Mumbai, July 8 (IANS) Shares of Cupid Limited plunged 11 per cent on Wednesday after hitting a record high of Rs 226 earlier in the session, marking the stock’s biggest one-day decline in six months. Heavy profit booking erased early gains, with the stock falling as much as 20 per cent intra-day before recovering some losses to close at Rs 197 per share.The sharp decline marked one of the stock’s steepest single-day falls in 2026 and its biggest intra-day crash since January 2, when it had also …
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Gandhinagar, July 5 (IANS) Gujarat has moved closer to developing its first region-specific anti-snake venom after the state’s Snake Research Institute (SRI) at Dharampur in Valsad district handed over freeze-dried venom from four venomous snake species found in the state to a licensed manufacturer, a step aimed at improving treatment outcomes for snakebite victims. The venom was supplied last week by the Snake Research Institute, which functions under the Gujarat Forestry Research Foundation (G…
Kinshasa, July 5 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 1,528 confirmed Ebola cases, including 492 deaths, as the country’s latest outbreak continues to expand.According to a situation report released Saturday by the DRC public health authorities, a total of 239 patients have recovered, while 628 confirmed patients are currently in isolation or hospitalisation. Authorities have also identified 185 suspected cases, Xinhua news agency reported.The report said weekly confirm…
New Delhi, July 2 (IANS) NITI Aayog, in collaboration with PwC, has released a report titled Strategic Roadmap for Making Ayurveda Global that sets out a phased plan to transform Ayurveda from a largely India-centric traditional system into a globally recognised healthcare framework by 2047.The report observes that Ayurveda today enjoys formal recognition in nearly 30 countries, with varying degrees of licensing and integration into national health policies.India has a robust ecosystem with over…
Nairobi, June 30 (IANS) India’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Adarsh Swaika, on Tuesday led the country’s delegation at the Informal Heads of Delegations (HODs) meeting in Nairobi ahead of the next session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop the instrument on plastic pollution.“He underlined several key principles on behalf of Indian delegation while conveying India’s readiness to engage constructively towards a balanced …
Jaipur, June 28 (IANS) What began as a series of unexplained maternal deaths in Rajasthan has now snowballed into a nationwide drug safety investigation. Seven women, who had recently given birth, lost their lives over a span of less than two months, prompting the Union Health Ministry to cancel the manufacturing licence of the company producing the Oxytocin injection suspected to be linked to the cases.The World Health Organisation (WHO) has also stepped in, seeking a detailed report from the I…
Juba, June 26 (IANS) South Sudan on Friday urged foreign governments to lift Ebola-related travel and visa restrictions imposed on its citizens, saying the measures are affecting those who need to travel abroad for medical treatment and education.”There is no Ebola here. No one is dying here. But people are now dying because they are unable to travel abroad for medical treatment,” Francis Oromo, undersecretary in the Ministry of Health, told a joint press conference with the World Health Organis…
Kinshasa, June 25 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 1,118 confirmed Ebola cases, including 291 deaths, the DRC government said in the latest situation update on the outbreak.The update, posted on X by the DRC’s Ministry of Communications and Media on Wednesday (local time), showed that 122 people have recovered, while 408 patients are under care. The case fatality rate stood at 26 per cent as of Tuesday.Epidemiological surveillance remains active, leading to the iden…
Rome, June 24 (IANS) Europe is witnessing a record heatwave, putting several countries under pressure as the World Health Organisation has called the situation a “health emergency”. In Italy, the red alerts will rise to 16 on Wednesday, reports Adnkronos. Tuesday was officially the hottest day ever recorded in France since measurements began in 1947. At 3 p.m., the national thermal index was 29.6 degrees Celsius, while the previous record, of 29.4 degrees Celsius, had been recorded on July 25, 2…
Kinshasa, June 24 (IANS) The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has reported 1,094 confirmed Ebola cases, including 277 deaths, in the current outbreak declared on May 15, with the World Health Organization (WHO) registering a record first-month caseload. Official data released Tuesday showed 387 cases were under quarantine or receiving treatment, and 115 recoveries. DRC authorities have also reported 131 suspected cases, including 44 suspected deaths.In its daily epidemiological report, the…