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    Australian Olympic athletes at Rio to receive condoms for fighting Zika

    Other Sports | May 16, 2016 14:03 IST

    Sydney:Australian athletes at the Rio Olympics will be supplied condoms which manufacturers say will offer “near complete” antiviral protection against the Zika virus. The Australian Olympic Committee announced the health measure for the

  • Tata Tiago

    What Might Make Tiago to Run Over its Rivals?

    April 09, 2016 15:53 IST

    Tata has recently launched its Tiago at a starting price tag of INR 3.20 lakh for the petrol and INR 3.94 lakh for the diesel (all prices ex-showroom, New Delhi). The car looks forward to

  • Devika

    Meerut girl is youngest member of US team that decoded Zika virus

    India | April 06, 2016 23:01 IST

    New Delhi: A Meerut-based Indian girl has been a part of the team of seven researchers who have pulled off the breakthrough of determining the structure of the deadly Zika Virus. Devika Sirohi, a doctoral

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    Chile reports first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus

    World | March 27, 2016 9:19 IST

    Santiago:The Chilean health ministry has confirmed the first case of sexually transmitted Zika virus in the country, the media reported on Sunday. The 46-year-old woman was infected with the virus as she had unprotected sex

  • zika can trigger severe neurological disorder study

    Zika can trigger severe neurological disorder: study

    World | March 01, 2016 7:24 IST

    Paris: Scientists today said they had confirmed that the Zika virus sweeping Latin America and blamed for severe birth defects can also trigger a dangerous neurological disorder.In a study published in the medical journal The

  • no case of zika virus reported in india government

    No case of Zika virus reported in India: Government

    Politics | February 26, 2016 16:53 IST

    New Delhi: Till date, no case of Zika virus disease has been reported in India even as dengue-hit states of Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry have been alerted as the same type of mosquito

  • zika crisis to get worse before it gets better who chief

    Zika crisis to 'get worse before it gets better': WHO chief

    World | February 25, 2016 11:37 IST

    Rio De Janeiro: The Zika virus, believed to be linked to the serious birth defect microcephaly, presents a "formidable" challenge that will be hard to stamp out, World Health Organization chief Margaret Chan has said."Things

  • who chief in brazil to assess zika virus outbreak

    WHO chief in Brazil to assess Zika virus outbreak

    World | February 24, 2016 10:34 IST

    United Nations: World Health Organization (WHO) chief Margaret Chan is in Brazil to assess the Zika virus situation and response, a UN spokesman said.Chan is visiting Brazil along with the director of the Pan American

  • zika impact tata motors rechristens zica hatchback as tiago

    Zika impact: Tata Motors rechristens 'Zica' hatchback as TIAGO

    February 22, 2016 20:04 IST

    Mumbai: Amid serious concerns over the rise and spread of the Zika virus globally, Tata Motors today announced that it had renamed its new hatchback offering as TIAGO. The hatchback was earlier named 'Zica' which

  • world bank pledges 150 mn for fight against zika

    World Bank pledges $150 mn for fight against Zika

    February 19, 2016 7:03 IST

    Mexico City: Thursday saw a new front opened in the battle against the Zika virus as the World Bank entered the fray, pledging $150 million for Latin America and the Caribbean to help fight the

  • russia confirms first imported zika case

    Russia confirms first imported Zika case

    World | February 16, 2016 8:46 IST

    Moscow: Russia's sanitary and epidemiological watchdog Rospotrebnadzor on Monday confirmed the first case of Zika virus in the country.The infected woman had visited the Dominican Republic and she was now in satisfactory condition in an

  • dilma rousseff says zika won t jeopardise olympic games

    Dilma Rousseff says Zika won't jeopardise Olympic Games

    World | February 14, 2016 7:15 IST

    Rio de Janeiro: Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff said on Saturday that the Rio 2016 Olympics will go forward despite the Zika virus epidemic, about which a number of foreign sports delegations that have expressed their

  • china reports 1st case of imported zika virus

    China reports 1st case of imported Zika virus

    World | February 10, 2016 11:39 IST

    Beijing: China's first case of the Zika virus has been found in a 34-year-old man who recently travelled to Venezuela and is now making a speedy recovery, the government said Wednesday.The man from the southern

  • living with people they bite zika mosquitoes hard to fight

    Living with people they bite, Zika mosquitoes hard to fight

    World | February 09, 2016 10:51 IST

    Savannah: The mosquitoes that spread the Zika virus are among the hardest species to fight because they live and breed in tub drains, dog bowls, buckets, flower pots and other spots where water collects inside

  • barack obama seeks usd 1.8 billion emergency funding to

    Barack Obama seeks USD 1.8 billion emergency funding to fight Zika virus

    World | February 09, 2016 8:49 IST

    Washington: US President Barack Obama on Monday sought more than USD 1.8 billion in emergency funding to fight the fast-spreading Zika virus, the mosquito-borne illness that may be causing a rare birth defect in Latin

  • zika vaccine claim hope or hype

    Zika vaccine claim: Hope or hype?

    India | February 08, 2016 17:23 IST

    Bengaluru:  An Indian biotech company's "breakthrough" claim that it has developed two "candidate vaccines" against the Zika virus - while being hailed as a 'made in India' product - has alarmed some virologists.Krishna Ella, managing

  • zika virus may be transmitted through saliva urine

    Zika virus may be transmitted through saliva, urine

    World | February 06, 2016 12:21 IST

    Brasilia: Brazilian researchers found traces of Zika virus in the saliva and urine of patients with symptoms of the disease, which means the virus is potentially transmissible via the two fluids, the media reported on

  • news in nutshell tap to read important stories of the day

    News in Nutshell: Tap to read Important stories of the day

    India | February 03, 2016 20:49 IST

    National News- CBI arrests suspended Noida engineer Yadav Singh on corruption chargesThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) today arrested suspended engineer of Noida Authority Yadav Singh in connection with an alleged corruption case against him. Read

  • indian medical firm claims breakthrough in developing world

    Indian medical firm claims breakthrough in developing world's first Zika vaccine

    India | February 03, 2016 22:21 IST

    Derabad: A Hyderabad-based vaccines and bio-therapeutic manufacturer, Bharat Biotech, today claimed to have pulled-off a major breakthrough in the development of the world's first vaccine to fight the dreaded mosquito-borne Zika virus which has been

  • first sexually transmitted zika virus case confirmed in

    First sexually transmitted Zika virus case confirmed in Texas

    World | February 03, 2016 14:47 IST

    Texas: Health officials confirmed that a man in Texas contracted the Zika virus through sexual transmission in the first case the U.S. has seen on its shores since the virus recently began to sweep across

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