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London: The UK reported another 223 coronavirus-related deaths, the highest number of fatalities recorded in one day since 231 were recorded on March 9, according to official figures released Tuesday. The total number of…
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Colombo: Over 7,000 tourists have arrived in Sri Lanka so far this month, giving a boost to the country's tourism industry which took a blow due to the Covid-19 pandemic, local media reported on Monday. According to official figures,…
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Bali: Three people were killed and seven others injured with another one still buried under rubbles of a building that collapsed after a 4.8-magnitude quake struck Indonesia's resort island of Bali on Saturday. The epicentre of the…
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Geneva: Reporting of tuberculosis (TB) cases in India went down by 41 per cent between 2019 and 2020 due to the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the World Health Organization's 2021 Global TB report released on Thursday. India, followed…
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London: The results of phase three trials of AstraZeneca's long-acting antibody combination is out on Monday and it has been found successful in the prevention and treatment of Covid-19. The drug, AZD7442, was produced by the …
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London: Three US academicians from prestigious universities were on Monday conferred the Nobel Prize for Economics for their contribution in adopting the techniques of clinical trials to understand the impact of cause and effect in economic…
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Brasilia: Brazil's overall Covid-19 death toll, which is currently the second highest in the world after the US, has topped the 600,000 mark, according to health authorities. As of Saturday, the toll stood at 600,425 after 615 fresh…
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Stockholm: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 has been jointly awarded to David Julius and Ardem Patapoutian for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch. The Nobel laureates' discoveries have unlocked one of…
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New Delhi: China's factory activity has shrunk unexpectedly amid curbs on electricity use and rising prices for commodities and parts, raising more concerns about the state of the world's second biggest economy, The Guardian reported. A…
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New Delhi: Several suppliers for Tesla and Apple have announced that their manufacturing operations in the Chinese mainland are being suspended due to local electricity constraints. The disruptions might affect the industry chain and…
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