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A staff member of the Rajawadi Hospital holds a vial of Covishield, AstraZenecas Covid-19 coronavirus vaccine made by Indias Serum Institute, in Mumbai. (PTI)

DCGI extends shelf life of Covishield from 6 to 9 months

In a letter to the Serum Institute, DCGI said it is permitted to apply the shelf life of nine months to unlabelled vials...

31 March 2021 12:25 PM IST

$Peter Ben Embarek of the World Health Organization team holds up a chart showing pathways of transmission of the virus during a joint news conference at the end of the WHO mission in Wuhan in central Chinas Hubei province. A joint WHO-China study on the origins of COVID-19 says that transmission of the virus from bats to humans through another animal is the most likely scenario and that a lab leak is \extremely unlikely,\ according to a draft copy obtained by The Associated Press. (AP)$ Science

Leaked WHO report says COVID likely passed from bats to humans through...

The researchers listed four scenarios in order of likelihood for the emergence of the virus named SARS-CoV-2

29 March 2021 1:39 PM IST

Different varieties of paddy are being cultivated on 20 acres at Krish Vigyana Kendra in Undi. By arrangement

Paddy and other cultivation in saline soil possible, say scientists at...

Jowar, ragi, papaya, drumstick etc are being grown in organic ways and there is good yield

27 March 2021 8:41 AM IST

The ministry however stressed that no sufficient link has been established between the recent surge of Covid-19 cases in India and the new Indian variant with E484Q and L452R mutations. (Representational Photo: AFP)

New double mutant variant of Covid-19 found, says Centre

So far, some 771 variants of concern have been detected from 10,787 samples collected from different states and Union...

25 March 2021 4:21 AM IST

Motorists drive past a coronavirus-themed globe kept at a traffic junction during a government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus, in Hyderabad. PTI Photo

COVID-19 double mutant variant detected in India

Officials said the new 'Indian strain' does not match any previously catalogued Variants of Concerns (VOC)

25 March 2021 12:39 AM IST

Using state-of-the-art space technologies, DMSat-1 will monitor, collect and analyse environmental data as well as measure air pollutants and greenhouse gases. (Image credit: Twitter/@MBRSpaceCentre)

Dubai to launch environmental nanometric satellite

The launch is part of a high-technology project undertaken to develop solutions to environmental challenges and address...

11 March 2021 10:50 AM IST

ISRO chief K Sivan. (PTI Photo)

Isro ships SAR payload to Jet Propulsion Lab in California

It will be integrated with the L-Band SAR Payload of JPL for the Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar) mission

9 March 2021 11:54 PM IST

Research in several parts of the world has demonstrated that the SARS-CoV-2 virus can find its way into dogs, cats, and wild animals such as gorillas, big cats such as pumas, and snow leopards, and apes such as gorillas in zoos. (Representational Photo: AP)

SARS-CoV-2 virus can multiply in animals: Study

Europe has already witnessed outbreaks in mink farms in Denmark where it was found that the infected animals passed the...

9 March 2021 4:59 AM IST

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) as far back as in August last year, reported that 410 unique vertebrate species were identified as having ACE2 receptors. (Representational Photo: AP)

Impact of Covid-vulnerable animals on humans causes worry

More than half of the animals that have Covid-19 susceptible ACE2 receptors jostle for space with humans

9 March 2021 4:41 AM IST

Most of the wards showed a similarly uniform range of seroprevalence, from 50-60 per cent. (Representational Image/AFP)

54% of Hyderabad's population estimated to have COVID-19 antibodies

The scientists checked for antibodies against the virus in people across 30 wards of the city

5 March 2021 11:35 AM IST

While the rats, mice, rabbits and Syrian hamsters were lab-bred, the rhesus macaques that were used in testing Covaxin candidates were caught in the wild in Maharashtra. (Representational Image/AFP)

Rats, mice, rabbits, hamsters and monkeys - The true heroes in...

The lakhs of people receiving Covaxin to help stop the spread of COVID-19 in India and elsewhere have much to thank...

4 March 2021 11:55 PM IST

Government of India had approved the use of Covaxin as part of the vaccination drive as one under a clinical trial mode . This, it was learnt, was causing concern among potential recipients of this particular vaccine among some healthcare personnel in the state. (Representational Photo)

Covaxin 81 per cent effective against Covid-19: Survey

Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech and the ICMR has shown 81% efficacy against Covid-19, based on a survey done on...

4 March 2021 4:16 AM IST