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Before the WTO accepts a proposal from India and South Africa to waive patent protections for Covid-19 vaccines, the Brazil-Russia-India-China-South Africa (Brics) group has said it will work for “justice, fairness and affordability ”Vaccine distribution. During the Brics Summit on Tuesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on the group to …

Written by Nandagopal Rajan | New Delhi | Updated: November 18, 2020 7:10:35 pm The iPhone 12 Pro Max is the pinnacle of smartphone technology (Express photo). Apple has left many potential buyers confused with its iPhone 12 series, which has four unprecedented devices. However, if there is a phone …

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday fired a senior cybersecurity official who had rejected his unsubstantiated claims of election fraud. Trump took to Twitter to announce that Chris Krebs has been “fired” as head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (Cisa) for his “highly inaccurate” statement on election security. …

Vedanta Group confirmed on Wednesday that it had submitted a preliminary expression of interest (EoI) to buy the government’s stake in Bharat Petroleum Corp Ltd (BPCL). Vedanta’s interest in India’s second-largest fuel retailer is due to synergies with its current oil and gas business. The government is selling its entire …

Pfizer Inc said Wednesday that a final analysis of clinical trial data showed that its Covid-19 vaccine was 95% effective, paving the way for the company to apply for the first U.S. regulatory clearance for a vaccine. against the coronavirus in a few days. US drugmaker and partner BioNTech SE …

India’s four-match test series against Australia will be a contest that the entire cricket world will watch closely given the rivalry the two teams share. India and Australia, along with England, are the top nations in the world playing trials and it will be fascinating to watch a battle between …

Officer Zeena Ali is the first member of the New Zealand police to wear a specially designed hijab introduced as part of the force’s uniform to encourage more Muslim women to join the ranks. Zeena, 30, was inspired to join the police in helping her Muslim community after the Christchurch …

Salman Khurshid also denied that Congress was a rapidly disintegrating party. New Delhi: Congress is not a party in crisis and there is no leadership vacuum, a senior leader said today, rebutting colleagues who feel otherwise and have not held back their criticism since the party’s debacle in Bihar. “Sonia …

Pfizer said no serious safety concerns related to the candidate vaccine have been reported. New Delhi: Major drugmaker Pfizer said Wednesday that its COVID-19 vaccine candidate was found to be 95 percent effective in the final analysis of the phase 3 trial, adding that it had the required two months …

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: November 18, 2020 3:48:13 pm Soldiers on a road leading to Ladakh. (Reuters / Archive) The Indian military on Wednesday dismissed reports that China had used ‘microwave weapons’ in eastern Ladakh, where Indian and Chinese soldiers are located. locked in a …