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The 18 million youngsters under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. File

Pfizer says three COVID-19 shots protect children under five

Pfizer says three COVID-19 shots protect children under five

Pfizer cautioned the calculation is based on just 10 cases diagnosed among study participants by the end of April, while the study rules state that at

Ayushman Bharat Health Account mobile application

Revamped Ayushman Bharat Health Account mobile application launched

India registers success with BP treatment, control

Under scrutiny: There are similarities in genome sequences in pangolin coronavirus and SARS-CoV-2.

Why pangolins may not be the intermediate host

Transmissibility: Cases of monkey pox in large numbers from multiple countries raise concerns about increased human-to-human transmission of the virus.

Researchers share draft genome sequences of monkeypox virus

File image of harvested organs being shifted to a hospital.

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science Quiz: On transplants

Skyroot successfully test fires space launch vehicle ‘Vikram-1’ rocket stage

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Medics wearing a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) attend to a suspected COVID-19 patients at IIT Madras campus in Chennai.

India logs 2,124 Covid cases in a day, 17 deaths

PTI The Health Ministry stressed that more than 70% of the deaths occurred due to comorbidities.

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A WhatsApp message claiming lemons can cure cancer is false.

Fact check: Don’t fall for this WhatsApp message pushing lemon as cancer cure

Anirudh Parthasarathy Completely false message, says expert; Dr. Vikas Amte, to whom the post was attributed, has denied making the claims

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FILE PHOTO: Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire arrives before a meeting with France’s President Emmanuel Macron and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the Elysee Palace in Paris, France May 4, 2022.

Global digital tax deal might not be ready until early 2024, France’s finance minister says

Reuters The deal aims to reallocate rights to tax big digital groups such as Apple and Google to the countries where the end clients are located.

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A wide range of electronic goods, including laptops, landline and mobile phones, cameras, recorders, music systems, microwaves, refrigerators and medical equipment have been specified in the notification by the Environment Ministry. File

E-waste rules specify recycling targets, ‘trading’ in certificates

Jacob Koshy Rules also bring into effect a system of trading in certificates, akin to carbon credits, that will allow companies to temporarily shore up shortfalls

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Pre-monsoon animal census under way in Pollachi Forest Division.

Pre-monsoon animal census begins in Anamalai Tiger Reserve

Wilson Thomas The 8-day exercise will assess the carnivore and herbivore population and their habitats

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Scientists neutralise pit viper venom with compound from fruits and vegetables

Researchers share draft genome sequences of monkeypox virus

The draft genome indicates that the virus circulating outside Africa belongs to the West African clade

India registers success with BP treatment, control

The India Hypertension Control Initiative, started in 2018, has been expanded to more than 100 districts

Tinder-owner Match says Google to allow for alternate payment systems

Match sued Google earlier in May, calling the action a "last resort" to prevent Tinder and its other apps from being booted off the Google Play store

Boeing's Starliner capsule docks with space station in uncrewed flight test

Starliner lifted off on Thursday atop an Atlas V rocket furnished by the Boeing-Lockheed Martin joint venture United Launch Alliance (ULA) and reached

Musk's ESG attack spotlights $35 trillion industry confusion

The chief executive of Tesla Inc lashed out on Wednesday against S&P Global Inc after the electric car maker was dropped from its flagship ESG index.

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Norms eased for genetically modified crop research

The guidelines circumvent challenges of using foreign genes to change crops profile

A six-part docuseries ‘Wild You Were Sleeping’ showcases some of India’s most fascinating wild species

The series turns the spotlight on Malabar pit-viper, striped hyena, desert fox, greater adjutant stork, smooth-coated otters, and hoolock gibbons.

‘Vaccination centres must not insist on any document of foreign travel for precaution dose’

Centre urges States to significantly expedite pace of full vaccination coverage by saturating all eligible beneficiaries and adopt “First Expiry Fir

A.P. forest department on a drive of rare native seeds collection for biodiversity conservation

So far 110 species of seeds — some rare, endangered and threatened — have been collected as part of this exercise

Female elephant found dead in the Nilgiris

The elephant is believed to have come in contact with an overhead power cable in a tea estate at Gudalur

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