COVID-19
Snowflake IPO Raises 3.36 Billion Dollar in US Listing
Late Wednesday, Snowflake said that its initial public offering raised $3.36 billion (around Rs 24,711 crore) after its price was above the target range on the largest U.S. listing so far this year. The IPO, priced at $120 (approximately Rs 8,830) per share, values north of $30 billion (approximately Rs. 2, 20,606 crores) for the […]
Good Days Over as AQI Starts to Spike?
Clean air days may be all but over this year with forecasts showing heavy showers that help wash away contaminants is unlikely in the coming days and with the lifting of the 68-day lockdown to curb Covid-19 spread, the scientists added. According to scientists, after a spell of clean air, the bright blue sky was […]
Serum Institute Gets Nod to Resume Clinical Trials of COVID-19 Vaccine
Indian Distributor of Drugs (DCGI) V.G. Somani gave Serum Institute of India (SII) permission to restart the clinical trial of the country’s Oxford COVID-19 vaccine candidate thus revoking its earlier decision to postpone all new recruitment for both phase two and three trials. However, the DCGI has imposed some requirements, such as taking special caution […]
Emergency Approval for Covid-19 Vaccine Granted by UAE
COVID-19 has forced peoples to stay in their homes, businesses to shut. Due to such issues, many countries are going down with the recession phase. To overcome this problem, each and every country is trying to develop the vaccine. While the world is struggling to develop the vaccine, human trials and several tests are conducted […]
Japanese Chip to Detect COVID-19 Antibodies
The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University scientists have developed a fast, reliable, and low-cost antibody test to fight against Covid-19, using portable lab on chip technology. This method accurately measures the concentration of antibodies present in diluted blood plasma. Antibodies are proteins that the immune system generates for neutralizing the virus. Research […]
India to Manufacture Russia’s Sputnik V Vaccine?
Russian scientists published the results of Phase 1 and Phase 2 of last week’s Sputnik V trials in The Lancet which demonstrated that Sputnik V was safe and induced a satisfactory antibody response within 21 days for all participants. Phase 3 vaccine trials began last week. In a major development regarding the Coronavirus vaccine, the […]
COVID Rate Among Healthcare Workers
The Infection rate of corona in the midst of healthcare professionals in three states Telangana, Maharashtra, and Delhi is twofold or more than the pace in common populace, as per the data shared by the union health ministry. The positivity rate reveals the fraction of people who are declared positive among those who are tested […]
AstraZeneca- The 3rd Coronavirus Vaccine Reaches It’s Final Testing
AstraZeneca announced on Monday that its vaccine candidate has reached the final stage of development in the United States. The company based in Cambridge, England, said the research would include up to 30,000 adults from diverse racial, ethnic, and regional classes. According to the Secretary of Health and Human Services Alex Azar, It would be […]
UN Summit- Global Governance Meeting Planned This Month
Niger’s UN Ambassador Abdou Abarry said in a press report that the UN meeting will discuss about the post-COVID19 universal governance in connection with the maintenance of worldwide peace and security. Member Discussion on Assembly Niger, the present president of the UN Security Council said that it will arrange a September 24 videoconference between leaders […]