 4, 2021

Mehul Choksi slips away from India's clutch again as Dominican court adjourns hearing

After a Dominican High Court adjourned the hearing in fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi's case, the eight member team of CBI, ED and MEA are now en route to India, without the diamond jeweller that duped millions in the PNB multi-crore fraud.

Jun 4, 2021

After Covid, Asharam Bapu wants bail to undergo Ayurvedic treatment; SC seeks Govt's response

The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the possibility of temporarily shifting godman Asharam Bapu to an Ayurvedic treatment centre. Post-Covid, Asharam had requested not to be put on allopathic drugs.

Jun 4, 2021

Who was Ankur Bhatia; Bird Group Executive Director dies of cardiac arrest [details]

Ankur Bhatia is credited with bringing in the Amadeus brand to the Indian sub-continent in 1994, which today is the market leader in providing travel technology for travel agents and airlines.

Jun 4, 2021

UFO origin decoded: Alien hunter says they are not from space [details]

Documentary filmmaker Jeremy Corbell had released a mindblowing UFO footage that showed an unknown flying vessel plunging into the ocean

Jun 4, 2021