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IMA defamed Harsh Vardhan, fabricated facts for cheap publicity: DMA
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A state unit of Indian Medical Association (IMA) has turned against the national body over its sharp criticism of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan...
Madras HC entertains plea for Covishield vaccine to be declared ‘unsafe’, compensation of 5 crores
At a time when higher courts are burdened with a huge backlog of cases, they've been entertaining pleas which many observers find frivolous. Recently,...
Bharat, 1.3 billion people and the war against Covid
2020 was a “landmark” year for the world. Every land was marked positive - Covid positive.
The year will be remembered for China spread virus-...
IIT-BHU researchers develop ‘adsorbent’ from rice husk to remove toxins from waste water
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Researchers at the School of Biochemical Engineering of IIT-BHU have synthesised an eco-friendly 'adsorbent' which can remove toxic heavy metal ions such as hexavalent...
Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin neutralizes UK variant of Covid: Study
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Covaxin, the Covid vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech, effectively neutralizes UK variants of SARS-CoV-2 reducing the possibility of mutant virus escape, finds a study....
Brazil says ‘Dhanyavaad Bharat’ for vaccine exports
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said "Dhanyavaad" (thank you) to Bharatiya Prime Minister Narendra Modi for helping the South American nation with Covid-19 vaccine exports.
Taking...
Mild side effects possible from Covid vaccines
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Mild adverse event following immunisation (AEFI) like headache, fatigue, myalgia (pain in muscle), injection site tenderness, malaise (weakness), pyrexia, chills, arthralgia, and nausea are...
All you need to know about COVID vaccines
The largest vaccination program in the history of the world is well under way. More than 3 crore doses of COVID vaccines have already...
The efforts of Bharatiya scientists who have developed the indigenous vaccines to fight the Chinese Virus are being dissed by certain sections of the...
Opioid addiction in the US and the Bharatiya American community
On 5th July 2020, Ikonkar Manmohan Singh Sandhu, a young 23 year old boy, died from an opioid overdose in Michigan just months before...