The Trump administration embarked on one of the most ambitious vaccine development efforts in history. Operation Warp Speed is likely to produce a Covid-19 inoculation in a fraction of the years it would normally take. By doing so, it could save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people and …
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Precisely six years ago, on September 17, 2014, Ahmedabad and New Delhi were abuzz with the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, the folk singer Peng Liyuan. Television channels played an extended video loop of Prime Minister Narendra Modi sitting on a swing with Xi on the …
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Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut on Thursday attacked “some Rajya Sabha MPs” who he said had criticized the Maharashtra government’s handling of the Covid-19 pandemic outbreak. Speaking at Rajya Sabha on the fourth day of the current monsoon session of Parliament, he noted the number of recoveries in the state. …
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Making an exception to the fact that Health Minister Harsh Vardhan did not mention the death of health workers due to Covid-19 in his statement in Parliament, the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Wednesday published a list of 382 doctors who died from the viral disease and demanded that they …
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Coronavirus cases in India: Maharashtra remains the state most affected by the pandemic New Delhi: India reported a record daily increase of 97,894 coronavirus infections in 24 hours, surpassing the 51 lakh mark, data from the Health Ministry showed this morning. With 51,18,253 infections, India is the second most affected …
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Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said on Tuesday that China has been very clearly conveyed that any attempt to “unilaterally” change the status quo across LAC is not acceptable at all, although he acknowledged that India faces a “challenge” in the region. In a statement in Lok Sabha, Singh said there …
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US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced his administration’s National Vaccine Distribution Plan to quickly deliver any Covid-19 vaccine, at no cost, to all Americans. In making the announcement, President Trump called the initiative “the largest, fastest and most advanced vaccine distribution effort in US history.” With more than 6.8 …
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Balli Durga Prasad Rao was a minister in the Chandrababu Naidu cabinet in undivided Andhra Pradesh. (Proceedings) Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh: Tirupati MP Lok Sabha Balli Durga Prasad Rao, who was in treatment for COVID-19, died at a hospital in Chennai on Wednesday, family members said. The 65-year-old YSR congressional ruling …
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Union Minister Nitin Gadkari tested positive for coronavirus on Wednesday. Gadkari had attended the monsoon session of Parliament on Monday and sat in the front row for a brief moment. The minister has isolated himself and has asked everyone who has contacted him to follow the required protocols. After feeling …
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Dr VG Somani of the Comptroller General of Drugs of India (DCGI) has given the Serum Institute of India (SII) permission to resume the clinical trial of the Oxford Covid-19 candidate vaccine in the country, while also revoking your previous order to suspend any new recruitment for phase two and …
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