Day: August 11, 2020

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

Mankind Pharma ties up with South Korean co for clinical trials of COVID-19 drug

9:06 pm August 11, 2020

New Delhi: Mankind Pharma on Tuesday said it has collaborated with South Korean firm Daewoong Pharmaceutical Co for conducting phase-I clinical trial of a novel formulation of Niclosamide for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in India. The trial is designed towards addressing the need for an investigation on this new formulation based on encouraging preclinical […]

Man suffering from coronavirus kills self in Hyderabad hospital

8:57 pm August 11, 2020

Hyderabad: A 60-year old man undergoing treatment for COVID-19 in a private hospital allegedly ended his life on Tuesday out of fear about the disease, police said. The man from Karimnagar district hanged himself in the washroom attached to his room in the hospital between 1 am and 2 am, a police official said. A nurse noticed […]

Daughters have equal coparcenary rights in joint Hindu family property: SC

8:47 pm August 11, 2020

New Delhi: Holding that daughters cannot be deprived of their right of equality, the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that they will have equal coparcenary rights in joint Hindu family property even if the father died before the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, S Nazeer and M R Shah said the provisions contained […]

Slight improvement in flood situation in UP: Officials

8:38 pm August 11, 2020

Lucknow: The flood situation in Uttar Pradesh has improved further, with three districts being dropped from the list of affected places on Tuesday, officials said. On Monday, a total of 19 districts in the state were listed as affected by the flood, however, Mahrajganj, Pilibhit and Siddharth Nagar were removed from the list the next day, they said. Sixteen districts in the […]

US skeptical of Russia’s virus vaccine safety

8:33 pm August 11, 2020

Taipei: US Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar says it’s more important to have a safe and effective vaccine against the coronavirus than to be the first to produce a vaccine. Azar, on a visit to Taiwan, was asked by ABCUS skeptical of Russia’s virus vaccine safety on Tuesday what he thought of Russia’s announcement that it […]