A research scientist works inside a laboratory at the Serum Institute in India, the world’s largest vaccine manufacturer, working on vaccines against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Pune. (Image used for representation: Reuters) The Pune-based company halted trials on Thursday, saying it would review the situation and wait for pharmaceutical …
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File photo of Bengal BJP President Dilip Ghosh. Dilip Ghosh’s comments came on a day when West Bengal reported more than 3,000 positive Covid-19 cases and 41 deaths. Kolkata Police Commissioner Anuj Sharma also tested positive for the fatal virus as the overall count rose to 1.93,175 on Thursday. News18 …
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Representative image NEW DELHI: The Center is considering relief modalities for borrowers and will decide within two weeks whether banks will charge compound interest during the six-month moratorium period that ended on August 31, Attorney General Tushar Mehta told the Supreme Court while seeking to avoid a possible suspension of …
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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 …
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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 …
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On Wednesday, the United States kept India on its list of countries under ‘no travel’ warnings due to the Covid-19 pandemic, but eliminated Pakistan and Bangladesh. The US removed a pandemic-related global travel advisory for Americans in August and switched to a country-specific system, in collaboration with the Centers for …
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The Employees Provident Fund Organization (EPFO) decided on Wednesday to credit the interest rate to formal sector workers for 2019-20 in a phased manner, citing the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on their income. The EPFO will credit 8.15 percent to its subscribers for 2019-20 for now – significantly less …
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NEW DELHI: Congressional Leader Rahul Gandhi said Wednesday that the lockdown was not an attack on the coronavirus but on poor people and proved to be a “death sentence” for the unorganized sector as it “finished” jobs and small companies. Everyone should oppose the attack, he said. “The blockade was …
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Global rating and research houses such as Fitch and Goldman Sachs have cut their estimates of growth for India’s gross domestic product (GDP) for the current fiscal year 2020-21 (FY21). While Fitch now expects the country’s GDP to contract 10.5 percent in fiscal year 21 compared to its previous estimate …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra modi interact with Aatmanirbhar Nidhi beneficiaries from PM Street Vendors (PM SVANidhi) Madhya Pradesh scheme on Wednesday, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. The Union government had launched the PM SVANidhi scheme on June 1 to help poor street vendors affected by Covid-19 …
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