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As the world applauds that the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is showing positive results, experts in India have said there is not much hope for it for India. AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria has said that Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine needs to be kept at -70 degrees Celsius and that such logistics could …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the BJP workers after the victory in the Bihar elections New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the BJP workers today, a day after his party’s victory in the assembly elections in the key state of Bihar. In thanking the people of India, Prime Minister …

HYDERABAD: The Sputnik V vaccine for Covid-19, developed by the Gamaleya National Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology of Russia, has shown an efficacy rate of 92%. The confirmation is based on the first interim data from the largest randomized, placebo-controlled phase III clinical trials in Russia involving 40,000 volunteers, …

Gautam Gambhir, the former Indian batsman, believes it will be a “disgrace” and a “disgrace to Indian cricket” if Rohit Sharma is not considered for the full-time white ball captaincy in the future. Gambhir spoke at ESPNcricinfo’s T20 Time Out shortly after Sharma led the Mumbai Indians to their fifth …

Indian stocks extended the rally to the eighth consecutive session today, reaching new highs. The NSE Nifty 50 Index finished 0.93% higher at 12,749 and the S&P BSE Sensex gained more than 300 points to finish at 43,593. Both indices have gained more than 9% since the beginning of the …

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Wednesday that the country is moving towards fiscal transparency as a result of reforms such as faceless appeals and the dispute resolution mechanism introduced by the government. Opening the residential and office complex of the Cuttack Bank of the Income Tax Appeals …

NEW DELHI: Dr. Randeep Guleria, Director of the Indian Institute of Medical Sciences in Delhi (AIIMS), Delhi, said on Wednesday that the results of the phase III trials of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine are very encouraging, But keeping it at very low temperatures, -70 degrees C, will be a challenge for …

The announcement of the major American pharmacist Pfizer about the Covid-19 vaccine trial has raised new hope in a world hit by the coronavirus pandemic. Experts, however, point toward the logistics of delivering the potential vaccine to a larger population. One such expert is the director of India’s leading Institute …

Bahrain’s former prime minister, Sheikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, has died, state media reported. He was 84 years old. “The Royal Court mourns His Royal Highness … who passed away this morning at Mayo Clinic Hospital in the United States of America,” the Bahrain News Agency said Wednesday, without …

When Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s Covid-19 vaccine rolls off production lines, Shanghai Fosun Pharmaceutical Group Co. will be waiting to distribute it through a complex and expensive system of airport warehouses, refrigerated vehicles, and inoculation points in China. Once they arrive at the vaccination centers, the injections must be …