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Dry run for Covid-19 vaccine on Dec 28, 29 in two Punjab districts

The Centre has chosen Punjab to conduct a dry run of COVID-19 vaccine on December 28 and 29, state Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu said here on Thursday.

Sikkim registers 32 fresh coronavirus cases, taking tally to 5,664

Sikkim reported 32 fresh Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, taking the state's caseload to 5,664, an official said

We are researching two candidates for Covid vaccines: Serum Institute CEO

In an e-mail interview with Sohini Das, Adar Poonawalla, chief executive officer, Serum Institute of India, says the firm is not raising additional capital through private equity

China's Covid-19 vaccine over 50% effective, but Sinovac withholds data

Chinese vaccine developers have been slow compared with their western peers in releasing efficacy data on their shots

Aurobindo Pharma joins hands with Covaxx for coronavirus vaccine

According to a release issued by the drug maker, Covaxx is currently conducting a Phase 1 clinical trial for the vaccine candidate

Zydus Cadila seeks nod for phase three clinical trials of Covid vaccine

The vaccine was found to be safe and well tolerated in tests on more than a thousand healthy adult volunteers in phase 1 and 2 trials

Stimulus hopes, Brexit deal lift benchmarks; Axis Bank rises over 3%

The Sensex ended the session at 46,973, a gain of 529 points or 1.14 per cent. The Nifty ended the session at 13,749, or up 148 points or 1.09 per cent

Covid-19: Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal says ready to vaccinate 5.1 million

The Delhi government is fully prepared to receive, store and administer COVID-19 vaccine to 51 lakh priority category persons in the city in the first phase of vaccination, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Thursday. He said his government is all set to start the vaccination drive as soon as it gets the vaccine from the Centre, and registration is underway for people in three priority categories who will receive it first. Asked about the charges for the vaccine, and if it will be free of cost, a senior official in the Chief Minister's Office said the government has not taken any decision in this regard so far. "There are a total of 51 lakh priority category persons in Delhi -- three lakh health workers, six lakh frontline workers, and 42 lakh of those aged above 50 and those below 50 but having co-morbidities," the chief minister said at a virtual press briefing. Each person will be given two doses, and a total of 1.02 crore doses will be required in the first phase of ...

Karnataka government drops decision to impose night curfew

Public opinion is that there was no need for night curfew, said CM Yediyurappa

Covid-19: Rajasthan records 1,001 fresh cases, 8 more fatalities

With 1,001 fresh cases, Rajasthan's Covid-19 tally went up to 3,02,709 on Thursday

Coronavirus LIVE: India cases at 10,141,215; global death toll 1,740,762

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,909,951, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 912,340, Andhra Pradesh 879,718, Tamil Nadu 810,080, and Kerala 721,510

Olympics-bound athletes, coaches should be in vaccine priority group: Panel

A parliamentary panel on Thursday recommended putting athletes, coaches and support staff going for the 2021 Japan Olympics in the priority group for the COVID-19 vaccination process. The committee also voiced concern over large number of vacancies of coaches, saying they should be filled up in a time-bound manner so that Olympic preparations do not suffer. The Japan Olympics are slated to be held from July next year. The panel has also recommended identifying training facilities, stadia and sports centres for Olympic qualified athletes which have not opened yet. It said the closed centres should be reopened "at the earliest" or theathletes should berelocated to alternate centres which have opened. The department-related parliamentary standing committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports headed by Vinay P Sahasrabuddhesubmitted its report on"Preparation for Olympics 2021" to Rajya Sabha Chairperson M Venkaiah Naidu through virtual mode. The report said medical staff

Tripura logs 13 more coronavirus cases; total caseload rises to 33,216

Thirteen more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Tripura on Thursday, pushing the tally to 33,216

Argentina registers Sputnik V vaccine based on Russian trial data

The Russian Direct Investment Fund, the country's sovereign wealth fund, announced that Argentina has registered the Russian vaccine, Sputnik V

Top headlines: India challenges Vodafone arbitration; Flipkart rejigs board

RBI stresses on the need to fight inflation, Automakers in India are bracing for a parts shortage, and more top headlines of the day

Russia counts 29,900 fresh coronavirus cases, a daily high

Russian authorities reported 29,935 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest daily spike in the pandemic

11 UK returnees in December have tested Covid-19 positive in Goa

Eleven passengers among those who arrived in Goa from the UK after December 9 have tested positive for Covid-19 so far

China will suspend flights to and from the UK amid fears of new strain

China will suspend flights to and from the UK, joining a growing list of countries who have instituted travel bans

New virus strain's transmissibility to cause more deaths: Study

The variant is 56% more transmissible than other strains, according to the study

Thailand tightens restrictions amid a spike in coronavirus cases

New cases have been detected in more than one-third of the country's provinces