Researchers have found that a promising new cancer therapy is extremely potent against one of the world’s most devastating infectious diseases: tuberculosis (TB).
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Property sales by floor area in China fell 7.8% year-on-year in January-October, compared with a 7.5% slide in the first nine months of 2023, suggesting China’s property sector is yet to emerge from its slump.
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra on Thursday appeared for her depostion before the Lok Sabha Ethics Committee in connection with the alleged ‘Cash for Query’ charge against her. The committee led by BJP MP Vinod Sonkar and comprising MPs V Vaithilingam, Danish Ali, Sunita Duggal, Aparajita Sarangi, Parneet Kaur, Swami Sumedhanand and Rajdeep Roy began their deposition at the committee room this morning. Earlier on November 2, Mahua Moitra had in a letter to the ethics panel requested for a summons date after November 5 citing pre-scheduled Vijaya Dashmi programmes. The panel, however, asked her to appear before…
New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra has claimed the Lok Sabha ethics committee that is looking into the cash-for-query controversy does not have powers to examine allegations of alleged criminality. She released her response today that she had prepped to give to the committee tomorrow when she appears before them. This, Ms Moitra said, was because the “ethics committee deemed it fit to release my summons to the media…” “… I think it is important that I too release my letter to the committee before the ‘hearing’ tomorrow,” Ms Moitra said in a post on X. In a letter…
New Delhi: India witnessed a single-day rise of 47 new COVID-19 cases while the active caseload has been recorded at 1,655, according to Union Health Ministry data. The death toll was recorded at 5,31,903 (5.31 lakh), the data updated at 8 am on Monday showed. The total tally of Covid cases was recorded at 4,49,93,999 (4.49 crore). The national COVID-19 recovery rate is at 98.81 per cent, according to the health ministry website. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease has risen to 4,44,60,441 (4.44 crore) while the case fatality rate is at 1.18 per cent.
New Delhi: The death toll stood at 5,31,888, with two deaths reported in the last 24 hours, the data updated at 8 am stated. The Covid case tally was recorded at 4.49 crore (4,49,92,462) The active cases now comprise 0.01 per cent of the total infections and the national COVID-19 recovery rate has been recorded at 98.81 per cent, the ministry said. The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 4,44,58,019 and the case fatality rate was recorded at 1.18 per cent.
Chennai: Nearly 10 days after launching ‘mission’ Arikomban, Tamil Nadu forest department has finally captured the wild tusker; the elephant was darted and caught when it was seen roaming in a residential area at Theni’s Poosanampatti on Sunday night. The task force reportedly fired two tranquiliser shots at the elephant. Subsequently, the task force took the animal in the elephant ambulance after tying up the tusker’s legs. The forest officials are not allowing anyone to enter the spot where the elephant was caught.
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu school education department will soon appoint coordinators for extending the free breakfast scheme to all primary schools in the state. According to officials from the school education department, a coordinator will be appointed for each educational district in the state. District education officers (elementary) will oversee the programme which is a flagship programme of the DMK government under Chief Minister M.K. Stalin. The department has asked for the details of the number of students in each primary school and have directed teachers and school heads to be part of the programme which ensures that breakfast is…
London: The foreign ministers of the Group of Seven nations have agreed to continue supporting Ukraine and impose more sanctions on Russia, as the ongoing conflict approaches the one-year mark, reported NHK World News. Japan hosted the G7 meeting in Munich, Germany on Saturday, with deliberations being held on the sidelines of the international security conference. Japan is this year’s G7 chair, and the meeting was the first foreign ministerial conference hosted by Tokyo in that capacity. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba was also invited to the meet. “I took part in a G7 ministerial meeting at the invitation of…