Articles for Efficacy

Finmin to review efficacy of windfall tax on crude oil and fuel exports
3 weeks, 4 days ago

Finmin to review efficacy of windfall tax on crude oil and fuel exports

Live Mint  

New Delhi, Nov 28 The Finance Ministry would review the efficacy of windfall tax on the export of petrol, diesel and Aviation Turbine Fuel as global crude oil prices have stabilised, sources said. Phenomenal profits made by some oil refiners on exporting fuel at the expense of domestic supplies had prompted the government to introduce an export tax on petrol, …

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Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on EVM: ‘Have no doubt about its efficacy’
4 weeks ago

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on EVM: ‘Have no doubt about its efficacy’

Hindustan Times  

Congress MP Karti Chidambaram stated on Monday that he did not doubt the efficacy of the Electronic Voting Machines. His comments came after several leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi, including Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, accused the BJP and other parties in the Mahayuti alliance of EVM manipulation. Congress MP Karti Chidambaram does not share the doubts of the …

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Anti-smog tower near DND flyway removed without notice; activists question efficacy
1 month, 1 week ago

Anti-smog tower near DND flyway removed without notice; activists question efficacy

Hindustan Times  

Set up at a cost of ₹2.5 crore, Noida’s first and only anti-smog tower, set up near the DND Flyway just three years ago on a pilot basis to help combat air pollution, was removed by Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited recently owing to technical faults, prompting environmentalists to question the tower’s effectiveness and the lack of transparency about its future. …

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Scientists Create Detailed Digital Twins of Cancer Patients to Test New Cancer Treatment
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Scientists Create Detailed Digital Twins of Cancer Patients to Test New Cancer Treatment

India Today  

Scientists have developed a technology called FarrSight-Twin that can create digital twins of cancer patients to simulate clinical trials. This technology uses algorithms from astrophysics to model and predict treatment responses. By creating a digital twin for each patient in a study, this approach could also help form control groups, reducing the need for placebo trials and speeding up the …

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Serum Institute of India's new 'high efficacy' malaria vaccine rolls out in Africa
5 months, 1 week ago

Serum Institute of India's new 'high efficacy' malaria vaccine rolls out in Africa

India Today  

A new “high efficacy” malaria vaccine co-developed by the Serum Institute of India and the University of Oxford was officially rolled out on Monday when Cote d’Ivoire in West Africa became the first country to begin administering R21/Matrix-M. In total, 15 African countries are expected to introduce malaria vaccines with Gavi support in 2024, and countries plan to reach around …

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The legacy — and efficacy — of the Civil Rights Act on its 60th anniversary
5 months, 3 weeks ago

The legacy — and efficacy — of the Civil Rights Act on its 60th anniversary

NPR  

The legacy — and efficacy — of the Civil Rights Act on its 60th anniversary JUANA SUMMERS, HOST: Sixty years ago today, President Lyndon B. Johnson strode into the East Room of the White House, and, seated at a table surrounded by lawmakers and civil rights leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 …

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Skin health in summer: Essential skincare tips from dermatologist for men and women
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Skin health in summer: Essential skincare tips from dermatologist for men and women

Hindustan Times  

Skin health in summer: Essential skincare tips from dermatologist for men and women While emerging beauty trends can be intriguing, here's how to prioritise efficacy and safety when making skincare decisions.. While emerging beauty trends can be intriguing, here's how to prioritise efficacy and safety when making skincare decisions. While emerging trends can be intriguing, Dr Charu Sharma, Co-Founder and …

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‘We Are Not Blind’, ‘Will Rip You Apart’: SC Rejects Ramdev's Apology In Misleading Patanjali Ads Case
8 months, 1 week ago

‘We Are Not Blind’, ‘Will Rip You Apart’: SC Rejects Ramdev's Apology In Misleading Patanjali Ads Case

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused to accept the affidavits filed by yoga guru Ramdev and managing director of Patanjali Ayurved Balkrishna tendering unconditional apologies over publishing “misleading” The court said Patanjali tendered unconditional apologies only when it was “caught on the wrong foot”. WHAT IS THE CASE ABOUT Ramdev and Balkrishna have tendered an “unconditional and unqualified apology” before …

