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India's first auction of spectrum in five years attracted Rs 77,146 crore of bids on the opening day on Monday with Reliance Jio, Bharti Airtel, and Vodafone Idea participating in the bidding process - a response that the government said was better than expected. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/ Rediff.com There were, however, no takers for spectrum in 700 MHz and 2500 MHz bands on the first day, and the auctions will continue and conclude on Tuesday. About 2,308.80 MHz of spectrum, that carry telecom signals, in seven bands worth nearly Rs 4 lakh crore at the reserve or start price, was offered for bidding in the auction that began on Monday. Communications Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said Rs 77,146 crore worth of spectrum was bid on the first day but there were no takers for the airwaves in the premium 700 MHz as also 2500 MHz bands. The response from players and the bids received surpassed government's internal estimates, that had anticipated bids worth Rs 45,000 ... » Learn More about Rs 77,146 cr bids for spectrum on Day 1

For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now India - 11,124,527 | World - 114,989,641 View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts #Corona Vaccine VIP culture not acceptable: Karnataka Minister takes vaccine at home, Centre seeks report #Corona Vaccine Coronavirus cases: India reports 12,286 new COVID-19 cases, 91 deaths in past 24 hours #Corona Vaccine Union health minister Harsh Vardhan, wife receive COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi #Corona Vaccine Take the shot: BJP suggests to its ministers, leader #Corona Vaccine SC judges to get jab today, no choice between vaccines #Corona Vaccine Chinese hackers targeted Indian vaccine makers Serum Institute, Bharat Biotech: Report Just In 5 min ago Gujarat Panchayat Election Results 2021: Gujarat firmly with BJP's development agenda, says PM Modi 48 min ago ESIC Recruitment 2021: Apply for 6,552 ... » Learn More about About 50 lakh registrations on Co-WIN portal since Monday, no glitch in system: Govt

Surging export orders show China's pharma products are trusted overseas At Sinovac Biotech Ltd's base in Daxing district of Beijing, employees are busy manufacturing CoronaVac, the inactivated COVID-19 vaccine, in bulk. From cell culture to packaging, a jab can be produced in just 48 days. Now the company churns out about 400,000 doses a day. "The yearly output of our first production line has reached 500 million doses. Our second production line started operations this month, enabling the company to attain capacity to produce 1 billion doses of vaccine every year," said Yin Weidong, chairman of Nasdaq-listed Sinovac. He said: "Ever since our first production line started operations in August, the machines ran almost 24 hours a day. Our employees worked round the clock in three shifts to meet the surging demand for vaccine." Currently, while ensuring adequate supplies of vaccine for the domestic market, the company is exporting some quantities to countries like Brazil, ... » Learn More about Protecting world through Chinese vaccines

China's Ministry of Science and Technology unveiled the country's top 10 scientific advances of 2020 on Saturday. 1. Chinese scientists make remarkable progress in tackling COVID-19 Chinese scientists teamed up to make a quick response to COVID-19 from the outset, making progress on various fronts while offering strong support to the nation to overcome the pandemic. In January 2020, China's Center for Disease Control succeeded in isolating the first novel coronavirus strain and shared with the WHO information on the genomic sequence of the virus. They have revealed how the novel coronavirus infects human cells and continued probing how it is transmitted. Combining Western methods and traditional Chinese medicine, eight editions of guidelines on diagnosis and treatment for pneumonia caused by the novel coronavirus were published successively. More prevention and control measures were proposed such as setting up makeshift hospitals, conducting mass nucleic acid tests and using ... » Learn More about China’s top 10 scientific advances in 2020

Changsha, the capital city of Hunan province, has been on the forefront of China's intellectual property rights protection, with all-in-one measures taken in judiciary, law enforcement and public service sector, which further optimize the business environment for innovative enterprises, and pushes forward high-quality development of local economy. In 2018, the first judicial organ specialized in IP in Hunan province - Changsha intellectual property court - was set up on March 1. It deals with disputes on trademark, copyright, unfair competition, technical contracts and other cases related to IPR infringement. With over a total of 6,000 trials annually, the court has tried 1,708 patent cases in three years after establishment, strengthening the protection of technological achievements in core technologies and frontier fields. Changsha, the engineering hub in central China, and home to global giants of heavy machinery industry, such as SANY Group, Sunward Group and Zoomlion, ... » Learn More about Changsha in Hunan province leads the way in IP protection

