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stability with a mandate to his government for three consecutive terms and asserted that they strengthened this expression of stability in the recent Haryana Assembly polls. Addressing the NDTV World Summit here, he also said India has a «double AI» advantage and that when the power of 'aspirational India' and 'artificial intelligence' combines then it is natural for development to take place at a fast pace. Modi said India is a friend in times of crisis and cited how the country sent vaccines to scores of nations during the Covid pandemic. «India does not have 'taken for granted' relations, its relations are built on trust and reliability.When India moves forward there is no jealousy but world feels happy about it as its progress benefits the world,» the prime minister said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WHEN HISTORIANS write about the first quarter of the 21st century, they may sum it up this way: 20 years of unprecedented progress followed by five years of stagnation. This is true for nearly every issue the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works on, from poverty reduction to primary-school enrolment.

Supreme Court has sought a response from the government and the Central Board of Direct Taxes on vaccine maker Serum Institute of India's appeal challenging a 2015 amendment to the Income Tax Act that made subsidy, grant, waivers, concessions or reimbursements by Centre or states or incentives in cash or kind taxable. The amendment had inserted sub-clause (xviii) to Section 2(24), which defines taxable “income”. A Bench led by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud on Monday issued notice to the government and asked it respond in four weeks.

vaccine doses manufactured and distributed across the world in the last one year alone, half of them were manufactured in India, said Union Health Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava. She said this while addressing the annual India Leadership Summit 2024, organised by the US-India Strategic Partnership Forum here today. Punya said India has emerged as a global leader in pharmaceuticals, being the third-largest producer and a key supplier of generic medicines. This sector's success has resulted in substantial savings for healthcare systems worldwide, including a notable contribution to the US healthcare system.

An Ontario child has died of rabies after being exposed to a bat, a health official says.

COVID-19 cases have dropped slightly in the United States following a major summer wave, but experts predict another increase as temperatures fall and people return indoors. A new COVID-19 variety, known as the XEC COVID variant, is now spreading in Europe, with cases also reported in the United States. Eric Topol, M.D., founder and director of the Scripps Research Translational Institute, recently wrote about X that the XEC variant appears to be the most likely one to get legs next. The World Health Organization (WHO) has not yet publicly profiled XEC, but the Scripps COVID-19 epidemiology tracker Outbreak.info has sequencing data on the variant, which is already gaining interest due to its apparent contagiousness.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At one time, it seemed as if the Quad grouping of India, Japan, Australia and the US, while focused on the cause of a free and open Indo-Pacific, was chiefly about containing China militarily, given Beijing’s thinly veiled ambition of establishing its influence over the region and possibly unsettling the US-led world order.

Covid XEC has been detected in Germany. It is spreading across Europe at the speed of light. This is a hybrid of Omicron subvariants KS.1.1 and KP.3.3. This may become a dominant strain by winter because of its unique mutations. Experts are advising to take vaccines and booster shots as a protective shield against severe illness.

Panacea Biotec on Tuesday said it has entered into a settlement with Sanofi Healthcare India Private Limited in a patent infringement litigation over hexavalent vaccine. Under the terms of settlement agreement, Sanofi has agreed that at present it would not commercially launch its fully liquid hexavalent vaccine Shan6 in India and shall also withdraw the opposition filed against Panacea Biotec’s patent IN 272351 on hexavalent vaccine before the Indian Patent Office. In turn, Panacea Biotec has agreed to forgo its claim for damages and rendition of accounts in the proceedings against Sanofi.

Nisha Biswal, the US International Development Finance Corporation's (DFC) Deputy Chief Executive Officer, during her travel to Mumbai and New Delhi from September 10-14, highlighted the DFC's partnership with India to advance key growth and development priorities and work with the nation to solve the world's most critical challenges, the release said. While in India, Biswal announced USD 70 million in new DFC investments to support affordable home loans in India and vaccine manufacturing, it added. She spoke at the US-India Business Council's (USIBC) India Ideas Summit about the DFC's strategic vision for driving long-term growth between both countries and the broader Indo-Pacific region.

cancer vaccine developed by Moderna Pharmaceuticals has reportedly shown encouraging results in early trials, offering new hope for cancer treatment. Utilizing mRNA technology, similar to the Covid-19 vaccines, the vaccine aims to train the immune system to target and destroy cancer cells.

