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Remedesivir Drug Shows'clear cut effect in treating coronavirus, says United States

Covid-19 patients who took the antiviral Remedesivir recovered about 30% or 31% faster than those on Placebo.  To cure from covid -19, for the first time this medication gave best results. This has been claimed by more than 220,000 lives globally.  The U. S National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (NIAID) , which oversaw the trial said that"patients on the drug made by Gilead Sciences are recovering more faster than Placebo.  Anthony Fauci who leads NIAID said in his statement that this remdesivir antiviral recovers 31% more faster than Placebo  even this patients with Placebo get recovered within 15 days but patients with remdesivir get recovered in 11 days. Although from the reports it has been shown that this virus by 31% which is very less than 100%.  The trial by NIAID began on February 21,2020 and evolved 1,063 people  across 68 locations in  U. S, Europe and Asia.  The CEO of Gilead Sciences the US laboratory...

Kashmir saffron has been given the GI-tag by the Geographical Indications Registry

Kashmir saffron has been cultivated and harvested in Karewa highlands which is located in Jammu and Kashmir . This is mainly cultivated in few regions of the Kashmir including Pulwama, Budgam, Kishtawar and Srinagar.  The application was filed by the Directors of Agriculture Government of J&K and is facilitated by the Sher -e- Kashmir University of Agriculture Sciences and Technology, Kashmir and Saffron Research station, Dussu(Pampore). It is mainly used in cosmetics and for medicinal purposes.  Characteristics of Kashmir saffron  It has longer and thicker stigma. It has natural deep red colour. It has high aroma.  It is bitter in flavour . No chemical processing required.  It contains high quantity of crocin colouring (strength) , safranal( flavour ),and picrocrocun(bitterness). It is the only saffron in the world grown at the altitude of 1,600m to 1,800m AMSL( above mean sea level) Types of Kashmir saffron  Lachha sa...

Disney has started developing a live -action remake of its 1997 animated feature Hercules

Disney animated movie Hercules  You all know about " Avengers Endgame ". The producer of this movie is going to remake another animated movie through their production house,AGBO. Dave Callaham has been hired by Disney who even wrote the script of "The Expandables " and upcoming " Shang chi " and" the legend of the ten rings " , now will open his pen to write the script of live action remake.  The original film was directed by the Ron Clements and John Musker . They were inspired by the  legendary hero Hercules who was the son of Zeus. This information of Hercules is came from Greek Mythology .In this movie Tate Dononan is going to give his voice to Hercules .From the description of movie, Hercules  is snatched as a baby by the Hades and forced to live among mortals as a half man, half God. In the movie very experienced actors Danny Devito and James Wood had also give their voice to the animated characters. 

Air Force will conduct flypast on May 3,2020 to salute Corona Warriors

In a press conference on May 1,2020 , Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat  said that the Air Force will conduct flypast to salute coronavirus warriors . This flypast will be conducted from Srinagar to Trivandrum and another from Dibrugarh in Assam to Kutch in Gujarat on May 3,2020. It will include  both transport  and fighter air craft. Bipin Rawat said, this will be conducted to express gratitude to all covid-19 warriors who are doing great with their work against coronavirus even risking their own life. He was accompanied by the three military chiefs of Indian Army General Manoj Mukund Naravam, Navy Chief  Admiral Karambir Singh,  and  Indian air force chief R. K. S Bhadaurea.  IAF will also be showering the patels on the hospitals across, the country which are involved in the fight against covid-19 . In every district of our country their will be  mounted along some of the covid-19 hospitals.

Coronavirus : US president Trump claimed that coronavirus is originated from China's lab in Wuhan city

President of United States Donald Trump on 31 April 2020 claimed to have seen evidence regarding to the covid-19 in the lab of China's Wuhan city. He is very confident about this and when questioned that if he had seen evidence that is giving such a high degree confidence to him that the Institute of Virology was the origin of the outbreak, on that trump relied, "Yes I have. " When reporters asked him about evidence that why he is very confident then  Trump replied he can't tell that to him.  Asked about reports that he could cancel US debt obligations to China in the now over the origins of the covid-19 ,Mr.  Trump said "he can't do it with tarifs. "

Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has banned the Shia Terrorist Organisation Hezbollah in Germany

Germany has banned Iran - backed Hezbollah activity on its land and announced it a terrorist organisation on 30 April, 2020. In Germany there is raid on the members of the organisation. Security official believe that up to 1,050 people in Germany are part of Hezbollah extremist wing.  Germany had come to the difference between Hezbollah political arm and its military units which have faught alongside President Bashar al - Assad's army in Syria. Israel and United States had been pushing Germany to ban the organisation.   In December 2019 Germany parliament suggested  Chancellor Angela Merkel's government to ban all activities by Hezbollah German land . Britain also banned Hezbollah and designated this organisation a terrorist organisation and now Germany is doing the same.  Officials raided four mosque association in the western state on North Rhine-Westpholia, Bremen and Berlin which they believe are close to Hezbollah. 

South korea: no new domestic coronavirus cases said by KCDC

Korea centres of disease control (KCDC) said South Korea on 30 April 2020 reported no new cases for the first time since February, 2020. KCDC reported four new infections,all imported cases taking the national tally to 10,765.The death toll rose by one to 247, while 9,059 have been discharged .Of the total, 1065 were imported cases, where more than 90% were Korean ,according to KCDC statement . But these reports were false.  The head of the KCDC committee said that false positive cases were due to technical limits of PCR testing . The country has so far reported 292 such cases

Xiaomi Redmi Note 9 Series to launch globally on April 30,2020

Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi has announced on its global social media channels that it will launch the Redmi Note 9 Series on April 30,2020 through an online event. It is expected that company will launch the Redmi Note 9 pro and Redmi Note 9 pro max in India. Features  MediaTek Helio G8S chipset. 6GB RAM and 128GB ROM. 6.53-inch full HD+(1080x2340 pixels) display.  48MP primary camera. 

