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No women’s Zika vaccine likely before 2020: World Health Organization
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About forty potential vaccines for the Zika virus are being tested, but none are likely to be available for women of childbearing age before 2020, the World Health Organization said today.
WHO director Margaret Chan said the virus, linked to deformations in babies' heads and brains, remained "firmly entrenched" in large parts of the world. Although progress...
A building collapse in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh on February 1, injured many while the death toll rose to seven on Thursday. Three more labourers succumbed to their injuries, while nearly 29 people, including women and children, are feared trapped under the rubble of the six-floor building that collapsed on Wednesday, according to reports.
The under construction building collapsed in the Jajmau...
Indian Cricket has seen its fair share of ups and downs in the last 6 months.Everything has got affected in one way or other.Good or bad will be decided by time.Latest news was that the BCCI now will be run by a Committee of Administrators(CoA) headed by ex-CAG Vinod Rai.
IPL in particular has coped criticism for most of the things...
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Infosys promises Rs 1 crore ex-gratia and job for Rasila Raju’s family.
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Infosys has reportedly announced a compensation of Rs. 1 crore to the family of Rasila Raju O P, the techie who was killed on Sunday by a security guard on its Pune campus. Rasila’s relatives said that Infosys on Monday promised to pay Rs.1 crore as ex-gratia, apart from provident fund and gratuity.
“The company will also make all...
Individuals who are regularly deprived of sleep may develop a weak immune system, says a new study.
Researchers at the University of Washington have found that chronic short sleep shuts down programmes involved in the immune response of circulating white blood cells.
The researchers examined the blood samples of 11 pairs of identical twins with varying sleep patterns. The team found...
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Baby dolphin dies of dehydration, after holidaymakers take it out of water for a selfie spree
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A baby dolphin has lost its life after visitors dragged it out of the water to click selfies. The dolphin was in the ''shallow waters'' of a beach situated in San Bernardo, Argentina, when it caught the attention of the visitors.
The tourists on the beach pulled the fluttering animal onto the seaside, where a gang of people started gathering around...
Observing the 50th year since the Apollo 1 launchpad fire, NASA on Friday paid tribute to the three astronauts who died in the incident.
For the first time ever, NASA has put for public display, the hatch from the burnt spacecraft that prevented the astronauts from escaping the fire during a pre-launch test.
NASA astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger...
JODHPUR: Salman Khan told a court in Rajasthan today that he has been falsely accused of killing blackbuck deer during a film shoot in 1998. "I am innocent," he reportedly said in a Jodhpur court where his co-stars Saif Ali Khan, Tabu, Sonali Bendre and Neelam were also present as co-accused.
“Khan has not committed any crime. After the film...
Pregnancy has always been one of those stages that caused huge impact both on the mother and the babies. This has been one of the reasons for why pregnant women are always advised to think, do, read, watch and listen to positive and happy things.
There have been several attributes that are said to be creating an impact on the...
Bread and potatoes are most commonly eaten food all over the country. Scientists in UK have revealed that overcooking these can result in health issues and even cause cancer.
Generally, people are always advised not to overcook the vegetables or any other items. They also ensure that their food stays below the saturation point indicating cooked food. It is a...