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Olympic leaders raise hopes for safe Tokyo Games with fans in the venues

Encouraged by progress this week in finding a Covid-19 vaccine and staging sports events in Japan, the IOC is getting more confident that next year's Tokyo Olympics can have fans in the venues

Gold edges higher as coronavirus worries eclipse vaccine optimism

Gold prices edged higher, after dropping over 1% in the previous session, as concerns over the economic fallout from surging Covid-19 cases outweighed positive vaccine news

Andaman and Nicobar Islands reports 17 new Covid-19 cases, tally at 4,494

The Covid-19 tally of Andaman and Nicobar Islands rose to 4,494 as 17 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said

Jharkhand registers 284 new coronavirus cases, 3 fresh fatalities

Jharkhand's Covid-19 tally rose to 105,224 as 284 more people tested positive for the infection, a health official said

HC asks Himachal to share details of steps taken for Covid-19 management

The High Court of Himachal Pradesh has issued notice to the State Government and also directed it to make submissions with regard to the steps taken for Covid-19 management

Russia's Moscow registers 71 coronavirus deaths, pushing toll to 7,573

Moscow has registered 71 deaths of patients infected with Covid-19 over the past 24 hours, bringing the Russian capital's death toll to 7,573

Confirmed coronavirus cases in Italy exceed 1 million: Health ministry

The Covid-19 cases in Italy exceeded one million, official statistics by the Health Ministry showed

UK coronavirus death toll tops 50,000; total caseload at 1,256,725

The number of people who have died with Covid-19 in Britain has passed 50,000, according to government figures

Delhi's daily Covid-19 cases touch a new high of 8,593; 85 more die

Delhi recorded its biggest single-day jump of 8,593 Covid-19 cases that took its infection tally to over 4,59,000

Global coronavirus tally touches 52-mn mark, 2 days after hitting 50 mn

Global coronavirus cases touched 52 million, two days after hitting the grim milestone of 50 million

206,000 passengers used domestic air services since May 25: Hardeep Puri

Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said that a total of 206,000 passengers have used the domestic air services since May 25, the day when flight operations resumed post-Covid lockdown

Assam registers 245 more coronavirus cases, two additional fatalities

At least 245 more people tested positive for Covid-19 in Assam, taking the state's tally to 209,633, while two fresh fatalities pushed the death toll to 954

Have enough data for first interim analysis of Covid-19 vaccine: Moderna

Moderna said it has enough data for a first interim analysis of the late-stage trial of its experimental Covid-19 vaccine, which should help determine the vaccine's efficacy

Brazil says Chinese coronavirus vaccine trial can resume after suspension

Brazil allowed resumption of late-stage Brazilian clinical trials for China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine, which was suspended due to a study subject's death that was reported in Sao Paulo as a suicide

Interim trial results show Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine 92% effective: Russia

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech said on Monday their shot was more than 90% effective

Covid-19 vaccines: Cold storage issues may hamper distribution, says Fauci

Anthony Fauci on Wednesday said it would be challenging to distribute vaccines that use messenger RNA based technology in developing countries

Growth, value stocks are largely pricing in vaccine hope, says UBS

The vaccine may induce a serious frontloading of the rally before logistical challenges or slower growth normalisation begins to bother markets, says UBS

New issuers advance listing plans, look to cash on market resurgence

Half a dozen IPOs could be launched in 4-6 weeks to raise up to Rs 10,000 cr

Coronavirus LIVE: Delhi sees over 8,000 daily cases for the first time

Coronavirus update: Maharashtra has 1,726,926 coronavirus cases, Karnataka 851,212, Andhra Pradesh 846,000, Tamil Nadu 748,225 and UP 501,311. Stay tuned for coronavirus India LIVE updates

Russia set to start post-registration trials for second Covid-19 shot

Russia in August became the first country to grant regulatory approval to a COVID-19 vaccine after less than two months of human testing