Versatile Bollywood actor Irrfan Khan died in Mumbai

The Bollywood actor, who was diagnosed with neuroendocrine tumour in 2018,was admitted to the Kokilaben Dherubhai Ambani Hospital  ICU in Mumbai for  a colon infection on 28 April 2020. Eminent actor Irrfan Khan passed away at the age of 54 on 29 April 2020.His wife Sutapa Sikdar and two sons were with him.  Irrfan Khan had come out with brilliant performances such as Paan Singh Tomar, The lunchbox, Haider, Piku and Hindi medium. He was also a part of Hollywood such as Life of Pi, Slumdog Millionaire ,Inferno, Jurassic World and The amazing spider man.  He was really very hard working actor .He faced many problems in his starting carrier ,he was even very down to earth person . Everyone will miss his acting and him as well. 

All Central Government Officials to use Arogya Setu App

All Central government officials including the outsourced workforce, have been directed to immediately download the Arogya Setu App on their mobile phones. This have been told by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) to review the status on before going out for work and commute only when it shows their status 'safe'or 'low risk'.  In this app ,status 'safe', 'low risk' and 'high risk'shows on the bases of Bluetooth proximity that is recent contact with the infected person . If the status shows high risk then that person should isolate itself till status come safe or low risk.  This Aarogya Setu App or Contact Tracking App has been downloaded more than 7.5 crore times. It uses the phones Bluetooth and GPS capabilities to alert the user . This  app give alertness when the person came into the contact with another person who has been tested positive for covid-19. 

Motorola Edge+ 5G Smart phone soon in India

Motorola says that the 6.7 inch Motorola Edge+ houses Qualcomm Snapdragon 865 mobile platform that provides 25% faster user experience than previous generation . In a tweet, Prashant Mani company's  India country Head said:"The all new Motorola Edge+ is reinvigorating the flagship  space with a Bold endless edge screen innovation ,fastest  5G performances with Snapdragon 865 and a monster 108 mpx camera, coming soon in India. " Features of Motorola Edge+ This will provide 25% faster performance than previous generation . It has 12GB of Micron DDRS memory with 30% increased  max bandwidth. It has lower battery drain.  This device features Samsung  made 108MP main lens.  It has an ultrawide shooter of 16MP. It has 8MP telephoto sensor at the back.  The punch hole on the screen houses a 25MP front camera.  It has 5000mhz battery.  And this will record in 6k for incredible high resolution videos .

United States may seek damages from China

United States President Donald Trump  suggested that he may seek damages from China over covid-19 pandemic.  Beijing and Wahington have clashed  repeatedly over the outbreak as tensions have soared between the world's two biggest economic powers.  Donald Trump was asked  recent  German newspaper editorial, in which it has said that China have to pay $165 billion to Germany in reparations because of economic damage caused by covid-19 which is came from China's city Wuhan. Donald Trump in white house said that he isn't happy with China, he thought to control the situation but is now out of control. He even said, what if they will do same as  Germany but they can find much easier way than that . Mr. Geng said U. S. Politicians should " reflect on their own problems and find ways to control the outbreak as quickly as possible ". There have been a million of infectious with more than 56000 deaths related to coronavirus in U. S.  And ...

Airtel Signs $1 billion deal with Nokia to enhance network capacity and this deal will lead to 5G network in future throughout the country

Nokia and Bharti Airtel on 28 April 2020 announced an agreement of $1 billion to deploy Nokia 's SRAN solution across nine circles of India . This deal will help Airtel to enhance the capacity and the speed of this network that will also improves customers experience .This will also provide 5G connectivity in future and approximately 300,000 radio units deployed across several spectrum bands including 900mhz, 1800Mhz, 2100Mhz and 2300Mhz. This is expected to completed by 2022. With this ,Nokia will  provide best platform to Airtel so that Airtel could launch 5G connectivity throughout the country with low latency and higher speed.  MD and CEO of Bharti Airtel "Gopal Vittal" said that they are working with Nokia for more than a decade now and are delightful to use Nokia SRAN's products in future improving the capacity.  Another side President of Chief Executive officer of Nokia "Rajeev Suri"   said that this project will enhance their curre...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) approves $1.5 billion to India to fight against COVID-19

The ADB (Asian Development Bank) president Masatsugu Askawa on 28 April 2020 approves the loan of $1.5 billion to India. ADB approves this loan to fight against Covid-19 so that India could help their people to get out of this completely.  The loan is sanctioned to support India in the cases of  disease containment and prevention social protection for poor and to help economically vulnerable sections.  Masatsugu Askawa said "we are determined to support India's Covid-19 response programmes and ensure that they provide effective support to the people of India. " This loan will help India to fight against this pandemic and still due to lockdown this virus is in little control. This loan of $1.5 bilion is very helping in many cases like to cure the infectious people,to help the most poor section of the country and many more regarding to get rid of this virus and to give little relief to many people as well. 

ICMR advised states for not using 2 Chinese firms'rapid test kits.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said that the states have been advised to stop rapid antibody test kits obtain from Guangzhou Wondfo Biotech and Zhuhai Livzon Diagnostics of China because it is found that kits are not giving good performances for the inspection purposes. Many states demanded for antibody test kits and on their demand ICMR has provided these kits with instruction that they are to be used for inspection purposes. But later states raised issues regarding their performance. Due to this states advised to stop using 2 chinese firms"rapid test kits" and those kits sent back to their suppliers.  The single page note issued by ICMR said the RT-PCR throat/nasal swab test was the best use for diagnosis of covid-19. It detects the virus early .