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Bharat Bio leads CSIR project to develop human antibodies

This programme brings together academia — National Centre for Cell Science, Indian Institute of Technology, Indore, and industry – PredOmix Technologies and Bharat Biotech, in a collaborative mode for a public health emergency.




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Forest Dept. steps up vigil to prevent poaching

Base camps, check-posts set up as part of the drive




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Coronavirus | U.S. unemployment rate spikes to 14.7%, highest since Great Depression

As companies have laid off tens of millions, lives have been upended across the country.




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Coronaviurs | China supports WHO-led review of global pandemic response

China said Friday it supports a World Health Organization-led review into the global response to the coronavirus outbreak, but only “after the pandem




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Coronavirus | Virus mutations unlikely to mean stronger strain: experts

The coronavirus' constant mutation is unlikely to have changes its potency or its contagiousness, disease experts say, despite recent research sugge




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Coronavirus | India sends essential medicines to Colombo

This is the fourth consignment




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Coronavirus | China, U.S. commit to implement trade deal despite row over virus

Vice-Premier Liu He speaks to USTR Lighthizer, Mnuchin




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Coronaviurs | Trump to get virus tested daily

U.S. President Donald Trump will be tested daily for COVID-19 after one of the president’s military aides tested positive for the infection on Thursda




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Resuming travel, Pompeo to rally behind Israel coalition government

The trip comes as President Donald Trump’s administration gives its blessing to Netanyahu’s plans to annex much of the occupied West Bank




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Key Pence aide, married to top Trump adviser, diagnosed with coronavirus

The diagnosis of Katie Miller, who is married to White House immigration adviser Stephen Miller, was revealed by Mr. Trump in a meeting with Republican lawmakers.




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EU agrees first part of coronavirus economic rescue, but job not done yet

Finance ministers of the 19-nation region signed off on the details of cheap, long-term credit lines that will be made available by the European Stability Mechanism




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Britain facing no ‘dramatic overnight change’ in lockdown rules

Mr. Johnson is due to announce the next steps in Britain’s battle to tackle the novel coronavirus following a review by ministers of the current measures




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U.S. adds 1,635 coronavirus deaths in 24 hours, says Johns Hopkins University tracker

The United States recorded 1,635 coronavirus deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total to 77,178, according to the latest real-time tally Frida




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Legislation introduced in U.S. Congress to give Green Cards to foreign nurses and doctors

The move is likely to benefit a large number of Indian nurses and doctors, who are either on H-1B or J2 visas.




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Trump utterly failed to prepare for COVID-19: Joe Biden

The President’s entire economic strategy is focussed on helping the wealthy, alleges the Democratic Party’s presidential nominee




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Morning Digest: Maharashtra train accident victims were battling hunger, NGT cites obsolete law in Visakhapatnam gas leak case, and more

A select list of stories to read before you start your day




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UM Motorcycles, Lohia Auto form JV to make bikes in India

The JV, which is expected to start production by the second quarter of 2015, would utilise Lohia Auto's Kashipur facility in Uttarakhand to manufacture new products.




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COVID-19 testing kit developed by researchers in West Bengal gets ICMR nod

Priced around Rs 500, the device has demonstrated a near-100 per cent accuracy in detecting the virus in a short span of 90 minutes, the statement said quoting an ICMR report.




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How vulnerable are India's states to Covid-19 infections?

This pandemic could act as a starting point for the re-orientation of the primary and district health care systems of Indian states to keep the infections at a manageable level. As India looks to flatten its curve, its state governments need to remember that it cannot move ahead by leaving the Covid-19 vulnerable population behind.




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Need more data, says ICMR on proposal to undertake study of Ganga water for treating COVID-19

The National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG), an arm of the Jal Shakti Ministry that deal with the rejuvenation programme for the river, had received a number of proposals, including from people and NGOs working on Ganga, to undertake clinical studies for treatment of coronavirus patients with the water, officials said.




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COVID-19 is likely to peak in June-July: Randeep Guleria

New Delhi [India], May 7 (ANI) As per the modeling data and the way India's COVID-19 cases are increasing, it is likely that peak can come in June and July, said AIIMS-Delhi Director Dr Randeep Guleria on Thursday.




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Long-term health effects due to styrene vapour exposure small: AIIMS director

As far as treatment is concerned, there is no specific antidote or a definite medicine for reversing the effect of this compound.The therapy remains mainly supportive, he said.




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ICMR partners India Post for delivery of COVID-19 testing kits to labs

"Indian Council of Medical Research has set a target of carrying out around 1 lakh tests across the country per day. For this crucial work, India Post with its vast network of 1,56,000 post offices has once again turned into a COVID warrior," the statement said.




