(Reuters) – Politicians, drugmakers and regulators around the world offer conflicting views on whether a COVID-19 vaccine will be ready. Much depends on what ‘ready’ means and for what group of people. Some important questions about the timeline are: FILE PHOTO: A woman holding a small bottle labeled “Vaccine COVID-19” …
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PORT LOUIS (Reuters) – Fuel plays from a Japanese bulk carrier that ran aground on a reef in Mauritius two weeks ago, causing an ecological disaster that endangers corals, fish and other marine life around the island of the Indian Ocean, say officials and environmentalists. FILE PHOTO: A satellite image …
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NEW DELHI / KOCHI, India (Reuters) – Sitting on the last row of the plane, Muhammed Junaid felt something was wrong when Air India Express flight IX 1344 from Dubai ran through strong winds as it headed south. Indian city of Kozhikode late on Friday. A security official inspects the …
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India will stop importing 101 items of military equipment in an effort to boost domestic defense production, Defense Minister Rajnath Singh said on Sunday. PHOTO PHOTO: Indian Minister of Defense Shri Rajnath Singh speaks to the media following the US-India Ministerial Dialogue 2 + 2 in 2019 …
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At least 11 coronavirus patients were killed early Sunday by a fire at a South Indian hotel that was used as a COVID-19 facility, officials said, in the second such incident this month. The flame at Hotel Swarna Palace in the city of Vijayawada, state of Andhra Pradesh, broke out …
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