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FabiSpray Nasal Spray For COVID Treatment Launched In India: Know Who Can Use It And When

Glenmark Pharmaceuticals Limited and Canadian pharmaceutical company SaNOtize Research & Development Corp. has launched FabiSpray in India for the treatment of COVID-19. Jump To Who can use it and, when? What does it do? How much time does it take to work? Why is it crucial? Have trials been conducted in India? Has it been …

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First Pictures Of World's Highest Railway Bridge In J&K And They're Breathtaking

Photos of the world’s highest railway bridge, being built across a deep gorge of the Chenab River in Jammu and Kashmir, are out. The pictures first shared by Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw have been stunning people online. The picture was shared on the Koo app by the minister with the note, “The world’s highest arch Chenab Bridge over the clouds.” …

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More Infectious, Possibly Deadlier Variant Of COVID Could Follow Omicron: What WHO Said

With the Omicron cases rapidly coming down around the world there is renewed hope that we may finally see the end of the COVID-19 pandemic that has paralysed the world for more than two years. But the World Health Organisation (WHO) has reiterated its warning that the next COVID-19 variant will be more transmissible, and perhaps, deadlier than its predecessors.  …

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Tourists Celebrate As Shimla Gets Fresh Spell Of Snowfall, Mercury Falls Further

Parts of Himachal Pradesh including the capital Shimla got yet another spell of snowfall on Saturday adding to the delight of holidaymakers in the hill states. Due to heavy snowfall and weekends, the influx of tourist vehicles in Shimla has also increased manifold. The temperature of the area dropped following the fresh snowfall.  Many locals and tourists took to social …

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1993 Mumbai Blast Conspirator Abu Bakr, Reportedly Held In UAE, Could Be Deported To India

One of India’s most wanted terrorists, Abu Bakr a key conspirator behind the 1993 Mumbai blasts has reportedly been apprehended in the UAE. Abu Bakar, a close aid of Dawood Ibrahim was held in the UAE, where he had been living for years, at the request of Indian authorities. India Today, quoting sources reported that Indian agencies are in process …

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Climate Change: The Importance Of Addressing Myths Around Large-Scale Tree Plantation

Time and again, trees and forests have proved to be the much-needed respite we all need from the consequences of climate change. Across the world, trees are duly recognised for their superpower of sequestering carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.  Large-scale tree plantations can help achieve a number of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by generating jobs, storing carbon, increasing water table …

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Budget 2022: India's GDP Set To Grow At 8-8.5 Per Cent In Fiscal Year 23 Says Financial Survey

India’s economic growth is expected to remain in the range of 8 to 8.5 per cent in 2022-23 as against a projected growth of 9.2 per cent in the current financial year and a sharp contraction witnessed in 2020-21, according to the Economic Survey 2021-22 tabled in the parliament on Monday. “With the vaccination programme having covered the bulk of …

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Students Protest In DU's Hansraj College, Allege Cow Shelter Built Instead Of Girl's Hostel

Students of Hansraj College under the Delhi University have launched an online protest after the authorities allegedly set up a cow shelter inside the campus, at a location that was originally allocated for a girls’ hostel, a report in TOI said. The Swami Dayanand Saraswati Gau-Samwardhan ewam Anusandhan Kendra was set up inside the campus some two months ago. Change.org …

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School Dropouts Due To COVID Among Girl Students Is Much Higher, Finds Study

The past two years of the COVID-19 pandemic have been challenging for a large section of society and students have been among the worst hit. The fear of getting infected and the lockdowns meant that educational institutions including schools and colleges have remained shut for regular classes for the better part of 2020 and 2021. BCCL Though classes switched to …

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Weekend Curfew Delhi: No More Weekend Curfews And Odd-Even For Shops As Delhi Lifts COVID-19 Restrictions

With the peak of the third wave of COVID-19 seemingly passed, Delhi is doing away with the restrictions that were in place. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority on Thursday decided to lift the weekend curfew and odd-even system of opening. Non-essential shops in the city besides permitting restaurants and bars to reopen with 50 per cent seating capacity, in view …

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