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Hotter, humid weather may not halt spread of COVID-19: Study

Temperature and latitude are not associated with the spread of COVID-19 disease, according to a global study that found school closures and other public health measures are having a positive effect on containing the novel coronavirus.




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216 districts in country have not reported any COVID-19 cases till now: Health ministry

The ministry asserted that if dos and don'ts are followed, the peak in number of COVID-19 cases can be avoided.




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Karnataka may rope in private medical colleges if Covid-19 cases surge post lock-down

The government will provide doctors with a checklist to follow regarding treatment. We will also be applying to ICMR to seek permission to conduct lung biopsies after the death of patients and for clinical autopsies. This will help in providing critical patients with more effective care and bring down mortality rates, Health and Family Welfare Commissioner Pankaj Kumar Pandey said.




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Mandatory BCG vaccination may make COVID-19 less virulent in India, suggests study

The bacille Calmette-Gurin (BCG) vaccine has a documented protective effect against meningitis and disseminated TB in children, according to the World Health Organisation. It is part of the mandatory childhood immunization programme in many countries including India.




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8 approved labs now testing prototype samples of PPE Coveralls: Govt

These are South India Textiles Research Association (SITRA) in Coimbatore, DRDO-INMAS in New Delhi, Heavy Vehicle Factory in Chennai, Small Arms Factory in Kanpur, Ordnance Factory in Kanpur, Ordnance Factory in Muradnagar, Ordnance Factory in Ambernath, and Metal & Steel Factory in Ishapore, West Bengal.




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Fewer patients mean lower pay for doctors in private hospitals

Though hospitals have resorted to e-consultations, the increased burden to create capacity to deal with the Covid-19 situation has resulted in huge losses.




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As senior GPs, doctors of private hospitals sit at home, medical students run the Covid show in Mumbai

Resident doctors, MBBS students and those serving their bond are at the frontline in the fight against Covid-19 in the city as senior clinicians stay away from their duty, leaving the young team of medical professionals firefighting the crisis on their own.




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Judith Beveridge wins 2019 Prime Minister’s Literary Award




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Yumna Kassab shortlisted for the 2020 Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Fiction




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Giramondo Publishing, Fitzcarraldo Editions and New Directions launch The Novel Prize




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Berlin stories / Robert Walser ; edited by Jochen Greven ; translated from the German by Susan Bernofsky and others ; [with an introduction by Susan Bernofsky]

Hayden Library - PT2647.A64 A2 2012




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Going to the dogs: the story of a moralist / by Erich Kästner ; introduction by Rodney Livingstone ; translation by Cyrus Brooks

Hayden Library - PT2621.A23 F313 2012




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Faust I & II / Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ; edited and translated by Stuart Atkins ; with a new introduction by David E. Wellbery

Hayden Library - PT2026.F2 A84 2014




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Vor dem Fest: Roman / Saša Stanišić

Hayden Library - PT2721.T36 V67 2014




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A literary occupation: responses of German writers in service in occupied Europe / William J. O'Keeffe

Hayden Library - PT405.O43 2013




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Ostende: 1936--Sommer der Freundschaft / Volker Weidermann

Hayden Library - PT405.W35136 2014




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Grrrimm / Karen Duve

Hayden Library - PT2664.U96 G77 2014




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Revolting families: toxic intimacy, private politics, and literary realisms in the German sixties / Carrie Smith-Prei

Hayden Library - PT405.S557 2013




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Inconceivable effects: ethics through Twentieth-Century German literature, thought, and film / Martin Blumenthal-Barby

Hayden Library - PT405.B5384 2013




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All Russians love birch trees / Olga Grjasnowa ; translated from the German by Eva Bacon

Hayden Library - PT2707.R587 R8713 2014




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Bodily desire, desired bodies: gender and desire in early twentieth-century German and Austrian novels and paintings / Esther K. Bauer

Hayden Library - PT772.B286 2014




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F: a novel / Daniel Kehlmann ; translated from the German by Carol Janeway

Hayden Library - PT2671.E32 F2513 2014




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Warten auf der Gegenschräge: gesammelte Gedichte / Heiner Müller ; herausgegeben von Kristin Schulz

Hayden Library - PT2673.U29 A17 2014




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Verschwunden! / Hans Magnus Enzensberger ; mit Zeichnungen von Jonathan Penca

Hayden Library - PT2609.N9 V47 2014




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Rubble flora: selected poems / Volker Braun ; translated by David Constantine and Karen Leeder

Hayden Library - PT2662.R34 A2 2014




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Last day of the year: selected poems / Michael Krüger ; edited by Stanley Moss ; translations by Karen Leeder and Richard Dove

Hayden Library - PT2671.R736 A2 2014




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Metropolis: Roman / Thea von Harbou ; [mit einem Nachwort von Franz Rottensteiner]

Hayden Library - PT2615.A62 M4 2014