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An employee of the vaccine company Bavarian Nordic works in a laboratory of the company in Martinsried near Munich, Germany. File photograph | Photo Credit: LUKAS BARTH The World Health Organization said on Monday, October 14 that it had approved Bavarian Nordic’s mpox vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 17 years, an age group considered…
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After suffering a narrow nine-run defeat to Australia in the 2024 Women’s T20 World Cup, India head coach Amol Muzumdar admitted things could have been different for his team if they had held on to couple of chances on the field. At the Sharjah Cricket Stadium, India dropped three catches, missed a stumping…
Team Pakistan in action© AFP Pakistan named three spinners in their team for the second Test against England starting on Tuesday as they chase a series-levelling win on a re-used Multan stadium pitch. The hosts made four changes from the side beaten by an innings in the first Test, including bringing in batsman…
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Representational image only. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Sri Lanka’s new government led by Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Monday (October 14, 2024) told the Supreme Court that it would reconsider the approval granted by the previous government to India’s Adani Group for a wind power project. A five-member Supreme Court (SC) Bench was told on…
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson have been awarded for their “studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity.” Photo: X/@NobelPrize The Nobel memorial prize in economics has been awarded to Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson and James A. Robinson for research into differences in prosperity between nations. The three economists “have demonstrated…
An effigy of the demon king Ravan exploded during a Dussehra event on Saturday, leading to comparisons with a “nuclear test”. The moment was captured in a now-viral video circulating on social media. It shows a towering effigy, part of the traditional Ravan Dahan, erupting with a massive explosion. Dussehra or Vijayadashmi is a major Hindu…
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S&P Global Ratings in a report said the business groups such as Birla, Mahindra, Hinduja, Hero, ITC, Bajaj and the Murugappa groups have a record of conservative growth. File | Photo Credit: Photo: Twitter/@SPGlobalRatings “India’s large business groups will spend about $800 billion on growth over the next 10 years, almost triple of what they spent…
ThegrowinguseofAIraises the risk of data breaches and cyber-attacks, said the RBI Governor. (File) Mumbai: The growing use of artificial intelligence and machine learning in financial services globally can lead to financial stability risks and warrants adequate risk mitigation practices by banks, the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India said on Monday. “The heavy reliance on AI can lead to concentration risks, especially when a small number of technology…
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India head coach Gautam Gambhir is not too concerned about the recent lukewarm form of Virat Kohli, insisting that the star batter remains as hungry as he was when he made his debut and should not be judged after every match. Kohli has made only one fifty, a 76 against South Africa at…
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Geneva, Switzerland: The WHO said Friday it had for the first time prequalified a mpox vaccine — a move expected to speed up access to the jabs to fight an epidemic raging in Africa. The announcement came on the heels of the arrival of the first MVA-BN vaccines to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),…
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