One day after AstraZeneca suspended its COVID-19 tests, Serum Institute of India is under fire for failing to pause its clinical trial in India. IBS is conducting phase 3 trials in people in India involving UK-based AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine candidate. However, Pune-based SII has said there have been no “problems” …
Read More »Nearly 1 lakh of daily cases push India’s Covid-19 count to over 4.4 million
India registered 95,735 new cases of the coronavirus disease on Thursday, bringing the overall tally to 44,65,863, according to data from the Union Ministry of Health. The number of active cases stands at 9,19,018, while the number of patients discharged from hospital has reached 34,71,783. The disease also claimed 1,172 …
Read More »LIVE MARKET: Sensex earns 200 points, Nifty over 11,300; metals, PSB above
Indian markets appear poised for a flat to positive start on Thursday, following modest gains in Asian indices. However, investors can expect some sharp moves later in the day, as the Supreme Court is set to resume the hearing on the loan moratorium. Additionally, media reports indicate that after Silver …
Read More »Donald Trump said he played down the pandemic so as not to cause panic; Book | World News
WASHINGTON (AP) – US President Donald Trump intentionally misled the American people about the lethality of the coronavirus because he did not want to create panic, according to investigative journalist Bob Woodward, to whom the president said the same thing on tape. “I’ve always wanted to downplay it. I still …
Read More »Another high test when Covid-19 cases exceed 200k in Delhi
On Wednesday, Delhi conducted a record number of daily tests for the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) and consequently reported its highest cases in a single day, as the infection count in the city surpassed 200,000, which which makes it the only city in India that breaches this mark. The capital, the …
Read More »Covid-19: what you need to know today
Maharashtra is the state, province or region most affected by Covid-19 in the world. The western state of India, the most industrialized in the country, home to India’s commercial capital Mumbai, saw 943,772 cases of the coronavirus disease as of Tuesday evening, according to the HT panel. If it were …
Read More »Maharashtra reports an all-time record of 23,816 new cases; 43 die in Mumbai
Mumbai: Maharashtra reported an all-time high of 23,816 new cases of coronavirus Wednesday and with that, the state bill has now risen to 9,67,349. In addition, 325 people succumbed to the infection, taking the death toll due to COVID-19 in the state to 27,732 and the number of active cases …
Read More »SC refuses to receive allegations to defer the NEETs, students disappointed with the order
Students in protective masks wait to enter an examination center for the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. (Reuters) A bench run by Judge Ashok Bhushan observed that the authorities will take all necessary measures to help the applicants to take …
Read More »Trump said he downplayed the pandemic so as not to cause panic: Book
WASHINGTON (AP) – US President Donald Trump intentionally misled the American people about the lethality of the coronavirus because he did not want to create panic, according to investigative journalist Bob Woodward, to whom the president said the same thing on tape. “I’ve always wanted to downplay it. I still …
Read More »Covid-19 count in Delhi crosses 2 lakh mark with record 4,039 new cases
Delhi on Wednesday reported the highest single-day peak in new Covid-19 cases so far, after 4,039 more patients tested positive for the new coronavirus infection in the past 24 hours, according to the daily health bulletin. With this, the number of cases in the national capital has exceeded 2 lakh-mark …
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