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With 55,838 fresh COVID-19 infections, India’s total cases rises to 77,06,946. With 702 new deaths, the number of victims amounts to 1,16,616. Active COVID-19 cases in India settled below the 7.5 lakh mark for the third day in a row, while the national fatality rate (CFR) dropped to 1.51%, the …

The person who died had not received the vaccine. (Bloomberg) A participant who died during a trial of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine in Brazil had not received the injection from the company, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person asked not to be identified because the information …

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that the lockdown may have ended, but the coronavirus still exists, urging people not to lower their guard until the country receives a vaccine. In his seventh address to the nation following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Modi said: …

The government will ensure that the COVID-19 vaccine, whenever available, reaches each and every Indian as soon as possible, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday. Modi said in a televised address to the nation that while people are working on a war footing around the world to save humanity …

The machine costs less than Rs 5,000 and the test kits would each cost around Rs 500, the IIT-Kharagpur researchers said. A new coronavirus diagnostic method, using a low-cost portable unit developed by researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, has been approved by the Indian Council for …

If Joe Biden defeats President Donald Trump next month, he will quickly face a new challenge: raising a new administration to lead a divided nation through a series of historic crises. After making Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic a centerpiece of his campaign, Biden will have to show that …

“It is very important that financial institutions have adequate capital (to support growth),” he said. Many of them have already raised capital and others are planning, he mentioned, adding that they certainly would in the coming months. Both fiscal and monetary policy were countercyclical and accommodative, both working in close …

As the daily increase in the number of coronavirus illnesses (Covid-19) continues to fall in India, the Union Health Ministry said on Wednesday that active cases were resolved below the 7.5 lakh mark per second day. consecutive. There are 7,40,090 active cases of Covid-19 in the country, representing 9.67 percent …

Donald Trump has frustrated and enraged China during a tumultuous first term, but Beijing may welcome his re-election as he scans the horizon for the decline of its rival superpower. Relations are as cold as at any time since formal ties were established four decades ago, and China has warned …

People wearing PPE disinfect a pandal in front of Durga Puja in Kolkata. (Reuters) The Calcutta High Court has allowed 60 organizers to gather within large pandalos and only 45 can be present at any one time. For small pandals, he said 30 organizers are allowed in, and no more …