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Aaradhya, the daughter of actors Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek Bachchan, turns nine on Monday. Since her birth, the girl has been constantly in the spotlight, thanks to her famous parents and her illustrious surname. As the daughter of one of the most beautiful women in the world and the granddaughter …

LONDON: The new COVID vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech would begin delivery “late this year, early next year” if everything continues to go well, one of its creators said on Sunday. Last week, BioNTech and co-developers Pfizer said preliminary analysis showed that their vaccine could prevent more than …

SINGAPORE: Fifteen Asia-Pacific countries, including China, signed the world’s largest trade agreement on Sunday, the Regional Integral Economic Association (RCEP), without India, in the hopes that it will help recover from the Covid-19 shocks. The RCEP was signed after eight years of negotiations at the conclusion of the annual summit …

The new Covid vaccine being developed by Pfizer and BioNTech would begin delivery “late this year, early next year” if everything continues to go well, one of its creators said Sunday. Last week, BioNTech and co-developers Pfizer said preliminary analysis showed that their vaccine could prevent more than 90 percent …

NEW DELHI: India continues to pressure China to act responsibly in the South China Sea (SCS), and the government expressed concern about the East Asia Summit on actions and incidents that “erode confidence in the region.” In participating in the summit, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar reiterated India’s position that the …

While coronavirus cases continue to rise at an alarming rate in North America and Europe, one of the creators of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Germany’s Pfizer and BioNTech says normal life will return next winter. BioNTech CEO Ugur Sahin said he was “very confident that human-to-human transmission will be …

NEW DELHI: After Pakistan claimed to have uncovered “irrefutable evidence” of India’s alleged involvement in terrorist activities, India responded on Sunday, saying fabricating documents and selling false narratives would not absolve Pakistan of sponsorship of terrorism. Calling on Islamabad to end its support for cross-border terrorism, the government said in …

A healthcare worker dressed in personal protective equipment handles a swab at a rapid antigen Covid-19 test site in Delhi, India. (Bloomberg) The number of confirmed Covid-19 cases worldwide rose to 53,164,803 when the World Health Organization reported adding more than 657,300 cases in one day. It’s the largest single-day …

By: Desk Explained | New Delhi | Updated: November 15, 2020 11:44:36 pm Collecting swabs for rapid Covid-19 testing at a municipal dispensary in Deonar in Mumbai (Express Photo by Amit Chakravarty) Vaccine against the coronavirus (Covid-19): After Pfizer, another US drugmaker, Moderna Inc, is likely to release the first …

Actress Radhika Madan connects with us on duty from Mumbai, while her older brother joins in from Toronto for this special Bhai Dooj interview. And the joke that follows is absolutely hilarious! Madan begins by telling us about her best memories of the festival in previous years. “He just moved …