Covid-19 Vaccine Is Coming Soon
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Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 ANALYSIS 7 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 Published From HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW BEWARE OF AN TOP CEOS DISCUSS WAYS TO BOOST ROOT RETURNS FOR BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH INJURED XI INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES OLD TRAFFORD TEST BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN VIJAYAWADA *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 276 HYDERABAD, THURSDAY JULY 16, 2020; PAGES 12 `3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable NANI IS PROUD OF HIT GOING TO B'WOOD:DIRECTO R SAILESH { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com AIR INDIA TO SEND STAFF ON COMPULSORY IIT-DELHI DEVELOPS WORLD'S CHEAPEST JIO GLASS MIXED REALITY HEADSET WITH IMD ISSUES YELLOW LEAVE WITHOUT PAY FOR UP TO 5 YEARS COVID DIAGNOSTIC KIT FOR RS 399 WIRELESS AUDIO, 3D VIDEO CALLING ANNOUNCED ALERT FOR HYDERABAD n a move meant to reduce its number of employees, the board of Air India has allowed laimed to be the world's most affordable diagnostic kit for coronavirus, a low-cost io Glass, a mixed reality headset, was announced at the annual he India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Wednesday issued a yellow alert Ithe airline's Chairman and Managing Director (CMD) to recommend that a non- Ctest kit developed by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) in New Delhi was JReliance AGM 2020 on Wednesday. The headset essentially pairs with Twith regard to weather, while warning of heavy rains in parts of Hyderabad and in performing staff member be compulsorily sent on leave without pay for a period of up launched on Wednesday. According to IIT officials, the base price of the the RT-PCR your phone to let you conduct classes, make video calls, and host some of the neighbouring districts. A 'yellow' alert signifies 'watch' and the to five years. Employees will be assessed by a board in the following categories: assay developed by IIT Delhi is Rs 399. Even after adding the meetings in a 3D holographic environment. Jio Platforms' Tesseract authorities are advised to “be updated” on the situation. The IMD warning said that Suitability, efficiency, competence, quality of performance, health of the employee, RNA isolation and laboratory charges, the cost per test subsidiary has designed the Jio Glass, and it is said to be compatible with at times intense spells in one or two areas of the city will instance of non-availability of the employee for duty in the past as a result of ill health will go upto Rs 650 and will be considerably cheaper 25 mixed reality apps already. The mixed reality headset has an be witnessed. It has been raining profusely in the city or otherwise and redundancy. Air India CMD compared to currently available kits in the market. It ergonomic design for comfortable use and a since Wednesday afternoon in city areas, including Jubilee Rajiv Bansal can now send employees on can deliver results within three hours. HRD Minister camera up front. It has a slew of sensors Hills, Banjara Hills, Madhapur, Kukatpally, Moosapet, leave without pay "for six months or for a Ramesh Pokhriyal "Nishank" launched the test kit built-in to allow users to engage in JNTU, Pragati Nagar, Uppal, Nagole, ECIL, Chikkadpally period of two years extendable upto five named "Corosure" which will now be available for use immersive content. The Jio Glass is and Balanagar. Roads were inundated at various places years," an official order said. at authorised testing labs. lightweight and weighs only 75 grams. due to heavy rains. TN okays use of BCG vaccine for COVID-19 VACCINE IS COMING SOON 60-95 aged patients n OXFORD PHASE III HUMAN TRIALS YIELD 'ENCOURAGING IMMUNE RESPONSE' PNS n CHENNAI PNS n LONDON Phase I results, which would Health Organization’s chief The Tamil show whether it is safe and scientist said in June. The Nadu gov- Mark your calendar today as US stocks rally after promising Covid whether or not it induces an company has signed agree- ernment it could turn out to be a immune response. ments with governments has allowed watershed moment in the vaccine results from Moderna The developers of the vac- around the globe to a pilot pro- fight against Covid-19. he Wall Street on Wednesday cheered the promising early results cine said this month they supply the vaccine, ject to study According to reports, "positive Tfrom US-based pharmaceutical major Moderna's experimental were "encouraged by the should it be cleared if the bacille news" on initial trials of the vaccine, mRNA-1273, and solid earnings from Goldman Sachs immune response" they had for use. calmette- University of Oxford’s poten- seen in trials so far and were guerin Skill development Group.The three main US stock indexes have recovered most of