TB diagnostic test developed in India has high diagnostic accuracy, says WHO
Truenat, a molecular test to diagnose pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB and rifampicin-resistant TB, has high diagnostic accuracy, says WHO. Truenat
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Nature denounces violence inside India’s university campuses
Nature has, in an editorial, denounced the violent attack on students inside university campuses. The “government and state authorities must
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Explained: A new coronavirus emerges in China
Between December 8, 2019 and January 2, 2020, 41 people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China were infected with
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IIT Madras designs room temperature sodium sulphur battery
IIT Madras researchers have fabricated a new sodium sulphur battery that can be operated at room temperature and not at
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Investigation into papers with problematic images completed, report submitted: CSIR director-general
An independent committee formed by CSIR in early June 2019 to investigate into image duplication and/or manipulation in published papers
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Polio continues to remain a public health emergency
With the continued risk of international spread, WHO has announced that polio will remain a public health emergency for three
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Earth-sized exoplanet in the habitable zone discovered
Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), researchers have discovered an Earth-sized planet that lies in its star’s habitable zone.
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UGC’s half-hearted attempt to teach research ethics
Finally, UGC is set to introduce a course for PhD students on research and publication ethics. Ironically, the course will
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‘Serum’s pneumococcal vaccine will be available by June 2020’
Serum Institute is optimistic that its pneumococcal vaccine will be available in India by June 2020. The vaccine is yet
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IMA condemns attack on doctors, nurses during JNU violence
In a strongly-worded statement, the Indian Medical Association has condemned attack on doctors and nurses when they tried providing medical
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WHO prequalifies Serum’s low-cost pneumococcal vaccine
WHO has prequalified Pune-based Serum Institute’s pneumococcal conjugate vaccine made of 10 serotypes that are widely prevalent and cause pneumonia
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IIT Guwahati use contrasting water wetting behaviour for anti-counterfeiting
IIT Guwahati researchers have used the contrasting water wetting behaviour for anti-counterfeiting measures. Unlike the rest of the surface, micropatterns
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NEJM retracts Chandigarh doctors’ image for plagiarism, case concoction
Indian doctors at the Government Medical College and Hospital, Chandigarh have their ‘Image in Clinical Medicine’ photo published in the
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