Two new species and one new record of the genus Tylopilus (Boletaceae) from Indian Himalaya with morphological details and phylogenetic estimations by Dyutiparna Chakraborty, Alfredo Vizzini, Kanad Das

“…Another species, T. neofelleus, which was reported earlier from China and Japan, was also collected from Sikkim and reported for the first time from India. All three species are described with morphological details and two-locus based (nrLSU and nrITS) phylogenetic data.…”
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Is tourism expansion the key to economic growth in India? An aggregate-level time series analysis by Deepti Singh, Qamar Alam

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Standardisation and categorization of indigenous microorganisms (IMOs) for inoculated deep litter piggery in India by SEEMA YADAV, P K BHARTI, G K GAUR, BHANITA DEVI, ABHISHEK ABHISHEK, N R SAHOO, RAJESH CHHABRA, ARUN SOMAGOND, MOHIT ANTIL

“…The standardisation of IMOs as inoculum for deep litter housing was performed first time in India.…”
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Epidemiology of Staphylococcus aureus in Bangalore, India: emergence of the ST217 clone and high rate of resistance to erythromycin and ciprofloxacin in the community by C. Bouchiat, N. El-Zeenni, B. Chakrakodi, S. Nagaraj, G. Arakere, J. Etienne

“…Emergence of clone ST217 is reported for the first time in India.…”
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Vaccine-induced thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT): first report from India by Christy V. John, Rajesh Kumar, Anil Kumar Sivan, Sangeetha Jithin, Rojin Abraham, Chepsy C. Philip

“…We report on VITT for the first time from India. Case We describe cortical venous sinus thrombosis and intracerebral bleed associated with severe thrombocytopenia in two young men who had no other contributory cause besides a recent ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 vaccination. …”
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Evaluation of the safety, immunogenicity and efficacy of a new live-attenuated lumpy skin disease vaccine in India by Naveen Kumar, Sanjay Barua, Ram Kumar, Nitin Khandelwal, Amit Kumar, Assim Verma, Lokender Singh, Bhagraj Godara, Yogesh Chander, Garvit Kumar, Thachamvally Riyesh, Deepak Kumar Sharma, Anubha Pathak, Sanjay Kumar, Ramesh Kumar Dedar, Vishal Mehta, Mitesh Gaur, Bhupendra Bhardwaj, Vithilesh Vyas, Sarjeet Chaudhary, Vijaypal Yadav, Adrish Bhati, Rakesh Kaul, Arif Bashir, Anjum Andrabi, Raja Wasim Yousuf, Abhimanyu Koul, Subhash Kachhawaha, Amol Gurav, Siddharth Gautam, Hari Audh Tiwari, Vijay Kumar Munjal, Madhurendu K. Gupta, Rajender Kumar, Baldev R. Gulati, Jyoti Misri, Ashok Kumar, Ashok Kumar Mohanty, Sukdeb Nandi, Karam Pal Singh, Yash Pal, Triveni Dutt, Bhupendra N. Tripathi

“…ABSTRACTLumpy skin disease (LSD) was reported for the first time in India in 2019 and since then, it has become endemic. …”
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Integrative taxonomy and species distribution models of the genus Diamesus Hope, 1840 (Coleoptera: Staphylinidae: Silphinae) by Jan Růžička, Pavel Jakubec, Karolina Mahlerová, Hana Šípková, Masaaki Nishikawa

“…Diamesus osculans is reported for the first time from India: Uttarakhand, China: Anhui, Hainan, Hunan, Jiangxi, Shaanxi and Zhejiang Provinces, and Australia: Victoria; it is also recently confirmed from Taiwan, being sympatric in distribution there with D. bimaculatus. …”
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<i>Sonneratia ovate</i> Backer (Lythraceae): status and distribution of a Near Threatened mangrove species in tsunami impacted mangrove habitats of Nicobar Islands, India by P. Nehru, P. Balasubramanian

“…Sonneratia ovata (Lythraceae), a Near Threatened landward mangrove species, is reported for the first time from India. A total of 43 individuals of S. ovata was recorded from two sites, namely, Oh Hi Poh and Dhili Kadi, on Katchall Island. …”
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Loss to Aviation Economy Due to Winter Fog in New Delhi during the Winter of 2011–2016 by Rachana Kulkarni, Rajendra K. Jenamani, Prakash Pithani, Mahen Konwar, Narendra Nigam, Sachin D. Ghude

“…This study, undertaken for the first time in India, aimed to evaluate the impact of dense fog at IGI Airport on economic losses which occurred during the winter season between 2011 and 2016. …”
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Delta variant SARS-CoV-2 infections in pediatric cases during the second wave in India by Pragya D. Yadav, Gunjan Kumar, Aparna Mukherjee, Dimpal A. Nyayanit, Anita M. Shete, Rima R. Sahay, Abhinendra Kumar, Triparna Majumdar, Savita Patil, Priyanka Pandit, Yash Joshi, Manisha Dudhmal, Samiran Panda, Lokesh Kumar Sharma, Kala Yadav Ml, Jayanthi Shastri, Mayank Gangwar, Ashok Munivenkattapa, Varsha Potdar, K. Nagamani, Kapil Goyal, Ravisekhar Gadepalli, Maria Thomas, Suruchi Shukla, P. Nagraj, Vivek Gupta, Gaurav Dalela, Nawaz Umar, Sweety M. Patel

