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For the second time this month, more positive news comes from another Covid vaccine candidate. Moderna Inc today announced that the NIH-appointed Data Safety Monitoring Board (DSMB) for the Phase 3 study of mRNA-1273, its candidate vaccine against COVID-19, has shown that the company’s experimental vaccine is 94.5 % effective …

Mr Tedros said that supplies of the vaccine would initially be restricted (Archive) 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 …

Donald Trump has failed to win the 2020 US presidential election, but the Republican leader is still in denial mode and has yet to come to terms with the fact that Democratic leader Joe Biden generously defeated him in the November 3 election. Trump tweeted Monday, saying ‘I WON THE …

Indian banks are up for an uphill battle when it comes to recovering money from defaulters in a post-pandemic world. Look no further than the recent recovery of the country’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI). SBI recoveries and updates fell 21% year-over-year in the first half of fiscal …

US President Donald Trump plans several new hardline moves against China in the remaining weeks of his term, according to a senior administration official, which could tie the hands of President-elect Joe Biden. Actions under consideration include protecting American technology from exploitation by the Chinese military, countering illegal fishing, and …

NEW DELHI: India, the US, Japan and Australia are ready to begin the energy-filled second phase of the top-tier naval exercise Malabar, with two carrier battle groups and other warships, in the Arabian Sea starting Tuesday. India is rolling out its lone carrier, the 44,500-ton INS Vikramaditya with its MiG-29K …

In an indirect reference to the China Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Monday that India had shaped the debate on the need for transparency and respect for territorial integrity by implement connectivity projects. Jaishankar described Pakistan as a “particularly egregious example of state-sponsored cross-border …

The second tie of the Pakistan Super League (PSL) 2020 witnessed a wonderful gesture from Lahore Qalandars’ Haris Rauf against the Multan Sultans in Karachi on Sunday night. The sprinter grabbed the spotlight when he apologized to off-road veteran Shahid Afridi after taking him out. The incident occurred during the …

India has made a “strategic mistake” and “missed the bus” for long-term growth, Chinese state media has said about New Delhi’s decision not to join the 15-country-led Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP). by China, signed Sunday at an online ceremony hosted by this year’s ASEAN President Vietnam. The 15 countries …

NASA and high-tech entrepreneur Elon Musk’s SpaceX launched four astronauts on a flight to the International Space Station on Sunday as part of the US space agency’s first full mission to send a crew into orbit aboard a spacecraft. private. SpaceX Resilience lifted off atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket …