Abnormal antibody response may up blood clot risk in Covid patients

28 Jul, 2021

London, July 28 (IASN) Inflammation and blood clotting seen in very severe cases of Covid-19 may be caused by the antibodies sent to fight the infectious disease activating unnecessary platelet activity in the lungs, according to researchers.

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New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) US Secretary of State Antony Blinken commenced his India visit with an address to civil society leaders.

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New Delhi, July 28 (IANS) The US and India are also closely coordinating on regional security issues, such as Afghanistan.

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Kabul, July 27 (IANS) Over 22,000 Afghan families have fled from their homes to escape fighting in the former Taliban bastion of Kandahar as authorities arrested four suspected insurgents over this weeks rocket attack on Kabul.

WeChat suspends new users registrations in China (27 Jul, 2021)

Beijing, July 27 (IANS) Social messaging app WeChat said on Tuesday it has temporarily suspended registration of new users in China, as the regulators in the country comes down heavily on the internet firms.

Afghanistan asks Human Rights Council to probe Taliban's crimes against humanity (26 Jul, 2021)

New Delhi/Kabul, July 26 (IANS) Afghanistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has welcomed the recent Human Rights Watch and other verified independent sources' report on documenting the Taliban's violence and crimes, and "strongly condemns these reprehensible crimes".

Militant groups may target Chinese assets in Pakistan more frequently (26 Jul, 2021)

New Delhi, July 26 (IANS) China has been perturbed about the incident leading to the killing of 9 Chinese citizens in a suicide blast in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Taliban, ISIL-KP's IED-use main cause of record civilian casualties (26 Jul, 2021)

New Delhi/Kabul, July 26 (IANS) Unprecedented number of Afghan civilians will perish and be maimed this year if the increasing violence is not stemmed, said Deborah Lyons, the Secretary-Generals Special Representative for Afghanistan.

Fauci says US going in 'wrong direction' on Covid-19 cases (26 Jul, 2021)

Washington, July 26 (IANS) As Covid-19 cases, deaths and hospitalisations continue to increase among the unvaccinated across the US, top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci said that the country is "going in the wrong direction", the media reported.

Nawaz Sharif's meeting with Afghan NSA in London creates uproar in Pakistan (25 Jul, 2021)

Islamabad, July 25 (IANS) Pakistan's mainstream major political party, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), leader and ousted Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif's recent meeting with Afghan National Security Advisor Hamdullah Mohib in London has evoked a political storm back home.

Israel, UK data show mixed signals on Pfizer's potency against Delta strain (25 Jul, 2021)

Jerusalem, July 25 (IANS) New data from Israel and the UK is showing a contradictory picture on the effectiveness of Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine in fighting off the Delta variant, the media reported.