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  • Dollar, Euro Down as U.S. Refutes Russian Ukraine Claims

    Dollar, Euro Down as U.S. Refutes Russian Ukraine Claims0

    The dollar was down on Thursday morning in Asia, alongside the euro. Investors are digesting the U.S. doubts that Russia has withdrawn troops on the border with Ukraine, with fears of an invasion still very much alive. The U.S. Dollar Index that tracks the greenback against a basket of other currencies inched down 0.06% to 95.765 by

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  • Antibiotic Azithral beats top-selling anti-diabetic drug amid Omicron surge

    Antibiotic Azithral beats top-selling anti-diabetic drug amid Omicron surge0

    Antibiotic medicine Azithral became the largest-selling pharma brand in January 2022 for the first time ever, overtaking the market leader anti-diabetic therapy – Human Mixtard. During the third wave in India, when Omicron cases rose exponentially, the widely-prescribed antibiotic registered a growth of 100% in January over December to net Rs 73 crore sales in the organised

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  • IIT Delhi launches new website to help students prepare for JEE, NEET

    IIT Delhi launches new website to help students prepare for JEE, NEET0

    The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi has launched a website to help students of classes 11 and 12 prepare for competitive examinations. The website, called IIT-PAL (Professor Assisted Learning), will allow students to watch video lectures and interact with IIT professors live. “IIT-PAL was started with an aim to make their (students’) understanding of the

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  • Oil prices clamber towards 7-year highs on Russia-Ukraine tensions

    Oil prices clamber towards 7-year highs on Russia-Ukraine tensions0

    Oil prices rose on Monday, climbing towards their highest levels in more than seven years on fears that a possible invasion of Ukraine by Russia could trigger sanctions from U.S. and Europe and disrupt energy exports from the world’s top producer. Brent crude futures was at $95.73 a barrel by 0109 GMT, up $1.29, or

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  • New CDC study shows major drop in efficacy of booster shots after fourth month:

    New CDC study shows major drop in efficacy of booster shots after fourth month:0

    The US Centres of Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday said that the efficacy of the third doses of the Pfizer and Moderna mRNA vaccines starts falling by the fourth month after being administered, news agencies reported. The CDC also highlighted that this new finding indicates that additional dose or a fourth dose may

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  • Govt bans import of drones; provides certain exceptions

    Govt bans import of drones; provides certain exceptions0

    The government on Wednesday banned import of foreign drones with certain exceptions as part of efforts to promote domestic manufacturing of drones in the country. Import of drones for R&D, defence and security purposes have been exempted from the ban but such imports will require due clearances. “Import of drone components, however, shall not require

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