their 2 tial Covid-19 vaccine losses from the coronavirus-led downturn.Earlier, Moderna's expecting to publish Phase 1 ZYDUS BEGINS (BCG) vaccine will help need of the hour, (licensed to AstraZeneca) experimental vaccine, mRNA-1273 which is designed to protect data by the end of July. The reduce the mortality rate Guv tells youth could be announced on against the Covid-19 virus was generally well tolerated and prompted data are expected to HUMAN TRIALS among elderly Covid-19 Thursday. neutralising antibody activity in healthy adults, say researchers. be published by patients, according to said Across the globe, Moderna stocks surged 17.8 per cent to a record high after the The Lancet med- NEW DELHI: Indian pharmaceutical Health Minister C. researchers are working round news.mRNA-1273 vaccine is designed to induce neutralising ical journal. company Zydus said on Wednesday it has Vijayabaskar, here on the clock to find a vaccine antibodies directed at a portion of the coronavirus "spike" protein, Astra- started human studies for its potential Wednesday. 2 against SARS-CoV-2 -- the which the virus uses to bind to and enter human cells. Zeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, as coronavirus The National Institute for virus behind the pandemic. experimental infections continue to surge in the world’s Research in Tuberculosis will More than 155 vaccines are vaccine is third worst-hit nation. ZyCoV-D, its start the pilot programme. being developed against the cine against Covid-19, experts heartening news that probably the plasmid DNA vaccine, was found to be According to him, the BCG coronavirus, of which 23 are estimate that a fast-tracked Oxford's potential vaccine is world’s lead- safe, immunogenic and well-tolerated in vaccine will be administered in human trials. Vaccines typ- vaccine development process already in large-scale Phase ing candidate the pre-clinical toxicity studies, Zydus said on a trial basis to people in the ically require years of research could see a successful candi- III human trials to assess and most here In the human trials, Zydus will enrol 60-95 age group. The pro- and testing before it can be date in market in about 12-18 whether it can protect against advanced in over 1,000 subjects across multiple clinical gramme was aimed at reduc- administered in the clinic. months. Covid-19, though its devel- terms of devel- study sites in India. ing the Covid-19 mortality Given the urgency of a vac- Amidst all this comes the opers have yet to report opment, the World rate among them, he said. 2 Dreaded ultra escapes, after G-BLOCK OF OLD SECRETARIAT Maoists ambush cops Telangana Government won’t lend COVID-19 PNS n WARANGAL In one of the encounters, credence to ‘hidden treasury’ theory situation better in which took place in the Mangi Delhi than June Wanted naxalite and outlawed L VENKAT RAM REDDY Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao CPI-Maoists state committee forest belt of Thiryani mandal n HYDERABAD The opposition discussed the sensitive subject says Kejriwal member Bhaskar escaped with in Asifabad district, senior parties had stalled with senior officials amid wild injuries and some Greyhounds Maoist leader Adelaide alias The Telangana State govern- the construction of speculations in certain quarters personnel were injured in two ment is not inclined to lend cre- that the state government, in separate encounters that took Bhaskar sustained grievous dence to the theory that a 'hid- the new Secretariat the guise of demolition of the 5 place late on Tuesday and injuries and was carried into den treasure' lies beneath the for over a year by old Secretariat complex, was on again on Wednesday. the dense forests by armed G-Block of the old Secretariat a hunt of the hidden treasure Bhaskar has been under- complex, whose demolition filing cases in the HC under a cloak of questionable ground for nearly 30 years. He naxalites, police said. began recently until the High secrecy. Opposition parties too carries a reward of Rs 25 lakh Court stayed the process. Survey of India (ASI) or the detect 'hidden treasure', if any, raised the issue of hidden trea- on his head. tained grievous injuries and in Bhadradri Kothagudem Hence, the state government National Mineral Development beneath the G-Block or any sure soon after the Secretariat In one of the encounters, was carried into the dense District, some Greyhound has decided not to seek the help Corporation (NMDC) to other Block in the old Secretariat. demolition works commenced. which took place in the Mangi forests by armed naxalites, forces sustained injuries and of either the Archaeological resume excavation works to Official sources said Chief 2 forest belt of Thiryani mandal police said. the forces operating in the in Komuram Bheem Asifabad In the other encounter, region shifted the injured per- district, senior Maoist leader which took place in the sonnel to the district hospital.