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Crude oil prices jump over 4% on latest Covid-19 vaccine progress

Brent crude futures for January were up $1.79, or 4.2 per cent, to $44.57 a barrel by 7:50 pm (IST), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude for December was up $1.84 or 4.6 per cent to $41.97

Britain expects to roll out Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine before Christmas

"We're working very closely with the company," health minister told BBC TV

Covid-19: Vaccine production is not a problem for India, cold chain is

As India prepares a road map for a Covid-19 vaccination drive next year, the lack of cold chain infrastructure is a key bottleneck

Global indices cheer as Moderna's Covid vaccine data boost sentiment

Development on Moderna's candidate, recovery in Asia, corporate earnings propel markets towards fresh highs

Vaccine alone will not be enough to end Covid-19 pandemic, says WHO chief

'A vaccine will complement the other tools we have, not replace them,' director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said

Coronavirus LIVE: Delhi records 3,797 fresh cases, 99 deaths in 24 hours

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,747,242 coronavirus cases, Karnataka 861,647, Andhra Pradesh 854,011, Tamil Nadu 758,000 and Kerala 525,580. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

Wall St surges at open as Moderna says its Covid vaccine 94.5% effective

The Dow Jones Industrial Average .DJI rose 192.55 points, or 0.65%, at the open to 29,672.36

Moderna, Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines look strong: Here's how they stack up

The data will likely increase confidence that more vaccines will work and that the world may soon find a way to get the coronavirus under control

Moderna trial success gives world more hope in race to end pandemic

The vaccines, both developed with new technology known as messenger RNA (mRNA), represent powerful tools to fight a pandemic that has infected 54 million people worldwide and killed 1.3 million

Moderna vaccine found 94.5% effective at preventing Covid-19

The highly positive readout comes just a week after a similar shot developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE was found to be more than 90% effective in an interim analysis

Moderna Covid-19 vaccine stability could give it edge over Pfizer's version

The vaccine is more stable than expected at temperatures that ordinary refrigerators can provide

Experts react to Moderna's 94.5% effective vaccine against Covid-19

Moderna becomes the second U.S. company in a week to report results that far exceed expectations

CAPFs to play major role in coronavirus vaccination drive: ITBP DG

The Central Armed Police Forces will play a major role in the Covid-19 vaccination programme, even as their various healthcare facilities continue to treat people infected with the virus

India Coronavirus Dispatch: Health insurance premiums surge two-fold

Arthritis drug can reduce death rate in Covid-19 patients by 71 per cent, new study sheds light on virus, scams in the name of cures, and more-news on how the country is coping with the pandemic

World Coronavirus Dispatch: Jail for refusing corona tests in Hong Kong

Consumer spends & factory output boost China recovery, Japan vaults back from recession, full lockdown imposed in Austria and other pandemic-related news across the globe

Johnson & Johnson starts two-dose trial of its Covid-19 vaccine candidate

LONDON (Reuters) - Johnson & Johnson launched a new large-scale late-stage trial on Monday to test a two-dose regimen of its experimental COVID-19 vaccine and evaluate potential incremental benefits for the duration of protection with a second dose.

Tourism will zoom in summer, aided by news of vaccine, says Expedia CEO

"People will think, 'Well, by the summer Europe might be open, or I might have the vaccine, so let's book it,'" Expedia CEO said

Covid-19 Factoid: India records lowest single-day spike in over 3 months

Belgium has the highest active case ratio in the world while Mexico becomes the 11th nation with over a million cases

9 new Covid-19 cases push Andaman and Nicobar Islands tally to 4,536

Nine more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, pushing the union territory's coronavirus caseload to 4,536, a health department official said

Assam registers 93 new coronavirus cases, two additional fatalities

Assam reported two deaths due to Covid-19 and registered 93 new cases, its lowest tally of daily infections since early June, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said