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Serum’s HPV vaccine non-inferior to Gardasil: study
10 months, 1 week ago

Serum’s HPV vaccine non-inferior to Gardasil: study

The Hindu  

February 10, 2024 09:10 pm | Updated 09:10 pm IST A phase-2/3 trial of Serum Institute of India’s human papillomavirus vaccine Cervavac conducted at 12 tertiary care hospitals across India in girls and boys aged 9-14 years has found the vaccine to be safe and non-inferior to a comparator vaccine Gardasil manufactured by Merck. While Serum’s Cervavac vaccine was administered …

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BCG revaccination study in high-risk adults to begin in 23 States
1 year ago

BCG revaccination study in high-risk adults to begin in 23 States

The Hindu  

Twenty-three States have consented to participate in the BCG revaccination study in adults that will be undertaken in a “programme implementation study mode” to evaluate the effectiveness of the vaccine in reducing TB disease incidence. No clinical trials have been carried out in India to study the efficacy of BCG revaccination in adults to prevent TB disease, and studies in …

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WHO says misuse of antibiotics undermining efficacy
1 year ago

WHO says misuse of antibiotics undermining efficacy

The Hindu  

Misuse of antibiotics is denting their efficacy and spawning resistant bacteria which could be responsible for 10 million deaths worldwide by 2050, the World Health Organization warned on November 23. WHO's European chapter conducted a study which showed that antibiotics were prescribed for things like the common cold, flu-like symptoms, a sore throat and a cough. WHO warned that without …

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Oxford AstraZeneca Covid jab was ‘defective’, claims landmark legal case
1 year, 1 month ago

Oxford AstraZeneca Covid jab was ‘defective’, claims landmark legal case

The Telegraph  

As many as 80 claimants could lodge legal cases with the High Court by the end of the year in a class action that threatens to undermine faith in the rollout of the AstraZeneca vaccine that was developed jointly with Oxford University. In Mr Scott’s claim, his lawyers argue that he suffered “personal injuries and consequential losses arising out of …

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Gasping Capital to ration vehicles
1 year, 1 month ago

Gasping Capital to ration vehicles

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: The Delhi government announced the odd-even car rationing scheme on Monday as a desperate measure to curb spiralling pollution levels, with the city’s average air quality index remaining in the severe zone for at least four days, even as experts maintained that the measure may be too little, too late and the Opposition slammed the government saying that …

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Now a more efficacious, inexpensive malaria vaccine
1 year, 2 months ago

Now a more efficacious, inexpensive malaria vaccine

The Hindu  

October 07, 2023 09:00 pm | Updated October 08, 2023 12:10 pm IST A malaria vaccine — R21/MatrixM — developed by the University of Oxford, manufactured by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India and tested in a phase-3 trial at five sites in four countries — Mali, Burkina Faso, Kenya, and Tanzania — in Africa was recommended by the WHO …

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Oxford-Serum institute malaria vaccine recommended for use by WHO
1 year, 2 months ago

Oxford-Serum institute malaria vaccine recommended for use by WHO

The Hindu  

The R21/Matrix-M malaria vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and the Serum Institute of India, leveraging Novavax’s adjuvant technology, has been recommended for use by the World Health Organisation after meeting required safety, quality and effectiveness standards, on Monday. According to information released by the Serum Institute, the WHO recommendation was based on pre-clinical and clinical trial data which …

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Social media posts misconstrue the efficacy of vaccines for flu, measles, mumps and rubella
54 years, 11 months ago

Social media posts misconstrue the efficacy of vaccines for flu, measles, mumps and rubella

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Vaccines for the flu, measles, mumps and rubella were developed decades ago, yet the diseases haven’t been eradicated, proving that the immunizations don’t work. Mumps hasn’t been as thoroughly eliminated in the country as those two diseases because the vaccine’s protection wanes over time and isn’t lifetime, as it is with measles and rubella, says William Schaffner, a spokesperson …

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India needs evidence-based, ethics-driven medicine
1 year, 4 months ago

