India’s first mRNA vaccine candidate, developed by Pune-based Gennova in collaboration with US HDT Bio, received approval for human trials to determine if it is safe and produces a protective immune response against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The Indian drug regulator’s Subject Matter Expert Committee recommended that the candidate vaccine, …
Read More »India’s daily Covid count drops below 30k for second time in 3 days, recoveries approaching 9.3 million
India recorded 29,398 new cases and 414 deaths in the past 24 hours on Friday, bringing the overall tally and death toll to 9,796,769 and 142,186, respectively. Total active cases remained below 400,000 for the sixth day in a row, while the total number of people who recovered from the …
Read More »Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Actor Divya Bhatnagar Passes Away Following COVID-19 Complications Devoleena Bhattacharjee writes a note: Bollywood News
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’s actor Divya Bhatnagar passed away following complications due to COVID-19. In November, she was admitted to the hospital after testing positive for the coronavirus. His health deteriorated over a period of time and he was eventually put on a ventilator. Devoleena Bhattacharjee, an actress and …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
Last week, as several installments in this column had pointed out, was going to be crucial for India in terms of how the trajectory of the coronavirus disease would unfold in the country. It was to show if India would also see the festive effect seen in almost every other …
Read More »Neetu Kapoor flies back to Mumbai after testing positive for COVID-19 while filming Jug Jug Jeeyo in Chandigarh: Bollywood News
In mid-November, director Raj Mehta began filming for Jug Jug Jeeyo in Chandigarh. The film stars Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani as the new couple who plays husband and wife. Actors Anil Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor play Varun’s parents. Popular Youtuber MostlySane, also known as Prajakta Koli, will make her Bollywood …
Read More »BREAK! Varun Dhawan, Neetu Kapoor, and Raj Mehta test positive for COVID-19 amid Jug Jugg Jeeyo filming in Chandigarh: Bollywood News
In mid-November, director Raj Mehta began filming for Jug Jugg Jeeyo in Chandigarh. The film stars Varun Dhawan, Kiara Advani as the new couple who plays husband and wife. Actors Anil Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor play Varun’s parents. Popular Youtuber MostlySane, also known as Prajakta Koli, will make her Bollywood …
Read More »India’s Daily Covid-19 Count Falls to 38,772; total recoveries close to 8.9 million
India recorded a drop in its daily coronavirus (Covid-19) count on Monday after 38,772 new cases registered in the last 24 hours, according to the update from the Union Ministry of Health. With this, the total number of cases has risen to 9,431,691 which includes 446,952 active cases and almost …
Read More »US surpasses 2,000 coronavirus deaths in one day with full hospitals
Daily U.S. deaths from Covid-19 surpassed 2,000 for the first time since May and hospitals across the country are already full, heralding an increase in mortality as the coronavirus pandemic casts a shadow over the holiday season. The death toll reached 2,157 on Tuesday, one person every 40 seconds, with …
Read More »The center asks the states and UT to accelerate the tests of Covid-19
The Center has advised Union states and territories to increase testing as part of measures to keep the rise in Covid-19 cases under control. “With a continuous increase in daily cases in European and American countries, India is taking all precautionary measures to control the trajectory of the disease. In …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
Friday was an important day in the global fight against Covid-19. The day was held an informal meeting of the Council for Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) of the World Trade Organization (WTO) to discuss a proposal made by India and South Africa in October, and that since …
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