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India registers 90,123 new Covid cases in last 24 hours, total zooms past 50 lakh

Covid cases in India jumped from 10 lakh to 20 lakh in 21 days. Then it took 16 more days to race past 30 lakh, 13 days more to cross the 40-lakh mark & 11 days to go past 50 lakh.

This is why blood from newborn cattle is being used to develop Indian Covid vaccine

Blood serum from newborn cattle is a key ingredient in biological research, such as the development of vaccines, and is widely available for import.

Phase-I trials of 2 Indian Covid candidate vaccines show excellent safety, says MoS Choubey

Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told Rajya Sabha that discussions on collaborations on the vaccine made by Russia are ongoing but no studies have been started.

With 83,809 new Covid cases, India’s tally zooms past 49 lakh

According to the health ministry data, there are 9,90,061 active cases of Covid in India which comprises 20.08 per cent of the total caseload. The death toll stands at 80,776.

India’s Covid tally crosses 48 lakh-mark with over 92,000 new cases in 24 hours

The country's coronavirus cases rose to 48,46,427, while the death toll climbed to 79,722 with 1,136 more people succumbing to the infection in a day.

With over 96,000 cases in the last 24 hours, India’s Covid tally crosses 45 lakh

While the country's death toll climbed to 76,271 with 1,209 fatalities in a day, the recoveries crossed 35 lakh on Friday.

Over 95,000 new cases push India’s Covid tally past 44-lakh mark, toll rises to 75,000

According to the health ministry, there are currently 9.1 lakh active Covid cases. The fatality rate has dropped to 1.68 per cent while recovery rate was recorded at 77.74 per cent.

India registers 89,706 fresh Covid cases in a day, total crosses 43 lakh

While 33,98,844 people recovered from the virus, India's death toll rose to 73,890 with 1,115 people succumbing to the disease in a span of 24 hours.

Plasma therapy ineffective in reducing Covid-19 mortality, ICMR study says

The PLACID study by ICMR, involving 464 participants in 39 hospitals, is the first and the largest randomised control trial on Covid-19 to be completed in the world.

India’s Covid tally rises to 42.8 lakh with over 75,000 cases registered in last 24 hours

According to the health ministry data, there are 8,83,697 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 20.65 per cent of the total caseload.

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India’s X-ray satellite system Daksha can settle the dark matter question

Daksha would be an invaluable tool to study flares from the Sun, X-rays from certain pulsating neutron stars, gamma-ray lightnings in the Earth's atmosphere, and so on.

Support to farmers, food security, outdated data — WTO members question India’s agriculture policies

WTO's Committee on Agriculture met last week in Geneva. During this meeting, members could question each other on agricultural policies that potentially impacted trade.

UN award for peacekeeper Naik Dhananjay Kumar Singh who died while on Congo mission

In mission area, he was instrumental in functioning of Level-1 hospital ensuring round-the-clock operability of critical care & medical support. Award will be conferred 30 May.

Abki baar 90 paar for Congress? Why even 30 more seats will ruffle BJP

Discussion about outcome of Lok Sabha polls continues to boil in cauldron of expectations only from BJP. Now reverse this equation, what if we asked about the performance of the 'loser'?