Day: June 22, 2020

Remdesiver, Favipiravir antiviral drugs ‘no game changers’ in COVID fight, say medical experts

11:03 pm June 22, 2020

New Delhi: With pharmaceutical companies launching generic versions of Remdesivir and Favipiravir for COVID-19 treatment, medical experts on Monday said it was a “positive development” in the fight against the pandemic, but cautioned against regarding the antiviral drugs as “game changers”. Glenmark Pharmaceuticals has launched the antiviral drug Favipiravir, under the brand name FabiFlu, for the […]

Baby boy given burns on abdomen by parents to treat swelling

10:46 pm June 22, 2020

Amravati: In a shocking incident, a three -month-old baby boy was administered burns with a hot sickle by his parents on advice of a quack to treat him for a swelling on his abdomen here in Maharashtra, officials said on Monday. The incident took place on June 20 in village Bortha under Chikhaldara tehsil in the Melghat tribal belt of Amravati […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Local industry capable of safeguarding interest, cutting India’s dependence on China: Report

9:14 pm June 22, 2020

Mumbai: Even though India relies sizeably on Chinese imports, there are 40 sectors where domestic substitutes do exist and switching part of the requirements to local alternatives can reduce the trade deficit with the northern neighbour by USD 8.5 billion in a single year, a report said on Monday. The trade deficit contraction estimate has been made for FY22, […]

Russian court hands prison terms to youth group members

9:09 pm June 22, 2020

St. Petersburg: A Russian court convicted two members of a left-wing youth group of terrorism Monday in a case that human rights groups called fabricated and based on coerced testimony. A three-judge panel in the military court in St. Petersburg — in Russia, military courts handle all terrorism-related charges — found Victor Filinkov, 25, and […]

Malawi to go to polls again, after first election nullified

8:59 pm June 22, 2020

Blantyre: Voters in Malawi will return to the polls Tuesday to elect a president after the courts nullified the results of the election held more than a year ago. The Constitutional Court on Feb. 3 ordered that the election be held again, ruling that the first results were not valid because of widespread evidence of irregularities and vote tampering […]