India News: NEW DELHI: Amid shortage of medical grade oxygen for rising number of Covid patients in the country, Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Petroleum has .
This CSIR sero survey could partly explain why India is in the grip of Covid wave again
CSIR conducted 2 follow-up sero surveys on people found to be seropositive in a nationwide survey last year. The one conducted after 6 months revealed an interesting finding.
Mohana Basu 15 April, 2021 7:30 am IST Text Size:
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New Delhi: At least 20 per cent of people found to be seropositive in a survey last year lost their neutralising antibody levels in the subsequent six months, according to a nationwide survey by the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR). This, the researchers say, could partly explain why India is seeing a fresh surge in Covid-19 cases.
Modi govt wants more Covid vaccines, but Moderna is ânot keenâ & Pfizer has this âconditionâ
CSIR has been in talks with Moderna for around 6 months but the company hasn t shown much interest. Pfizer will reassess Modi govt s latest stance on indemnifying vaccine makers.
Himani Chandna 15 April, 2021 2:33 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi:Â In an attempt to bring more Covid-19 vaccines to India to tackle the new and more aggressive wave of the infection, the Narendra Modi government has invited a number of foreign drug makers to bring their vaccines to India. But their entry could take time, with Pfizer likely to ask for signing of an indemnity bond and Moderna said to have its “hands full”.
NEW DELHI: Amid shortage of medical grade Oxygen for rising number of Covid-19 patients in the country, two institutions of the public sector R&D body - Council of Scientific & Industrial Research (CSIR) – have come out with indigenously developed solutions, including one from Dehradun-based Indian Institute of Petroleum for quickly set up on-site oxygen enrichment units in hospitals itself, to save precious time during the pandemic.
The other one, developed by Durgapur-based Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), can work quite effectively up to the altitude of 14,000 ft, helping in treating Covid-19 patients in north-eastern states and other high-altitude terrain and battlefields in the Himalayan region.
Orissa High Court on Friday (09
th April) dismissed a plea which claimed that that Kaai (Kukuti) Chutney (paste) which is prepared using red ants, can prevent infection through the COVID-19 virus.
Dismissing the plea, the bench of Chief Justice S. Muralidhar and Justice B. P. Routray said that the use of red ant chutney or soup by the tribal communities for medicinal and therapeutic purposes
is based on their traditional knowledge systems which the Court is hardly equipped to comment upon.
The plea before the Court
The Petitioner before the Court is working as Assistant Engineer (Civil), Takatpur, R & B Section, Baripada, DistrictMayurbhanj and he belongs to the Bathudi Tribal Adibasi community.