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PATNA: On Monday, Rashtriya Janata Dal cast doubt on the letters written by its founding member Raghuvansh Prasad Singh, from his hospital bed, just a couple of days before taking his last breath, prompting angry reactions from the ruling NDA in Bihar. Singh, who died at AIIMS, New Delhi on …

NEW DELHI: In a startling revelation, a Chinese virologist claimed that the coronavirus was created in a government-controlled laboratory in Wuhan, the original epicenter of the outbreak, and offered scientific evidence to back up his claims. In an exclusive conversation with ‘Loose Women’, a British talk show, Dr Li-Meng Yan, …

Adar Poonawalla, executive director of the Serum Institute of India (SII), has warned that there will not be enough vaccines against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) for everyone in the world until the end of 2024, according to a report Monday. . The CEO of the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer has …

By: Express Web Desk | New Delhi | Updated: September 14, 2020 3:39:04 pm Small merchants, street vendors and day laborers were hit the hardest by the shutdown in April, comprising 91.2 million of the jobs lost out of the total loss of 121.5 million that month. The Center informed …

The government of Recep Tayyip Erdogan will establish a museum in honor of Mehmed the Conqueror, the Ottoman sultan who captured Constantinople and took the first great steps to expand the Ottoman empire. “For the first time in Turkey, a museum with the name of a sultan will be built …

There has been talk of another strict lockdown alongside an increase in coronavirus cases (file photo) New Delhi: The government today denied reports that another lockdown had been recommended as of September 25 due to an increase in coronavirus cases in the country. The Press Information Office denied the news …

Poonawalla added that the pledge had exceeded the capacity of other vaccine manufacturers (Representative image: Reuters) The Serum Institute has partnered with five international pharmaceutical companies, including AstraZeneca and Novavax, to develop a vaccine and has pledged to manufacture 1 billion doses, of which it has promised 50% to India. …

Yoshihide Suga won the leadership race of Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) on Monday and will in all likelihood win a parliamentary vote later this week and replace outgoing Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Abe, Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, said last month that he would resign due to health problems, …

Written by Deeptiman Tiwary | New Delhi | Updated: September 14, 2020 2:01:02 pm Delivering a video speech on Hindi Diwas, Shah said: “The strengths of Hindi lie in its scientific nature, simplicity, easy understanding and acceptability.” (Archive) Interior Minister Amit Shah on Monday pushed for increased use of Hindi …

Four months of lockdown have prevented approximately 14-29 lakhs of cases and 37-78,000 deaths due to Covid-19, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said of Covid-19 management on the first day of the session monsoon of Parliament on Monday. “These four months were used to create additional health infrastructure, improve human …