Washington Post, Buzzfeed News and CNN accessed over 3,000 pages of emails, between January and June 2020. Documents show how the top US expert handled the pandemic.
Doctors say consuming medicines not meant to be taken outside hospital settings can affect natural course of Covid treatment & lead to patients reporting additional side-effects.
The study by PGIMER, Chandigarh, found an 8.8% reduction in the risk of contracting Covid-19 in patients exposed to the virus, with the use of hydroxychloroquine.
The Subject Expert Committee has asked Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation to find more about HCQ's 'side-effects', particularly related to taste disorder and urine incontinence.
The study says ‘there was no clinical benefit’ of HCQ as ‘pre-exposure prophylaxis’. India continues to use it among healthcare and frontline workers as a prophylactic drug.
Three major types of Covid offerings have emerged on darknet markets since late February: protective gear, medications and services that help people commit fraud.
With the ongoing conflict at the Red Sea, India needs to take a long-term view of the PLI scheme and its ambition to emerge as a hub of shipping containers.
Data shows large public sector banks received highest number of complaints in absolute terms, but fared better than several private banks when looked at on complaints-per-branch basis.
For BJP, CAA was strategic move that did not quite work out because those it would benefit could’ve been accommodated under existing laws, and new entrants would remain excluded.
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