India needs evidence-based, ethics-driven medicine

The Hindu  

The recent push to integrate ‘AYUSH’ medicinal systems into mainstream health care to achieve universal health coverage and ‘decolonise medicine’ is a pluralistic approach that would require every participating system to meet basic safety and efficacy standards. The first carefully conducted and well-reported double-blind randomised controlled trial, the Nuremberg Salt Test, noted that “the symptoms or changes which the homeopaths …

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Why developing the world’s first malaria vaccine has taken so long
1 year, 4 months ago

Why developing the world’s first malaria vaccine has taken so long

Hindustan Times  

On July 5, the World Health Organisation, UNICEF and Gavi, an organisation promoting vaccination, announced that 12 African countries would receive 18m doses of the world’s first malaria vaccine. Around 95% of malaria cases and deaths are in Africa, and at least 28 countries there have expressed an interest in the new jab; by 2026 demand is expected to reach …

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Newborn babies dying due to loss of efficacy of antibiotics against sepsis shows new study
1 year, 6 months ago

Newborn babies dying due to loss of efficacy of antibiotics against sepsis shows new study

Hindustan Times  

Many newborn babies are dying because the antibiotics used to treat sepsis are losing their effectiveness, according to a global observational study which involved over 3,200 newborn babies suffering from the infection in 11 countries, including India. "The study has given us vital information which will help us to better design clinical trials and ultimately improve the care and outcome …

Newborn Antibiotics High Study Infections Sepsis Babies
Can Rigour On Bail U/S 37 NDPS Act Have Same Efficacy Throughout Trial, Notwithstanding Period Of Custody? Himachal Pradesh High Court Asks
1 year, 7 months ago

Can Rigour On Bail U/S 37 NDPS Act Have Same Efficacy Throughout Trial, Notwithstanding Period Of Custody? Himachal Pradesh High Court Asks

Live Law  

The Himachal Pradesh High Court has reiterated that the Constitutional guarantee of expeditious trial cannot be diluted by applying the rigors of Section 37 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act in perpetuity. It wondered whether the provision of Section 37 of the NDPS Act can be construed to have same efficacy throughout the pendency of trial, notwithstanding, the period …

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‘Study on covid vaccines’ efficacy soon’
1 year, 8 months ago

‘Study on covid vaccines’ efficacy soon’

Live Mint  

New Delhi: The National Institute of Virology plans to conduct a study to determine the efficacy of vaccines with covid variants. Asked if there’s a need for a 4th dose, Yadav said in an interview, “Before we talk about 4th dose, we should enhance coverage of 3rd precautionary dose to enhance the immune response.” Only about 228.7 million Indians have …

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Old Covid Vaccines May Have Low Efficacy; India Should Update Covid Boosters, Dr Randeep Guleria Warns
1 year, 8 months ago

Old Covid Vaccines May Have Low Efficacy; India Should Update Covid Boosters, Dr Randeep Guleria Warns

News 18  

Similar to flu shots, India may need to update its Covid-19 boosters with the latest strain of the coronavirus, former director of All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Dr Randeep Guleria told News18.com. A renowned pulmonologist, Dr Guleria said the vaccines in India are currently using the Wuhan strain or the strain which was circulating in December 2019. “But now, …

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Music enhances medication efficacy: Research states
1 year, 8 months ago

Music enhances medication efficacy: Research states

Hindustan Times  

While listening to a favourite song is a well-known mood enhancer, researchers at Michigan State University revealed that music-listening therapies can also improve the efficacy of medications. Music enhances medication efficacy: Research states "Music-listening interventions are like over-the-counter medications," said Jason Kiernan, an assistant professor in the College of Nursing, adding, "You don't need a doctor to prescribe them." For …

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‘ECI should…’: Opposition raises concern over EVM's efficacy
1 year, 9 months ago

‘ECI should…’: Opposition raises concern over EVM's efficacy

Hindustan Times  

Opposition leaders have raised concerns over the viability of the electronic voting machines and said that they will urge the Election Commission of India to clarify their suspicion over the use of voting machines in elections. Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar with Rajya Sabha MP Kapil Sibal and Congress leader Digvijaya Singh addresses a press conference after the Opposition …

Congress Eci Meeting Remote Evms Raised Concern