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LIVE LIVE NOW Maharashtra Covid lockdown news live: State may impose 15-day lockdown starting Wednesday night Maharashtra government has imposed statewide restrictions till May 1 in the wake of the Covid-19 situation. Section 144 is in place across the state. The state is likely to face a strict lockdown for 15 days as Covid-19 cases in the state have continued to surge despite strict restrictions for a week. A demand for a complete lockdown was made by most ministers in the state cabinet meet...

 E-Mail Scientists at VCU Massey Cancer Center have identified a protein that operates in tandem with a specific genetic mutation to spur lung cancer growth and could serve as a therapeutic target to treat the disease. Mutations in the p53 gene are found in more than half of all cancers, but it remains difficult to effectively target the gene with drugs even decades after its discovery. Though previous research has shown that p53 acts as a tumor suppressor and initiates cancer cell death in it...

NEW DELHI: Amit Bhandari, 72, who got vaccinated at Nesco Goregaon, Mumbai, on Monday, said he had a major dilemma. His wife, bed-ridden since she suffered from a spine injury two years ago, can’t come to the vaccination centre, leave alone stand in queue to take the shot. “I urge the government to think about those who can’t come to the hospital to get vaccinated. They deserve vaccine protection like everybody else,” he told Sumitra Deb Roy. S Rao, another Mumbai resident, shared a si...

Compensation if Covaxin causes serious adverse effect Compensation if Covaxin causes serious adverse effect BySumitra DebroySumitra Debroy / Updated: Jan 16, 2021, 08:28 IST Bharat Biotech product, will be paid compensation if they suffer a serious adverse event that is proven to be causally related to the vaccine. The compensation was one of the points highlighted on top of the consent form shared with vaccination centres on Friday, reports Sumitra Deb Roy. Vaccination sites at the six centra...