NEW DELHI: India became the second country after the United States to record 6 million Covid-19 cases on Sunday, amid signs that the pandemic could finally be slowing down in the country, at least for now. It took 12 days for the number of Indian cases to jump from 5 …
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A day after highlighting the challenges in India’s plan for the production and distribution of the Covid-19 vaccine, Adar Poonawalla, CEO of the local vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII), took to Twitter to praise the first. Minister Narendra Modi for his speech at the United Nations General Assembly …
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An employee answers questions from the public near samples of a Covid-19 vaccine produced by CNBG, a subsidiary of Sinopharm, during a trade fair in Beijing on September 6, 2020 (AP Photo / Ng Han Guan). The world still lacks a proven coronavirus vaccine, but that hasn’t stopped Chinese officials …
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LONDON – Thousands of people gathered in London’s Trafalgar Square on Saturday to protest against the closures and social distancing rules imposed to slow the spread of Covid-19. The London Metropolitan Police warned protesters to follow social distancing rules. Police said before the event that officers will first engage with …
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This year’s UN General Assembly is being held largely online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Most of the world’s leaders are delivering prerecorded speeches at the New York summit. Some of the priority issues for India at the ongoing 75th session of the United Nations General Assembly will be to …
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi addresses the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York on September 27, 2019. (REUTERS / Brendan Mcdermid) In a pre-recorded video statement, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will promote greater transparency in the process of inclusion and exclusion …
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“One million is a terrible number and we must reflect on that before we begin to consider a second million,” WHO emergency director Michael Ryan told a virtual press conference, when asked if it was unthinkable that two millions of people could die in the pandemic. before a vaccine arrives. …
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A woman reacts when a healthcare worker tries to collect her swab sample to test for Covid-19, in Hyderabad on September 23, 2020 (AFP). The British magazine stressed that India has the fastest growing Covid-19 outbreak in the world in absolute numbers, adding that not relying on science despite a …
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NEW DELHI: After defending India at the OIC earlier this year, the Maldives again came to India’s rescue at the Saarc Foreign Ministers meeting on Thursday to help India block the proposal to hold the 19th Saarc summit in Pakistan. Islamabad is hosting the summit that was to take place …
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NEW DELHI: Chennai followed by Bengaluru and Mumbai turned out to be in the top three cities in terms of having clean air during the first 40 days of the shutdown, imposed due to Covid-19. pandemic, shows an analysis of the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), published Wednesday. Although nine …
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