Online desk ; Tokyo’s governor on Saturday asked Japan’s central government to declare a new state of emergency as the country battles a third wave of the coronavirus, with record numbers of…
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How support for abortion went mainstream
Online desk ; It was just two years ago that the organisers of a stirring women’s movement in Argentina were handed what felt like a bitter loss, their efforts to legalise abortion…
Plane crash deaths rise in 2020 despite pandemic
Online Desk ; More people died in commercial plane crashes in 2020, an industry group has said, despite the number of flights plummeting due to the pandemic. Dutch aviation consultancy To70 found…
India approves AstraZeneca corona vaccine for emergency use
Online desk : India’s drug regulator on Friday approved a coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University for emergency use, two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. The approval…
More than 50 countries launch Covid-19 vaccination campaigns
Online Desk ; Around 50 countries around the world have already started vaccinating their people against Covid-19, barely a year after the first alert by China signalled the start of the epidemic,…
China approves first self-developed COVID-19 vaccine
Online Desk ; China announced on Thursday that it had granted conditional marketing authorization for its first self-developed COVID-19 vaccine. The inactivated vaccine, which got the approval from the National Medical Products…
Switzerland reports first death after Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot
Online Desk : A person in Switzerland has died after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, Reuters reported Wednesday. The deceased was one of the first people in the country to receive the…
AstraZeneca/Oxford Covid vaccine approved for use in UK
Online Desk : A coronavirus vaccine developed by drug firm AstraZeneca and Oxford University has been approved for use in Britain, the government announced on Wednesday, paving the way for a mass…
Iran begins first human trial of locally made virus vaccine
Online Desk ; The first study of the safety and effectiveness of a coronavirus vaccine in Iran began Tuesday, state TV reported, with dozens due to receive the domestically developed shot even…
EU begins vaccinations to defeat pandemic
Online desk ; EU countries on Sunday embarked on a vaccination campaign hailed as the “key” to defeating Covid-19, as the growing spread of a new coronavirus variant intensified fears the pandemic…
AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine has ‘winning formula’: CEO
Online Desk ; The Covid-19 vaccine developed by the British drugs group AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford has achieved a “winning formula” for efficacy, the company’s chief executive said on Sunday,…
Mamata Banerjee govt has destroyed West Bengal: Modi
Online Desk ; During his interaction with farmers from six states on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lashed out at Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal, reports The Indian Express. The Prime…