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After more than two hours of deliberation on Wednesday, the SEC in its recommendation to the drug regulator asked for the removal of clinical trial mode from Covaxin on the basis of the efficacy data that was presented by the company before the SEC. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech had approached the drug regulator for the removal of Covaxin vaccine from “clinical trial mode” and review the interim analysis of its phase-3 trials.

New Delhi, India – Nisha Mewati and her family had been living peacefully in northeast Delhi’s Shiv Vihar area – a mixed-neighbourhood where Hindus and Muslims lived cheek by jowl – for more than a decade. But last February, their world changed. “And it changed suddenly,” said 22-year-old Nisha, sadness flickering in her eyes. On February 25, 2020, she was going about her daily chores in the morning when she heard shouts of “Jai Shri Ram” (Hail Lord Ram) – a Hindu chant that has lately become a rallying cry for murder – reverberating at some distance from her home. “A Mu...

She had died recently of COVID-19, in a nursing home. Eduardo vigorously scrubs his hands and face with disinfectant. Jose does the same, puts on a mask, and then pulls it down to light a cigarette. “This is essential to cope with all this,” Jose, 62, told Al Jazeera, surrounded by empty coffins at Funeraria Velhinho, a funeral home in Lisbon. He has been working as an undertaker for 40 years, but Eduardo, who works with him most days, joined the profession just five months ago, in the middle of the pandemic. He needed the work to support his family, including his 10-year-old daughter who...

Big dream: NGO leads in creating 1,615-mile Amazon-Cerrado river greenbelt by Jenny Gonzales on 17 February 2021 The Black Jaguar Foundation plans to reforest 1 million hectares (2.4 million acres) along Brazil’s Araguaia and Tocantins rivers in the Amazon and Cerrado biomes. The 2,600 kilometer (1,615 mile) long natural corridor will require the planting of around 1.7 billion trees. Tens-of-thousands have already been planted. This natural corridor will be established on private lands, and it will have dual ecological and economic goals, resulting in both land conservation and sustainable...

Corn harvest in the Midwest faced many challenges last year, and it all started with yet another challenging spring with more challenges during the growing season too. Phil Krieg, agronomy service representative with Syngenta says there is a number one item growers are talking about as we get closer to another planting season. “The number one thing that growers have on their mind is weed control, making sure that they start clean and stay clean so that they can finish strong. My recommendation to growers is they should definitely sit back and know your weeds, know the biology of those weeds...