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76 Year Old Man Dies, Became India's First Corona Fatality

76-year-old man from Kalaburgi in the Karnataka's northern region died of Coronavirus, confirmed Health Minister B. Sriramulu, on Thursday. "The 76-year-old




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Near Exponential Growth Seen in Global Coronavirus Cases, Deaths

Exponential growth seen in the number of coronavirus cases and deaths, the WHO warned on Thursday. According to latest data from Johns Hopkins University''s




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Disinfectant Tunnel Devloped By Railways To Combat Covid-19

Disinfection tunnel used to sanitise people for just Rs 10,000 been developed by Indian Railways. A railway ministry official said that the loco




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Simple and Easy Tips for Entrepreneurs and Small Businesses Amid COVID-19

COVID-19: Experts from University at Buffalo School of Management have suggested simple tips to entrepreneurs and local businesses ride out the storm.




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Scientists Are Developing Portable Kits For Future Pandemics

Researchers are developing virus testing devices that could be used without the benefit of medical facilities, which would be particularly useful in rural or remote regions.




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YubaNet.com: Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world’s fast-rising wastewater streams

Current wastewater nutrient recovery technologies have made significant progress. In the case of phosphorous, recovery rates range from 25% to 90%.




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IpsNews.net: World Drains Away Valuable Energy, Nutrients & Water in Fast-Growing Wastewater Streams

Furthermore, wastewater volumes are increasing quickly, with a projected rise of roughly 24% by 2030, 51% by 2050.




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Guardian.ng: Valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in fast-rising streams

Wastewater volumes are increasing quickly, with a projected rise of roughly 24 percent by 2030 and 51 percent by 2050.




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A continental coalition is set in motion to support sustainable groundwater use across Africa

Inclusion of groundwater in continent-wide strategies has potential to help keep Africa’s broader development on a sustainable footing.




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CSRWire: Wastewater Is a Source of Valuable Water, Energy and Nutrients: How Do We Recover It?

Smart water technologies continue to advance, but there is still more that needs to be done to develop net-zero energy and energy-positive technologies in the water and wastewater sector.




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Business Recorder: An interview with Mohsin Hafeez, Country Representative of IWMI

The principles of integrated water resource management insist on taking a basin-wide or systemwide approach rather than addressing surface water and groundwater issues separately.




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MENAdrought: Tackling drought in Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco 

The main aim of the MENAdrought project is to empower decision-makers across Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco to anticipate, prepare for and mitigate drought impacts in a context of increasing climate change, in order to reduce risks of food and water insecurity.




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Press Release: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa

A new IWMI partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA) will leverage state of the art remote-sensing and data management technologies to enhance the ability of African Governments, communities and companies to better manage their water.




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Business Ghana: IWMI project enables fast access to petabytes of analysis-ready water data in Africa

A new International Water Management Institute (IWMI) partnership with Digital Earth Africa (DEA [1]) will leverage state of the art remote-sensing and data management technologies to enhance the ability of African Governments, communities and companies to better manage their water.




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Economist Intelligence Unit: As the world’s philanthropists boost climate funding, let’s make water a priority

Claudia Sadoff, Director General of IWMI, argues that our efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change and address food security could be counterproductive if we don’t pay more attention to water and its use.




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SciDev: Tap big data to fight floods and droughts in Africa

And when it comes to adapting to climate change, knowledge is power, which is why a new programme to gather continent-wide information on water could be a game-changer.




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BNI Online: Turning off the tap, while tapping into inclusive institutions

As we mark World Water Day, experts and communities alike will be sharing messages on water scarcity under climate change, emphasizing the need to use this precious resource judiciously. ‘Don’t take more than you need,’ they’ll advise.




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Prevention Web: Mainstreaming technology provides key solutions for disaster risk mitigation

Water-related natural disasters are major impediments to human security and sustainable socioeconomic development. Climate change has made extreme weather events more severe by altering their frequency, timing, intensity and duration.




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Research shows reducing local income inequality may slow rural-urban migration

Recent research conducted by IWMI, in collaboration with the IFPRI and IFAD, finds that the poorest are likelier to migrate when increases in incomes are accompanied by increases in local income inequalities.




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Challenge winner moves forward with IoT to develop world first database

A network of solar irrigation pumps equipped with sensors that connect to the Internet will potentially provide a world first database of groundwater usage in sub-Saharan Africa.




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Phone app gives opportunity to improve water productivity in Lebanon

For the phone app to be effective and sustainable, it must only be regarded as being a part of a more integrated approach to development and codesigned with the end users.




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Prevention Web: Satellite maps can help nations make critical food production decisions amid coronavirus

Take a look at the satellite map below. That vast swathe of orange and red across northwestern India and Pakistan depicts crops that have ripened in the last couple of weeks.




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Forbes: Why Connected Worker Technologies Are Now A Business Priority For Industrial Companies

The decline in natural resources is very real. The International Water Management Institute estimates that nearly every country south of the 35th parallel will experience economic or physical water scarcity by 2025.




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PIM: Game of Unknowns: Beyond the Win-Win, Toward Inclusive Development

A game stimulates a mind – at any age - to explore and wonder. A board game, often based on a near-life setting, offers a safe informal environment where players can interact and learn from each other.




