Vocal (13 to 19 years): First prize: S. Sai Sruthi (Chennai) and Sreya Sundararaman (Chennai), second prize: Saishree Anand (Bengaluru) and Ishani Mukherjee (Chennai) and third prize: Dhanush Anantharaman (Chennai), V. Ranjani Radha (Chennai), Mahatee Raghuram (Mysuru), Manhushri Balakrishnan (Bengaluru) and special prize: Vishal Anand (Chennai), Veda Raju (Hyderabad), Shanmugapriya Balasubramanian (Hosur), Samyuktha Sriram (Chennai) and Nandini Dhanya Muralidharan (U.S.) … [Read more...] about The Hindu music contest results announced
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NCB arrests Nigerian national with 500 grams drugs
A Nigerian national, Paul Chigbata Onuorohon, on Sunday has been arrested allegedly carrying 500 grams of Mephedrone by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) during raids conducted in Kharghar area of Mumbai. "Paul is a part of the distribution network of Drugs like Cocaine, Ecstacy, Mephedrone, and Charas in Mumbai and its outskirts. The investigation into the case is still in progress," said Sameer Wankhede, Zonal Director, NCB, Mumbai. The NCB functions under the Ministry of Home Affairs and is responsible for collecting and analysing data related to seizures of narcotic drugs and psychotropic substance, collect and disseminate intelligence and work in close cooperation with the Customs, State Police and other law enforcement agencies. … [Read more...] about NCB arrests Nigerian national with 500 grams drugs
Vaccines are safe but we don’t know how effective they are as we don’t have data: Shahid Jameel
As the much-awaited Covid vaccine rollout happens in the country, Rema Nagarajan speaks to Shahid Jameel, a top virologist and director of the Trivedi School of Biosciences at Ashoka University, about the notion of ‘desi’ vaccines and the need for transparency when it comes to trial dataSome health workers have expressed vaccine hesitancy and said they feel like guinea pigs. How justified are these fears?I partly agree and partly disagree with that notion that they are being made guinea pigs. Let’s say that we are fairly confident that these vaccines are safe and frontline workers are not being given a substance that is going to be harmful to them. But whether the substance actually helps achieve what it is trying to achieve, that’s still clouded in mystery because we don’t have the data. It’s not that I’m making this up. Bharat Biotech has said that their phase 3 is not over yet. They are on record as saying that. Also, in the case of Serum … [Read more...] about Vaccines are safe but we don’t know how effective they are as we don’t have data: Shahid Jameel
Vaccination game changer to control pandemic: Indonesian president
In 2021, she estimated the composite stock price index would reach 6,740 to 7,040, economic growth of 4.3 to 4.5 percent, inflation of 2.8 to 3 percent, and the benchmark interest rate of central bank Bank Indonesia of 3.5 percent to 3.75 percent, while the rupiah exchange rate would reach between 13,800 rupiahs per U.S. dollar and 14,500 rupiahs per U.S. dollar. … [Read more...] about Vaccination game changer to control pandemic: Indonesian president
‘About 1.15 lakh people die due to cardiac arrest every day in the world’
“To gain an exemplary status, doctors must act with social responsibility and follow ethics, apart from acquiring knowledge and skills,” said the DG and praised Ramesh Hospitals Managing Director P. Ramesh Babu for organising the workshop on BLS and ACLS. … [Read more...] about ‘About 1.15 lakh people die due to cardiac arrest every day in the world’