New Delhi: Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy was sentenced to three years in jail for corruption and influence-peddling on Monday (March 1). A French court found him guilty of trying to bribe a Magistrate by offering him a prestigious job in return for information about a criminal case against him. Sarkozy, however, will not go to prison as the court suspended two years of the sentence and allowed him to serve a year at home with an electronic tag. The 66-year-old is the first former French president to receive a custodial sentence, reported BBC. Along with Sarkozy, his former lawyer and the Magistrate involved in the bribery also received similar sentences. The three re expected to appeal against the order. The judge observed that Sarkozy knew what he was doing was wrong and that his actions and those of his lawyer had given the public "a very bad image of justice". The crimes were specified as influence-peddling and violation of professional ... » Learn More about Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to three years jail on corruption charges

Beijing: China has given conditional approval for a single dose COVID-19 vaccine, touted to be a rival to Johnson & Johnson's one-jab shot cleared by the US drug regulator on Sunday (February 28). China's first Ad5-nCoV COVID-19 vaccine was rolled out on Friday, the state-run Global Times reported on Sunday. Phase-I clinical trials of the vaccine started on March 16, last year, making it the world's first COVID-19 candidate vaccine that entered clinical trials, it said. It is the only single-dose COVID-19 vaccine that has been given conditional approval to be rolled out in China, the report quoted last Friday's story by the state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV). People can get desirable protective effects after 14 days of inoculation. The protective effect can last at least six months after a single-dose inoculation and it can increase immune response by 10 to 20 times if the second dose is taken half a year after the first one, the report ... » Learn More about China rolls out first one-jab COVID-19 vaccine, rival to US’s Johnson & Johnson

Utsav ', which was also conducted online, saw as many as 100 auctions taking place. It also had over 11,400 inventories tagged, including trucks, cars, two- and three-wheelers, agricultural tractor and construction equipment from various clients, Shriram Automall India Ltd ( SAMIL ) said in a statement. The clientele includes banks and non-banking financial companies, insurance firms, original equipment manufacturers and their dealerships, vehicle aggregators, rental and leasing companies, among others, it said. SAMIL Director and CEO Sameer Malhotra said, "This indeed is history created by conducting over 100 physical bidding auctions in 100 cities across the country in a single day where over 20,000 persons came to participate at SAMIL Utsav and over 130 crore worth of transactions were done." The platform is seeing strong recovery trends in demand of used vehicles and equipment and price realisation are getting better, he said adding that SAMIL as a company is growing ... » Learn More about Shriram Automall sells over 5,600 vehicles, equipment during 1-day bidding event

Video Player Close LANZHOU, March 2 (Xinhua) -- A research team led by Lanzhou University in northwest China has developed a high-performance energy module for implants that can biodegrade and be bioabsorbed in an animal body. The new supercapacitor is thin, lightweight and mechanically flexible, and can dissolve completely, eliminating the need for surgical removal, according to the joint research team from Lanzhou University and the University of Houston. The results of the team's research were published on the journal Science Advances. In experiments, the devices were implanted under the skin of rats, and then completely degraded, thus demonstrating the potential for further medical uses, said Lan Wei, head of the research group from the School of Physical Science and Technology, Lanzhou University. The lack of a proper implantable power source has posed challenges to the development of implantable medical electronics, such as pacemakers. The team will continue ... » Learn More about Biodegradable implants could power medical devices: scientific study

Video Player Close Elderly people wait in the observation area after getting the COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Agartala, the capital city of India's northeastern state of Tripura, March 2, 2021. India's COVID-19 tally rose to 11,124,527 on Tuesday, as 12,286 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, according to the latest data from the federal health ministry. The phase 2 of the ongoing COVID-19 vaccine drive began in the country on Monday. The phase 2 of the vaccination drive would inoculate those above the age of 60 and those over 45 with comorbidities. (Str/Xinhua) NEW DELHI, March 2 (Xinhua) -- India's COVID-19 tally rose to 11,124,527 on Tuesday, as 12,286 new cases were registered during the past 24 hours, according to the latest data from the federal health ministry. The official data shows that the death toll mounted to 157,248 as 91 COVID-19 patients died since Monday morning. There are still 168,358 active cases in the country, while ... » Learn More about India’s COVID-19 tally rises to 11,124,527