This research, carried out by Thomas Costello at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and colleagues, shows promise for a challenging social problem: belief in conspiracy theories. Some conspiracy theories are relatively harmless, such as believing Finland doesn't exist (which is fine, until you meet a Finn). Other theories, though, reduce trust in public institutions and science.

South China Morning Post report, a group of scientists from the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China have created a nano vaccine candidate that may provide broad protection against all significant Covid-19 variants, as well as future coronavirus strains. The institute, known for its long-standing research on bat coronaviruses, has faced intense scrutiny, particularly from countries like the United States, due to allegations that the Covid-19 pandemic may have resulted from a lab leak at its facilities. Despite the ongoing controversy, researchers at the institute, with steadfast backing from the Chinese government, have pressed on with their studies into Sars-CoV-2, the virus responsible for Covid-19. While current vaccines have been effective in slowing the spread of the virus and lowering death rates, the team behind the new nano vaccine notes that none of the existing options provide comprehensive or universal protection against all variants of the virus.

Shares of Moderna tumbled early Thursday after the vaccine developer said it was cutting research and development spending and pushed back its time frame for breaking even

Biocon Chairperson Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw on Thursday called for more investment in research and development to drive innovation and foster culture of intellectual property. She highlighted how the country, already the world's largest exporter of generics and a major player in vaccine production, can achieve greater value by nurturing innovation. Mazumdar-Shaw called for a shift in focus toward value creation through innovation. «India ranks 14th in terms of value in the global pharma landscape. We need to invest in R&D and foster a culture of intellectual property to capture greater value,» she said. Addressing a session during the Global Bio-India 2024 event, she positioned the country as a future global leader in biosciences and innovation.

COVID-19 vaccines modified to target a more recent strain of the illness, an infectious disease expert says the latest provincial data underscores why getting a booster shot is a good idea once the new one is available.“Even with vaccines, COVID is worse than the flu, and the numbers bear that out,” said Dr. Craig Jenne, a professor at the University of Calgary.

For many students across the Middle East, early September brings the buzzing return of children to classrooms. In the war-torn Gaza Strip this year, it marks nearly a full year without education. As a new school year formally begins this week, some educators are trying to find ways to create new teaching centers in the Palestinian enclave—be it in tents, around bombed out buildings or in small open spaces around shelters.

Authorities in Congo say 50,000 doses of the mpox vaccine from the United States have arrived in the country

Coutts, Alta.Anthony Olienick showed no emotion while Chris Carbert appeared glum and folded his arms, as the sentence was read out in Court of King’s Bench on Monday.Neither are to serve their full sentences, as Justice David Labrenz gave them nearly four years credit for time they have already spent in custody.Both were convicted of mischief and possession of a firearm dangerous to the public peace, while Olienick was also found guilty of possession of a pipe bomb.A jury found them not guilty of the most serious charge they faced — conspiracy to murder police officers at the blockade.The blockade halted traffic at the border crossing for two weeks in 2022 in a protest of COVID-19 rules and vaccine mandates.The men were charged after RCMP found guns, ammunition and body armour in trailers near the blockade.Labrenz said while the men believed their cause just, they can’t be allowed to take the law into their own hands.“Both Olienick and Carbert used the blockade as a last stand against police,” the judge said in his sentencing decision.“(They) knew they were actively participating in something that was illegal, but they didn’t care because they thought their cause had been worthy.”He added, “The law does not allow people to take the law into their own hands.“Both men bear a high degree of moral culpability.”Olienick and Carbert have been in custody since they were arrested in February 2022.Prior to sentencing, they were given a chance to address the court.Carbert declined, but Olienick said he is a better man as a result of his time in custody.“It has given me time to indulge in God’s work,” he said, reading from a prepared statement.“I will continue to help others.”Olienick was given six years for possession for the

Infosys founder NR Narayana Murthy on Monday said coaching classes are the wrong way to help children to learn better or pass exams. “Kota is the wrong way…I don’t believe in coaching classes. I don’t believe in that because at the end of the day, the only thing you can say is they introduce a certain discipline which parents themselves can provide at home,” he said in response to a query on the reports of student suicides at Kota in Rajasthan, while interacting with the media.