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Gene Responsible for Lutein Esterification in Bread Wheat Discovered

New study identified and confirmed the gene responsible for lutein esterification in bread wheat. The activity of this gene regulates the timing of esterification




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New Genetic-based Epilepsy Risk Scores Developed

Genetic-based epilepsy risk scores could lay the foundation for a more individualized method of epilepsy diagnosis and treatment. This test was developed




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Chromosomal Aberrations Created During IVF do Not Endanger Future Baby: Study

Even when using very sensitive methods, there are no cell lines with chromosomal aberrations in IVF kids. Hence, in vitro fertilization does not pose




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Genetic Variation in Brain Cell Types Helps Predict Disease Risk

Genetic variation in enhancers (non-coding regulatory regions) was found to play a role in a person's risk of developing psychiatric or neurological conditions, stated new study.




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Delivery of Healthy Donor Stem Cells can Help Correct Bone Disorder

Healthy donor stem cells that produce normal collagen in Osteogenesis imperfecta (OI) patients have the potential to improve bone mass and correct the mutant collagen matrix, reports a new study.




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Reconstitution of the Blood System: Fresh Findings

Human embryonic stem cells (ESCs) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) were found to display unlimited proliferative potential in culture, which




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Radical Treatment of Chronic Oral Infection Before Stem Cell Transplantation Not Necessary, Says Study

There is no link between oral infections and the risk of stem cell transplantation patients dying of or getting a serious infection within six months of the procedure, found new study.




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Stem Cells Transformed into Bone Using Artificial Muscle Sheets

Researchers discovered a polymer sheet that functions as an artificial muscle as it transforms stem cells into bones. Stem cells are known for their




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New Test Detects Kids at Higher Risk for Cystic Fibrosis Liver Disease

Research-based ultrasound exams help detect kids at high risk of developing cystic fibrosis liver issues, according to a study involving 11 clinical sites




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Study Finds Link Between Genes and Ability to Exercise

New study has discovered a genetic mutation that reduces a patient's ability to exercise efficiently. The findings of the study are published in the iNew England Journal of Medicine/i.




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New Method Improves Stem Cells to Improve Bone Marrow Transplantation

A novel approach to enhance the potency of blood-forming stem cells, potentially opening the door to a new approach for bone marrow transplantation has been discovered by Mount Sinai researchers.




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New Toolkit of Proteins can Repair Breaks in DNA

Accumulation of DNA breaks can cause aging, cancer, and Motor Neurone Disease (MND). But a novel toolkit discovered could help repair DNA breaks caused




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Gene Therapy Prevents Heart Dysfunction in Barth Syndrome

Gene therapy could prevent or reverse cardiac dysfunction in Barth syndrome according to the new research at Boston Children's Hospital. The findings,




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New Gene for Rare Disease of Excess Bone Growth Identified

New gene that causes melorheostosis, a rare group of conditions involving painful and disfiguring overgrowth of bone tissue, is identified by the team




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Behavioral Intervention can Improve Language Skills in Youth with Fragile X

New study finds more evidence for the efficacy of a telehealth-delivered behavioral intervention in treating language problems in youth with fragile X syndrome (FXS).




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Gene Defects Tied to Eczema, Wheeze and Nasal Disease Among Babies

New study finds a link between a common gene defect and eczema, nasal blockage, and wheeze among kids as young as six months. The study raises further




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Use of HCV-Infected Organs Viable for Patients Awaiting Heart Transplants

Nine patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV) after receiving lifesaving heart transplants from deceased donors who were infected with the disease




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Blood Stem Cells Facilitate Harvest for Transplants

Blood-forming stem cells' stiffness was found to facilitate mobilization procedures used for stem cell-based transplants, said Winship Cancer Institute




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Hepatitis C Infected Organs can be Safely Transplanted: Study

Doctors can safely transplant hepatitis C-infected hearts and lungs into people who are in dire need for a new organ, reports a new study. The findings




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Five-month-old Girl Becomes the Youngest Indian to Get Liver Transplant

Ariana Dey, a Kolkata-based newborn, has become India's youngest liver transplant patient, says the doctors from Max Super Speciality Hospital in New Delhi.




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World's First Baby Born After Robot-assisted Uterus Transplant

First baby boy was born after the technological shift in Gothenburg's world-leading research on uterine transplantation. The boy was 48 centimeters long,




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De Novo Donor-specific Antibodies Linked to Blood Vessels Thickening After Kidney Transplant

After kidney transplant, kids who developed anti-human leukocyte antibodies against their donor kidney, known as de novo donor-specific antibodies (dnDSA)




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Viability of Donated Livers: Fresh Insights

New study on the viability of donated livers and its correlation with donor demographics has been conducted by a group of researchers from Harvard Medical




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Quantitative Biomarker to Test Corneal Cell Quality and Life

Corneal transplantations are old and common. Cornea restoration is now a safe technique because of the advent of colloid physics, a quanititative biomarker is designed.




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Many Kidneys Discarded in the United States Would be Transplanted in France: Study

French transplant centers are far more likely to transplant kidneys from older donors, revealed new study led by Penn Medicine and Paris Transplant Group.




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New Findings Enable More Heart Donations: Study

Many hearts are reported unfit for donation due to stress-induced heart failure. But a new study finds that this condition has no significance on the