Month: May 2020

Monkeys steal coronavirus blood samples in India

LUCKNOW, India – A troop of monkeys in India attacked a medical official and snatched away blood samples of patients who had tested positive for the novel coronavirus, authorities said on Friday. The attack occurred this week when a laboratory technician was walking in the campus of a […]

No call between Trump and Modi on China border tension – official source

NEW DELHI – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not spoken with U.S. President Donald Trump about the south Asian nation’s military standoff with China, a government source said on Friday, after Trump suggested Modi was upset about border tension. The neighbours’ troops have been facing off along […]

India’s economy seen slowing rapidly in March quarter, with worse to come

NEW DELHI – Gross domestic product data out later on Friday is expected to show India’s economy grew at its slowest pace in at least two years in the March quarter as the coronavirus pandemic weakened already declining consumer demand and private investment. The median forecast from a […]

India’s Sun Pharma to conduct clinical trial of pancreatitis drug in COVID-19 patients

BENGALURU – Drugmaker Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd said on Friday that it received Indian regulatory approval to start clinical trials of pancreatitis drug nafamostat mesilate in COVID-19 patients. “Nafamostat (has been) identified as a potential candidate for COVID-19 patients by scientists at University of Tokyo and Leibniz Institute […]

Indian Railways modifies instructions for 30 Special Rajdhani type train and 200 Special Mail Exp trains

Ministry of Railways has decided to increase the advance reservation period (ARP) of all Specials notified from 30 days to 120 days Booking of Parcel and luggage shall be permitted in all these 230 trains The above changes shall be implemented with effect from 08:00 hrs of train […]

Researchers culture novel coronavirus, may help in drug testing and vaccine development

open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 29: The Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB) has established stable cultures of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) from patients’ samples. Virologists at CCMB have isolated infectious viruses from several isolates. The ability to culture the virus in lab enables CCMB to work […]

Missile Park ‘Agneeprastha’ to be set up at INS Kalinga

open view news desk NEW DELHI, MAY 29: Foundation Stone for a Missile Park “AGNEEPRASTHA” was laid at INS Kalinga by Cmde Rajesh Debnath,  Commanding Officer, in the presence of Vice Admiral Atul Kumar Jain, PVSM, AVSM, VSM, FOC-in-C (East) on 28 May 20.          The Missile Park […]

New Zealand near eradication, but virus has grim global hold

WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand on Friday had all but eradicated the coronavirus from its shores with just one person in the nation of 5 million known to be still infected, but developments elsewhere were generally grim, with India reporting another record increase in cases and Pakistan […]

Police across US speak out against Minneapolis custody death

LOS ANGELES — Murder.Brutality. Reprehensible.Indefensible. Police nationwide, in unequivocal and unprecedented language, have condemned the actions of Minneapolis police in the custody death of a handcuffed black man who cried for help as an officer knelt on his neck, pinning him to the pavement for at least eight minutes. But some civil rights […]

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