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LIVE: R Venkataramani appointed as new Attorney General of India
He will serve the post for three years from the date of his assuming office. Venkataramani has appeared frequently in indirect tax cases.
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Blood test could predict people at risk of long Covid: Lancet study
A blood test could predict if a person infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus will develop long Covid, a study published in the Lancet eBioMedicine journal suggests
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Mohammed Shami tests negative for Covid, kept on stand-by for T20 WC
India pacer Mohammed Shami on Wednesday tested negative for COVID-19, over 10 days after he had been infected by the virus
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Simple blood test with AI help can predict who will get long Covid
As long Covid becomes a burden for health care providers globally, researchers now report that a blood test taken at the time of infection could predict who is most likely to develop the same
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Data story: India adds 3,615 new Covid cases; death toll at 528,584
India has added 31,489 cases in the past 7 days
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Household savings in India dip to lowest in five year as inflation persists
As compared to 15.9 per cent in FY21, the gross financial savings of households in India stood at 10.8 per cent in FY22
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Xi Jinping makes first public appearance since returning from overseas
The Chinese leader was accompanied by the other six members of the Politburo Standing Committee, a sign of unity after rumors circulated on Twitter about a challenge to his power
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Delhi logs 73 new Covid-19 infections, active case count stand at 386
The new cases were detected from 8,084 tests conducted the previous day, the department said in its latest bulletin
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Mumbai records 85 new Covid-19 infections, no death in last 24 hours
Mumbai on Tuesday recorded 85 new coronavirus cases that raised the tally of infections to 1,149,917, an official from the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said
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Spike protein vaccines may help fight Covid variants: IIT-M study
Researchers sought to gauge the response in cases where post-vaccination infections were caused by a variant other than the original Wuhan strain
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Data story: India logs 3,230 Covid cases; active tally declines by 1,057
India has added 37,213 cases in the past 7 days
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Hope ad revenue to recover fully to pre-Covid level by Q4: PVR CEO
Brahmastra has done well for the cinema industry. It has put the Boycott-Bollywood movement to rest.
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What is Khosta-2? A vaccine-restraint virus found in Russian bats
It is classified as a sarbecovirus, a member of the Coronavirus family. It attaches to the same protein, ACE2 that Coronavirus uses to penetrate into human cells
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Energy, inflation crises risk pushing big economies into recession: OECD
In a bleak report titled Paying the price of war, the Paris-based organisation noted that the conflict aggravated inflationary pressure when the cost of living was already rising quickly.
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Covid-19: Canada won't require masks on planes, drops vaccine mandate
Canada, like the United States, requires foreign nationals to be vaccinated when entering the country
Covid-19 linked with higher risk of type 1 diabetes in young people: Study
Children and adolescents infected with COVID-19 show a substantially higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes (T1D), according to a study of over 1 million patients aged 18 and younger
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Full backlog of over 250,000 Covid-19 refunds processed: Air India
Acknowledging that refunds have been an issue for many airlines during the global pandemic and subsequent recovery, Air India on Monday shared details
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New Covid-like virus in bats could infect humans, resist vaccines: Study
A new SARS-CoV-2-like virus discovered in Russian bats is capable of infecting humans, and is resistant to current vaccines against COVID-19, a study has found.
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LIVE: Ghulam Nabi announces new party, names it 'Democratic Azad Party'
MLAs loyal to the Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot, who is set to contest for the post of Congress president, reached the assembly speaker's residence to submit their resignation on Sunday
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Data story: India records 4,129 new Covid cases; active tally at 43,415
India has so far administered 2,176,835,714 vaccine doses
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