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Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the world’s largest vaccine maker, Serum Institute of India, is among six people named “Asians of the Year” by Singapore’s leading daily, The Straits Times, for his work in fighting the pandemic. of Covid-19. Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) has collaborated with Oxford University and …

NEW DELHI: Passing expert opinion, India won’t have to wait for vaccine against Covid-19 for a long time and the first shots could be available in a matter of weeks, the prime minister Narendra modi he said at an all-party meeting called on Friday to discuss the pandemic situation. The …

NEW DELHI: Passing expert opinion, India won’t have to wait for vaccine against Covid-19 for a long time and the first shots could be available in a matter of weeks, the prime minister Narendra modi he said at an all-party meeting called Friday to discuss the pandemic situation. The prime …

BENGALURU: The BBMP has identified more than 120 locations in Bengaluru where disinfectants will be placed as part of the civic agency’s 3W campaign to contain Covid-19. Launched on Friday, the 3W campaign, which means wearing a mask, washing your hands and keeping your distance, seeks to promote appropriate Covid …

California certified its presidential election on Friday and named 55 voters who pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House. Formal approval by Secretary of State Alex Padilla of Biden’s victory in the state raised his count of …

There is no reason to accept aging as inevitable, Harvard professor Dr. David Sinclair said Friday, adding that if a pill or vaccine is not developed within the next 30 years to combat aging, “something must have gone terribly wrong. “ Dr. Sinclair, co-director of the Paul F Glenn Center …

India’s decision to incorporate the leg spinner as a ‘concussion surrogate’ for Ravindra Jadeja has left the cricket world divided. Jadeja was hit in the helmet by a Mitchell Starc delivery, and although India’s captain Virat Kohli mentioned that it was after the end of innings that the batsman complained …

However, distributing the vaccines in India’s first mass vaccination campaign for adults could be a daunting task. It will require expanding India’s existing cold chain capacity at breakneck speed, especially in some of the most densely populated parts of the country, where such infrastructure is very limited. It will also …

15-year-old Gitanjali Rao, selected from more than 5,000 nominees as Time’s first ‘Girl of the Year’, was chosen for her “amazing work” and her use of technology to address problems from contaminated drinking water to opioid addiction and cyberbullying. Time said Rao, a sophomore at STEM School Highlands Ranch in …

Dhoni had skipped the birth of her daughter to compete in the World Cup in Australia, saying: “I’m on national duties so I think everything else can wait.” Five years later, the same dilemma faces another Indian cricket captain. Only this time Virat Kohli has put his family before his …