Day: May 24, 2018

U.S. biotechs to speed work on Nipah vaccine as virus hits India

open view web desk LONDON – A global coalition set up a year ago to fight epidemics has struck a $25 million deal with two U.S. biotech companies to accelerate work on a vaccine against the brain-damaging Nipah virus that has killed 12 people in India. The Coalition […]

Tamil Nadu seeks permanent closure of Vedanta’s copper smelter – officials

open view web desk THOOTHUKUDI, India – The Tamil Nadu government said on Thursday that it was seeking a permanent closure of a big copper smelter run by London-listed Vedanta Resources after 13 people died in protests demanding the closure of the plant on environmental grounds. “The government’s […]

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