AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford are facing questions about their Covid-19 vaccine and whether regulators would quickly authorise its emergency use after the pharma company acknowledged an error in the vaccine dosage received by some participants and other irregularities and omissions, according to the New York Times.
'A number of facts are still left unaddressed by the Supreme Court judgment.' 'I think there are enough grounds for an inquiry to be ordered.'
Waking up early can keep the blues away!
Scientists have discovered a gene that ups the risk of obesity, a breakthrough which they claim offers insight into why some people put on weight while others with similar lifestyles stay slim. A British-led team has found that people who inherit two copies of the variant, which lies close to a gene called MC4R, weigh an average of 1.5 kg more than those without the genetic variation, the Nature Genetics journal reported.
An international team of scientists has found a type of 'cellular chatter' that reveals early evidence of the disease, providing a chance to interfere in its progress, according to a study published in the Nature Medicine journal. "Our data indicates that blood contains a highly-specific biological signature that can characterise Alzheimer's disease years before a clinical diagnosis can be made," lead researcher Dr Tony Wyss-Coray of Stanford University stated in the article.
'This is not a government that will be an ally to supremacist ideology or strongman politics anymore, here or anywhere else,' asserts Suleman Din.
The weapons are mostly relatively simple uranium arms with "modest" yields around the size of the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Subir Raha, the former chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has been awarded the prestigious 'Energy Executive of the Year' award instituted by London-based renowned energy journal Petroleum Economist.\n\n
Subir Raha, the former chairman and managing director of Oil and Natural Gas Corp, has been short-listed for the prestigious "Energy Executive of the Year" award instituted by London-based renowed energy journal 'Petroleum Economist'.
Experiments showed that the women's natural killer immune system cells were less lethal compared with those from other study participants.
The chronic dry eye is a common disease in which natural tears fail to adequately lubricate the eyes, thus drastically affecting its functioning.
Rediff Labs shows the number of both domestic and foreign tourists visiting each state in 2015 and its growth rate.
A study has revealed how women, who used contraception with more progesterone were the most sexually active when they were faithful and loyal to their partners.
'If people want to blackmail others to get information or harm things, so why will someone give them information?'
Even 30 minutes of exercising daily is known to balance hormones, manage stress, and manage weight to the best, says Dr Manoj Kutteri.
Every cog in the wheel must present its unique services at the moment of instructed haste, says Vikram Johri.
'Gauri was a woman of great integrity and few people know how modestly she lived, generously sharing the little she had.' 'Her only asset was the home her mother built.' 'But she had even bigger riches -- her capacious heart,' remembers former husband and close friend, Chidanand Rajghatta.
'In the Middle Ages, when Muslims were around 15 per cent of the population of the world, they accounted, according to one estimate, for 90 per cent of scientific advancements.' 'And today, when Muslims are around 22 per cent of the population of the world, their share in scientific writings is less than 1 per cent!' point out Ziya Us Salam and M Aslam Parvaiz.
These plantations are not only eating into the land occupied by the region's native forests, they could also disturb the ground water reserve and soil quality
'Safest' looks like a phone booth, but is a state-of-the-art mobile COVID-19 testing lab.
The secret to long-term weight management.
A recent study has found that certain male health supplements carry ingredients that can harm your health.
It is small non-romantic gestures that make people feel more loved says a study.
'The field of design is an overcrowded place.' 'And over time I have learnt the only way for me to connect with my own work is that if it comes from a place of honesty.'
Not to say that India couldn't have handled the situation better, but on average, it didn't do anywhere near as badly as the naysayers make it out argues Rajeev Srinivasan.
Singh, a former Army officer, had been ill after a fall at his home in August 2014 and was admitted to the Army Research and Referral Hospital. He had been in and out of the hospital and was admitted again in June this year.
Already facing severe criticism over its poor show in the elections and now fighting for the Leader of Opposition's post in Lok Sabha, the Gandhis, the first family of Indian politics, is now facing new battles with the BJP in the form of notices being served to the family in the National Herald case. Rediff.com contributor Anita Katyal reports on the growing confrontations between the government and the shaken up family.
Akash Banerjee is posing tough questions to the establishment -- and getting away with them.
The most luminous galaxy in the universe -- a so-called obscured quasar 12.4 billion light-years away -- is so violently turbulent that it may eventually jettison its entire supply of star-forming gas, a new study has found.
The court has now posted the matter for further hearing on May 15.
Here is all you need to know about the virus, its symptoms and how you can prevent it.
'There is more likelihood of dying from lightning than from vaccine induced blood clots.'
Sonu Nigam, Mahima Chaudhary, Lesle Lewis and chef Sanjeev Kapoor attended the event.
Husks and stalks of corn plants are used to create the fuel.
'If people are not cooperating and do not follow policies laid down by the government or follow scientific infection control management, then all will be lost.'
Move the slider on the map above to see the change in percentage of population using an improved drinking water source over 1990 to 2015.
'Good cholesterol acts as cholesterol scavengers, picking up excess cholesterol in the blood and taking it back to the liver where it is broken down,' says Dr Amit Bhushan Sharma.
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