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Gold plunges 5% over Covid-19 vaccine success as investors dump bullion

Spot prices beat a sharp retreat from a near two-month peak of $1,965.33 hit earlier in the session amid a weaker dollar

Indian-origin Murthy to lead US Covid task force as cases cross 10 mn

He was also the 19th Surgeon General of US under Obama

S&P 500, Dow Jones hit record highs on coronavirus vaccine optimism

(Reuters) - The S&P 500 and Dow hit record highs moments after the open on Monday, as news of the first successful late stage COVID-19 vaccine trials stirred hopes of the economy emerging from a year of pandemic-driven crisis.

Pfizer's early data shows Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective

Experts caution against hyping early results

Pfizer's Covid vaccine effectiveness claims inject hope, lift global stocks

Firms hit hardest by restrictions made most gains, with airlines trading 30% higher

India still in first Covid wave, 2nd peak likely after festivals: Experts

The COV-IND-19 Study Group of Michigan University has predicted that at the end of this year, there will be about 10 million cases in India, after taking into account the festival season

Double-edged news

Pfizer's vaccine is not necessarily great news for India

TataMD launches test for Covid-19; ready with 1 mn tests a month capacity

Tata Medical and Diagnostics launched new diagnostic testing for Covid-19, claiming it to be more efficient and simpler than the existing ones

'Great day for humanity': Pfizer says Covid-19 vaccine over 90% effective

President-elect Joe Biden said the news was excellent but did not change the fact that face masks, social distancing would be needed well into next year

Cost, timeline: Facts about Pfizer-BioNTech's '90% effective' Covid vaccine

The companies said the vaccine was more than 90% effective and they have so far found no serious safety concerns, priming it for possible speedy regulatory approvals

Sputnik V vaccine is over 90% effective, says Russia's health ministry

The comments followed a statement earlier on Monday by vaccine developers Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, who said their experimental Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective

Biden focuses on tackling US coronavirus pandemic, hails vaccine progress

He labeled as "great news" Pfizer Inc's announcement on Monday that its experimental Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective

BoE's Haldane hopes vaccine news will be quick game-changer for economy

Pfizer Inc said on Monday its experimental Covid-19 vaccine was more than 90% effective.

EU drug regulator says it is assessing early data from Pfizer Covid vaccine

The European Medicines Agency (EMA) started a rolling review of data from trials on the vaccine in early October.

Oil prices jump on Covid-19 vaccine hopes and OPEC+ supply signals

Brent crude rose $3.41, or 8.6%, to $42.86 a barrel by 1302 GMT while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up $3.57, or 9.6%, at $40.71.

Pfizer, BioNTech say their Covid-19 vaccine is more than 90% effective

Pfizer and BioNTech SE are first drugmakers to show successful data from a large-scale clinical trial of a coronavirus vaccine

Coronavirus tally rises to 844,359 in Andhra Pradesh; 1,392 new cases

Krishna district saw five fresh fatalities, the highest number in a day in a district in more than a month

Pfizer's Covid vaccine candidate prevents 90% of infections in large study

The findings are based on an interim analysis conducted after 94 participants contracted Covid-19

India may see behavioural change in urban mobility in Covid-19 aftermath

In a statement, the ministry said it has issued a detailed advisory as to how the nation needs to move ahead in these testing times

Third Covid-19 wave: 50% rise in Delhi's home isolation cases in two weeks

The number of home isolation cases on Sunday stood at 24,723, an increase of over 50% since October 26