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Ivermectin is a Nobel Prize-winning wonder drug but not for Covid-19

Ivermectin is an over 30-year-old wonder drug that treats life- and sight-threatening parasitic infections.

European Union looks to strengthen ties with Arctic, protect environment

The Arctic is warming up to three times faster than the rest of the planet

British economy falters during summer as shortages build up

The British economy remains 0.8% below its pre-coronavirus pandemic level of Feb. 2020.

China exports up 28% in September; surplus with United States grows

China's global trade surplus rose to $68 billion in September from $52 billion in August

Australia plans lunar rover to help NASA find oxygen on moon

The rover would collect soil that contains oxides and NASA would use separate equipment to extract oxygen from that soil

France's $35 billion innovation plan includes nuclear reactor funds

Macron on Tuesday unveiled a 5-year, 30 billion-euro ($35 billion) investment plan for developing innovative technology and industrial activity

Nobel economics prize goes to natural experiments pioneers

The trio reshaped empirical work in the economic sciences, said the Royal Swedish Academy

Myanmar's Suu Kyi pleads not guilty to breaking virus rules

Suu Kyi and leading members of her government and party remain under arrest.

Merck asks US FDA to authorise promising anti-Covid pill

If cleared by the Food and Drug Administration a decision that could come in a matter of weeks it would be the first pill shown to treat Covid

Union Minister's son arrested for Lakhimpur Kheri violence, to face court

Ashish Mishra appeared before the police's special investigation team and was questioned for 11 hours.

Taliban say they won't work with US to contain Islamic State

Senior Taliban officials and U.S. representatives are to meet Saturday and Sunday in Doha, the capital of the Persian Gulf state of Qatar.

Taliban official: At least 100 dead, wounded in Afghanistan mosque bombing

There was no immediate claim for the blast

Sensex regains 60,000 after RBI retains accommodative stance

Rate-sensitive banking and realty indices ended in the red, but auto closed with gains

Ola Electric is raising another $200 mn at over $5 bn valuation: Sources

On September 30, Ola had announced raising over $200 mn in funding from Falcon Edge, SoftBank and others, valuing it at $3 bn

NCLT admits RBI's applications to initiate IBC proceedings against Srei

NCLT appointed Rajneesh Sharma as an administrator of the Srei Group firms

Tata Sons makes winning bid of Rs 18,000 cr for Air India: Govt

The bid got approved by a group of ministers headed by Home Minister Amit Shah on October 4, said DIPAM Secretary

Google to ban ads appearing next to climate denial content

The new rules will prohibit ads for, and monetisation of, content that contradicts well-established scientific consensus around the existence and causes of climate change

NCLT committed error by not granting more time to Zee to file reply: NCLAT

NCLT order directing Zee to reply within two days violated principles of natural justice, said NCLAT

Facebook blames outage on error during routine maintenance

The problem occurred as engineers were carrying out day to day work on Facebook's global backbone network

Investors' wealth erodes by Rs 2.57 trn as stock markets tumble

Indian equities opened positive but gave in to profit-booking in second half following weak global cues, says an analyst