Researchers said compounds that are already along the pipeline to drug discovery are preferred, as they can be further tested as antivirals at an accelerated rate compared to new drug leads that would have to go through this process from scratch.
It was World No. 1 India's seventh Test series win in a row -- continuing the dominance that started in 2015 with victories against Sri Lanka, South Africa, West Indies, New Zealand, England and Bangladesh.
IMAGES from the Asia Cup Super 4s match played between India and Afghanistan in Dubai on Thursday.
Pakistani bowlers failed to put pressure on the hosts and failed to pick wickets.
The victory enabled the eight-time Olympic champions consolidated their position in second place of Pool A, with three wins and a loss out from four games, behind Australia.
BCCI said Jadeja remains under observation and will be taken for further scans if required on Saturday.
The leaders of the Quad comprising India, the United States, Australia and Japan are set to demonstrate that the grouping is a 'force for global good' and has a unifying commitment to a rules-based international order amid China's increasingly intimidatory behaviour.
Vaccine major Serum Institute of India on Tuesday said the approval for the COVID-19 vaccine 'Covovax' would strengthen immunization initiatives across India and various lower and middle income countries across the world.
'This is an improved version of BCG that also gives immunity against the coronavirus.'
India will face Great Britain in their final round robin league-stage match on Friday.
India's captain Virat Kohli admitted that after being all out for 78 in the first innings the team was always playing the catch-up game in the fourth Test at Headingley, Leeds..
India captain Virat Kohli on Wednesday said the consolation win over Australia in the third and final ODI is a timely 'boost' for the remainder of the tour, made possible by the freshness that came with a changed squad.
Pakistan grabbed a World Cup quarter-final berth on Sunday following their seven-wicket victory against Ireland that also cleared West Indies' last eight passage from Pool B.
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World number one Ash Barty was shocked in the first round of the women's singles at the Tokyo Olympics on Sunday. The Australian was beaten by Sara Sorribes Tormo 6-4, 6-3.
Besides a batting failure, India's skipper Virat Kohli listed inconsistency, lack of application, lapse in concentration and their inability to seize the crunch moments as reasons for the India's defeat in the three-match rubber, which the hosts prevailed 2-1.
By 2022, there is a plan to make an mRNA-technology vaccine, for which it has tied up with Canadian firm Providence Therapeutics.
I got to know that every referred case for angiography and angioplasty got a kickback of Rs 5,000 and Rs 15,000 respectively. Seeing this trend, doctors started paying referring doctors Rs 1 lakh in advance and adjusting it as and when patients came in. This menace slowly spread its tentacles all over the medical field, including radiological diagnostics and biochemistry laboratories. For every test ordered, 20 per cent of the bill was given back to the referring doctor. This led to doctors recommending unnecessary tests. The pharmaceutical companies also saw burgeoning business. Acclaimed doctors were given televisions sets, refrigerators, air conditioners and cars depending upon the prescriptions. General practitioners would prescribe unnecessary drugs, and were given returns in cash. A fascinating excerpt from Dr Upendra Kaul's When The Heart Speaks.
The 23-year-old Kazakh, whose previous best performance in a Grand Slam was reaching the quarter-final at the French Open last year, would like TO create history on the hallowed turf of the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club.
On Kapil Sharma's 41st birthday, Subhash K Jha looks back on the comic's fall and resurrection.
'...the one that turned the match firmly in India's favour was the Johnny Mullagh medal-winning contribution from Rahane. The captain's century came at a time when India could easily have faded to a two-nil deficit, and it was this performance that gave his team the conviction that victory was attainable.'
Sunrisers Hyderabad head coach Trevor Bayliss said the team is trying to get a different combination working.
Members of the Indian team, including Kohli, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya and Rishabh Pant attended a cricket clinic for school kids arranged by the ICC at the Rose Bowl Stadium on Thursday.
Put in to bat at the Providence stadium, India rode on skipper Yash Dhull's responsible 82 to post a fighting 232 all out and then bundled out the opposition for 187, with left-arm spinner Vicky Ostwal (5/28) and pacer Raj Bawa (4/47) doing bulk of the damage.
According to the sources, there are limited prospects of J&J exporting its vaccine from the US to other countries in the near future and the "entire production" at the BE facilities in India, beginning July/August, will be handed over to the pharma giant under a contract between the companies.
Rediff.com introduces you to the athletes who have brought India glory in Birmingham.
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Nobel laureate Peter Doherty says his 'big worry' is there could be refusals for other vaccines if doubts over its safety turn out to be true.
It will be interesting to see if India turn to Kuldeep Yadav for the second Test in Chennai, starting on Saturday, or continue with their strange tactics of freezing him out.
'It's simple -- if Pakistan want to stay in the tournament, they have to bring an 'A plus' performance and win that game '
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Dr Kidman was visiting his daughter Antonia in Singapore, when he fell in his hotel room, after having his breakfast.
Osaka said her dominance in the rematch showed how much better she had become at sticking to a plan rather than relying on her instincts.
The rapid molecular test is highly accurate and easy to use, making it a prime candidate for use in settings with limited testing capabilities, according to the researchers.
Disgraced former Australia captain Steve Smith has tied up with the local arm of Britain's Vodafone Group in an advertising campaign that leverages the nation's ball-tampering shame for marketing purposes.
Who would you pick for Friday's second One-Day International against England?
IMAGES from Day 2 of the 2022 French Open at Roland Garros in Paris on Monday.
Khawaja said that he and Finch compliment each other really well and they share a good rapport.
Despite severe restrictions imposed on the number of bulls, bull-tamers and spectators thanks to the pandemic, Jallikattu organisers are hopeful of the show going on this Pongal.
'However, the importance of children in transmitting the virus remains uncertain,' the scientists cautioned in the study. 'Coronaviruses are a large family of viruses that can cause infection and disease in animals, capable of rapid mutation and recombination, leading to novel viruses that can spread from animals to humans,' they said.