‘Tiny antibodies from llamas can potentially treat Covid-19’
A simple nasal spray of tiny antibodies produced by llamas could provide a new frontline treatment against the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, according to a study. Researchers at the Rosalind Franklin Institute in the UK found that nanobodies -- a smaller, simple form of antibody -- can effectively target the SARS-CoV-2...
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Quad summit faces changed environment after US pullout from Afghanistan
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I am not Donald Trump, Biden assures UNGA
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Will work towards maintaining friendly relations with India and China: Nepal FM Khadka
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In meeting with Modi, Harris to ‘reinforce’ strategic partnership between India, US: White House
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Biden-Modi meet will strengthen India-US ties: White House official
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Indo-Canadians secure victories in Canada polls
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Trudeau’s party wins Canada vote
22 September 2021 | AP
UK Police charge third Russian in poisoning of ex-spy
In a development expected to further strain UK-Russia relations, Scotland Yard on Tuesday named and charged a third Russian military intelligence officer in the murder conspiracy case involving nerve agent poisonings in the UK town of Salisbury back in March 2018. The Metropolitan Police counter-terrorism officers said Denis Sergeev — under...
All-male Taliban Cabinet
The Taliban expanded their interim Cabinet by naming more Ministers and Deputies on Tuesday, but failed to appoint any women, doubling down on a hard-line course despite the international outcry that followed their initial presentation of an all-male government lineup earlier this month. The international community has said that it will...
World has never been more divided, we must wake up: UN chief Guterres
The world has never been more threatened or more divided, and is facing the “greatest cascade” of crises, UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres told global leaders on Tuesday, sounding an alarm over the Covid-19 pandemic, a climate crisis pummeling the planet and an upheaval in Afghanistan and other nations that...
US is not seeking a new Cold War: Biden
President Joe Biden used his first address before the UN General Assembly on Tuesday to declare that the world stands and at an “inflection point in history” and must move quickly and cooperatively to address the festering issues of the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change and human rights abuse. Amid growing...
Globe Trotting
Xi Jinping to address UNGA today Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping will address the UN General Assembly (UNGA) on Tuesday and will deliver important remarks via video link, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said on Monday. This year's UNGA session commenced on September 14 under the Presidency of Abdulla Shahid. The high-level...
China launches cargo spacecraft to carry supplies to its space station
China successfully launched an unmanned cargo spacecraft Tianzhou-3 on Monday to deliver supplies for its under-construction space station Tiangong, which is scheduled to be completed by next year. The Long March-7 Y4 rocket, carrying Tianzhou-3, blasted off from the Wenchang Spacecraft Launch Site in the southern island province of Hainan, China...
US announces new international travel system
The US on Monday announced a new international travel system under which fully vaccinated individuals would be allowed to enter the country beginning in November. This essentially also lifts the travel ban on countries like India that the US had earlier enforced. Former president Donald Trump had imposed a blanket ban...
