Britain formally left the EU in January after a deeply divisive referendum in 2016. (Archive) Brussels: The European Union and the UK reached a post-Brexit trade deal on Thursday to cushion the economic blow of the UK’s impending exit from the single market after 10 months of tortuous negotiations. “A …
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Maharashtra has announced that a seven-hour nightly curfew will be established in all cities and municipal corporate areas of the state. The curfew from 23:00 to 6:00 a.m. is imposed from Tuesday, December 22, 2020 for 15 days until January 5, 2021. What caused the curfew? A high-level meeting called …
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Meanwhile, the United States said it is not yet certain whether the new variant of the coronavirus discovered in Britain is more contagious, but it is conducting studies to learn more. Moncef Slaoui, chief advisor to the Operation Warp Speed vaccine program, added that he hoped laboratory experiments would show …
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A new variant of the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the UK and is generating high levels of concern among its European neighbors, some of whom have cut transport connections. The strain, which some experts refer to as the B.1.1.7 lineage, is not the first new variant of …
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As concerns mount around the world about a mutated coronavirus strain, several nations are deciding to close their borders to control its spread. Several countries have decided to close their borders and suspend commercial flights to control the spread of a new strain of coronavirus first discovered in the UK. …
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Negotiators from the UK and the EU set out to resume talks on the deal amid an ongoing deadlock on several key issues. The UK and the European Union have just hours to navigate the very narrow path to a trade deal that would prevent the most turbulent end of …
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India could well be the fastest growing Asian economy in calendar year 2021 (CY21) if Nomura’s forecasts are to be believed. The foreign research and brokerage house expects the Indian economy, measured by gross domestic product (GDP), to grow at 9.9 percent in 2021, dwarfing China (GDP growth in 2021 …
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The UK became the first Western country to approve a Covid-19 vaccine, with the approval of its regulator. Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE was ahead of decisions in the US and the European Union. The emergency authorization paves the way for the deployment of a vaccine that Pfizer and its …
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Moderna Inc. said it would ask US and European regulators on Monday to allow emergency use of its COVID-19 the vaccine, as the results of a new study confirm that vaccines offer strong protection accelerating the race to start limited vaccines as they coronavirus the ruckus gets worse. Several candidate …
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In addition to India, the RDIF says that Sputnik V will also be produced in Brazil, China and South Korea. One of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine developers announced on Friday that India-based drugmaker Hetero will produce more than 100 million doses of the jab. “Hetero, one of India’s leading …
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