“…Background: During October 2020, Delta variant was detected for the first time in India and rampantly spread across the globe. …”
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An Effective Strategy and Mathematical Model to Predict the Sustainable Evolution of the Impact of the Pandemic Lockdown by Priyanka Harjule, Ramesh Chandra Poonia, Basant Agrawal, Abdul Khader Jilani Saudagar, Abdullah Altameem, Mohammed Alkhathami, Muhammad Badruddin Khan, Mozaherul Hoque Abul Hasanat, Khalid Mahmood Malik

“…This work, which contributes to the prevention and control of COVID-19, proposes a novel modified epidemiological model that predicts the epidemic’s evolution over time in India. A mathematical model was proposed to analyze the spread of COVID-19 in India during the lockdowns implemented by the government of India during the first and second waves. …”
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Literary Histories and Literary Futures: by Ulka Anjaria

“…For one, English is no longer the language of the West but has become an Indian language – such that for the first time in India’s history, literature written in English does not rely on an international readership. …”
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Natural Rabies Infection in a Domestic Fowl (Gallus domesticus): A Report from India. by Julie Baby, Reeta Subramaniam Mani, Swapna Susan Abraham, Asha T Thankappan, Prasad Madhavan Pillai, Ashwini Manoor Anand, Shampur Narayan Madhusudana, Jayachandran Ramachandran, Sachin Sreekumar

“…Phylogenetic analysis based on nucleoprotein gene sequencing revealed that the rabies virus strain from the domestic fowl belonged to a distinct and relatively rare Indian subcontinent lineage.This case of naturally acquired rabies infection in a bird species, Gallus domesticus, being reported for the first time in India, was identified from an area which has a significant stray dog population and is highly endemic for canine rabies. …”
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Using a Bayesian joint probability approach to improve the skill of medium-range forecasts of the Indian summer monsoon rainfall by Nibedita Samal, R. Ashwin, Akshay Singhal, Sanjeev Kumar Jha, David E. Robertson

“…A well-established Bayesian Joint Probability (BJP) based statistical post-processing approach, operational in Australia, is used for the first time in India throughout diverse geographical extent. …”
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Is it the right time to introduce the hepatitis B booster vaccine in national immunization schedule? An analysis from the available evidence by Sudip Bhattacharya, Ozden Gokdemir, Md Abu Bashar, Arulmani Thiyagarajan, Amarjeet Singh

“…Considering the low level of vaccination awareness, small coverage, high disease burden, and high treatment cost, now, it is high time for India to introduce hepatitis B booster vaccine.…”
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First detection of Varicella Zoster Virus clade 9 cases in India during mpox surveillance by Abhinendra Kumar, Lekshmi S. Rajan, Kannan Sabarinath PS, Anita M. Shete, Rima R. Sahay, Deepak Y. Patil, Nayana Ingole, Kaveri K, Anupama Cherayi Padinakarai, Shantala GB, Jayanthi Shastri, Shashiraja Padukone, Yash Joshi, Savita Patil, Triparna Majumdar, Ajay Verma, Jyoti Yemul, Nandini Shende, Vaishnavi Kumari, Pratiksha Vedpathak, Shubhangi Sathe, Pranita Gawande, Pragya D. Yadav

“…Although clade 1 and 5 has been reported earlier, the circulation of clade 9 of VZV has been determined for the first time in India.Conclusion Although the circulation of different clades of VZV was reported from India, the presence of clade 9 was detected for the first time during the mpox surveillance.…”
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Half-sweep newton-gauss-Seidel for implicit finite difference solution of 1d nonlinear porous medium equations by Chew, Jackel Vui Lung, Jumat Sulaiman

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Lost years of a nomad: Exploring Indian experience in Nuruddin Farah’s oeuvre by Asis De

“…To honor Nuruddin Farah’s fifty-year-long writing journey, this article explores his time in India (1966–69) and the influence it had on making him a leading postcolonial writer. …”
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Seroprevalence of canine dirofilariosis, granulocytic anaplasmosis and lyme borreliosis of public health importance in dogs from India’s North East by S. K. Borthakur, D. K. Deka, Kanta Bhattacharjee, P. C. Sarmah

“…Conclusion: The results of the present serological study serve as baseline information on the prevalence of A. phagocytophilum in dogs reported for the first time in India and reaffirmation on the high prevalence of D. immitis and E. canis in the North East India.…”
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Prevalence of Clostridium perfringens toxin genotypes in enterotoxemia suspected sheep flocks of Andhra Pradesh by N. Vinod Kumar, D. Sreenivasulu, Y. N. Reddy

“…Conclusions: Prevalence of C. perfringens type C was reported for the first time in India. Clostridium perfringens type D and type C were found to be the major causative types for enterotoxemia.…”
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