While President-elect Joe Biden’s 306-232 lead in electoral college votes was reaffirmed Thursday in a recount in the state of Georgia, President Donald Trump once again launched efforts to reverse the outcome of the U.S. election after of failing to mount a credible legal challenge on the battlefield, he says …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
Friday was an important day in the global fight against Covid-19. The day was held an informal meeting of the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss a proposal made by India and South Africa in October, and that since …
Read More »Pfizer Submits Covid-19 Vaccine Application to US FDA
Pfizer Inc applied to US health regulators on Friday for emergency use authorization (EUA) of its Covid-19 vaccine, the first application of its kind in an important step to provide protection against the novel coronavirus. The application to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) comes just days after Pfizer …
Read More »Tracking the coronavrius pandemic: first signs of a second wave
Delhi is in the midst of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. The number of new confirmed cases daily in Delhi has increased for about fifteen days. The Union territory reported more than 7,500 new cases on Thursday. As the focus continues on the national capital, data from other …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
On Wednesday, New York City decided to close its public schools beginning Thursday after the city achieved a positivity rate (seven-day average) of 3%. This is one of the lowest bars in the US, but given New York’s debilitating first brush with the pandemic in March and April, perhaps it …
Read More »US Election News: Joe Biden Wins Republican Stronghold in Georgia | World News
WASINGTON: President Elect Joe biden has won the Republican stronghold of Georgiasaid a senior state official after a manual recount, becoming the first Democrat to win the key state on the battlefield since 1992. After a manual recount of nearly five million votes, which lasted for several days, Democrat Biden …
Read More »HTLS 2020: there is light at the end of the tunnel, say the best Covid experts – htls
The world may be in the “last big wave” of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic and the fight to stop the infectious disease that haunts the world could start to end sometime next year, top leaders said. health experts Thursday at the 18th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit. The pandemic will …
Read More »Population group prioritization, storage facility in focus, PM Modi reviews India’s plan for Covid-19 vaccination
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a meeting on Friday to review India’s vaccination strategy in which issues such as prioritization of population groups and the technological platform for the deployment of the vaccine for the coronavirus were discussed. Modi tweeted that the meeting discussed important topics related to the progress …
Read More »Donald Trump and his allies take frantic steps to overturn Biden’s victory
By: AP | Washington | Updated: November 20, 2020 9:28:45 pm President of the United States Donald Trump (Photo by Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images) Photographer: Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images North America President Donald Trump and his allies are taking increasingly frenzied steps to subvert the 2020 election results, …
Read More »HTLS 2020: Delhi’s CM Arvind Kejriwal expects third wave to recede if trend holds – htls
Delhi Prime Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday expressed hope that based on the positive signs of the past four to five days, the national capital was crossing the third peak of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), with the positivity rate of the tests and the number. of infections steadily decreasing during …
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