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NEW DELHI: India is in dialogue with US biotech giant Moderna about progress in clinical trials of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, which the firm says has shown 94.5 percent efficacy, official sources said Monday. Moderna said Monday that the Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) appointed by the independent National Institutes …

Moderna Inc (MRNA.O) said Monday that its experimental vaccine was 94.5% effective in preventing Covid-19 according to interim data from a late-stage clinical trial, becoming the second American company in a week to report results that far exceed. The expectations. Along with the vaccine from Pfizer Inc. (PFE.N), which has …

Hours after Joe Biden was declared president-elect of the United States, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the Democratic leader on his “spectacular victory.” Modi also reached out to Biden’s vice president, Kamala Harris, and reminded the vice president-elect of her Indian descent, she was born to a Jamaican father …

Prime Minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) won eight of 23 constituencies on Monday and led the legislative assembly elections in Gilgit-Baltistan by one seat, prompting opposition parties to qualify. the elections as “stolen”. India criticized Pakistan for its decision to hold elections in Gilgit-Baltistan, saying that any action to …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi today unveiled the ‘Statue of Peace’ to commemorate the celebrations for the 151st birthday of Vijay Vallabh Surishwer, via videoconference. The statue unveiled in honor of the Jain acharya has been named the ‘Statue of Peace’. The 151-inch tall statue has been made from Ashtadhatu, that …

The BPCL tender will be a two-stage affair, with qualified bidders in the first EoI phase being asked to submit a financial offer in the second round. Public sector companies (UPM) cannot participate in privatization. The government received “ multiple ” offers on Monday to buy its stake in India’s …

New Delhi: The government received ‘multiple’ offers on Monday to buy its stake in India’s second-largest fuel retailer BPCL, but billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance Industries as well as super majors Saudi Aramco, BP and Total did not. an offer. Tuhin Kanta Pandey, secretary of the Department of Investment and Management …

The President of the United States, Donald Trump, boasted of the impressive initial results of the trial of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Modern Inc., which has shown an efficacy of 94.5%. Calling the development of the Covid-19 vaccine as “great discoveries”, the US president said that “great historians” should …

The head of the World Health Organization said Monday that a vaccine alone would not stop the coronavirus pandemic. The pandemic is raging months after it broke out, with infections exceeding 54 million and claiming more than 1.3 million lives. “A vaccine will complement the other tools we have, it …

The long-awaited privatization process of Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) received a boost with at least three or four expressions of interest submitted by the company. The last day for EOIs was Monday. The sale is crucial for the government in order to meet its divestment target of Rs 1.2 trillion …