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Science ministry funds trial to study the effect of Gayatri Mantra in treating Covid

The Department of Science and Technology—a division within the Ministry of Science and Technology—has funded a clinical trial at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh, to determine if the quality of recovery from Covid-19 can be improved by chanting the Gayatri Mantra, a religious hymn, and by performing the Yoga practice of Pranayama, a report in The Hindu said. The trial aims to recruit 20 Covid-19 patients with "moderate symptoms". Read more here 

India’s Premas Biotech, Israel’s Oramed develop an oral vaccine 

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