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New daily coronavirus cases in India dip below 20,000 after nearly 6 months

The number of new coronavirus infections reported in a span of 24 hours was recorded below 20,000 after nearly six months

Singapore gets Asia's first Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine doses

Singapore has received its first shipment of Covid-19 vaccines, making it the first country in Asia to take the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech

UK passengers arriving in Mumbai quarantined amid new Covid strain concerns

Passengers arriving from the United Kingdom (UK) in Mumbai on Tuesday morning have been sent for institutional quarantine in the wake of he new coronavirus strain

Over 100 venues named as potential coronavirus hotspots in Sydney

Officials in the Australian state of New South Wales have named over 100 venues across Sydney as potential Covid-19 hotspots, instructing anyone who attended them to self-isolate and get tested

Global Covid-19 cases surpass 77.3 million: Johns Hopkins University

The overall number of global coronavirus cases has topped 73.7 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.70 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University

Top factors that will shape trajectory of Indian markets in 2021

The top three Covid-19 vaccines that are currently awaiting the government's approval in India are: Pfizer and BioNTech, Oxford-AstraZeneca and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin

US President-elect Biden takes his first dose of Covid-19 vaccine publicly

US President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of vaccine for the novel coronavirus publicly on Monday.

Miss the window seat? Now work from home with a view above the clouds

A 22-inch high-resolution display surrounded by a plastic frame, similar to those found in passenger aircraft, Sky Scape offers to elevate the home and office experience

India crosses 10 mn Covid-19 cases: Here's how pandemic unfolded in 2020

As the year draws to a close, the pandemic is still raging though promising vaccines have kindled hopes for a better 2021

Russia, AstraZeneca sign pact to test combination of Covid-19 shots

Developers of the Russian Covid-19 vaccine announced signing an agreement with AstraZeneca to test a combination of the British drugmaker's Covid shots and a component of the vaccine created in Moscow

What we know about the new coronavirus strain discovered in the UK

The new variant of the virus is capable of spreading faster and more easily.

European Union agrees to pay 15.5 euros per dose for Pfizer shot: Report

The price, which is confidential and was negotiated for a total of 300 million doses, is slightly lower than the $19.50 per shot the United States agreed to pay

AstraZeneca, Russia's Sputnik V developer to sign cooperation memorandum

President Vladimir Putin hailed British drugmaker AstraZeneca's decision to test combining its own experimental Covid-19 vaccine with Russia's Sputnik V shot

European medicines regulator approves Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine

The European Medicines Agency recommended conditional approval for a coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer to be used across the European Union, weeks after the shot was first granted permission under emergency provisions in Britain and the United States. Following a closed-doors expert meeting Monday, the EU drug regulator said it was recommending the shot be licensed for use in people over 16 years of age, with some exceptions. The pharmaceutical companies will need to submit follow-up data on their vaccine for the next year. This is really a historic scientific achievement," said Emer Cooke, the head of the agency. It is a significant step forward in our fight against the pandemic. The approval needs to be rubber-stamped by the EU's executive branch on Monday evening. a move its chief said is likely to happen Monday evening. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen tweeted that the EMA's approval was a decisive moment in our efforts to deliver safe & ...

Japan approves record $1 trillion budget amid pressure on public finances

Japan's cabinet approved a record $1.03 trillion budget draft for the next fiscal year starting in April 2021 as the coronavirus and stimulus spending puts pressure on already dire public finances

World isolates UK; Australia, Italy discover patients with new virus strain

Experts caution against panicking, say vaccine shall prevent new strain of virus which isn't deadlier

Joe Biden to receive coronavirus vaccine as US inoculation effort mounts

At age 78, he is in the high-risk group for the highly contagious respiratory disease

Russia to jointly produce Sputnik V vaccine for Covid with India: Envoy

Russian envoy to India Nikolay Kudashev on Monday said Moscow will jointly produce the Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 along with New Delhi

LIVE: Night curfew in Maharashtra's municipal corporation areas till Jan 5

Coronavirus live updates: At 1,899,352, Maharashtra has the highest number of coronavirus cases, followed by Karnataka 909,469, Andhra Pradesh 878,723, Tamil Nadu 806,000, and Kerala 705,869

Vaccine will be equally effective against new coronavirus strain: CSIR DG

Indian institutions have sequenced over 4,000 genomes of the coronavirus and submitted to the Global Initiative on Sharing All Influenza Data