Tag: Covid 19

New York: The United States on Friday authorised a second Covid-19 vaccine in a single week’s time, green lighting a shot developed by Moderna Inc. and the National Institutes of Health for emergency use in Americans of 18 years and older. The Moderna approval comes exactly a week after the US Food and Drug Administration […]

Washington: The total number of global coronavirus cases has crossed 75.5 million, while the death toll have surged to more than 1.67 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Saturday, the University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering (CSSE) revealed that the current global Covid-19 caseload stood at 75,588,781 while […]

Washington: Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell got their first dose of vaccine against the novel coronavirus on Friday. “Today, with confidence in science and at the direction of the Office of the Attending Physician, I received the Covid-19 vaccine,” informed Pelosi in a tweet on […]

New Delhi: India on Saturday recorded 25,152 new coronavirus cases and 347 deaths, taking the total number of infected people since January past the one crore-mark, as per the data revealed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare today morning. The country crossed the grim milestone almost eleven months after the first case of […]

Madrid: Spain will begin a vaccination programme against the novel coronavirus from December 27 onwards, confirmed the country’s Health Minister Salvador Illa on Friday. The programme will first administer the BioNTech Pfizer vaccine, which will begin arriving in the country on December 26, reports Xinhua news agency. “If Europe has agreed that vaccination begins in […]

Washington: US President-elect Joe Biden and wife Jill will be given vaccination against novel coronavirus publicly on Monday. The announcement was made on Friday night by Jen Psaki, the Biden administration’s White House Press Secretary, The Hill news website reported. According to the team, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will receive her vaccine next week. The […]

Bhubaneswar: Amid rising anticipation among students regarding reopening of Universities and Colleges in a phased manner across the country post COVID-19 induced lockdown, sources said several higher educational institutions are gearing up to resume physical mode of teaching from December end. The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will reopen for PhD scholars from Monday in its […]

New Delhi: The Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) will reopen for PhD scholars from Monday in its fourth phase of reopening the campus after being closed for over seven months in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. “PhD students from all schools (both day scholars and hostelers), who require to access the laboratory, are allowed to enter […]

Washington: The novel coronavirus pandemic has brought countries around the world to a standstill. Here are the latest updates on the COVID-19 crisis from around the globe on Sunday. The overall number of global coronavirus cases has surpassed the 76 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.68 million, according to the […]

New Delhi: India’s overall tally increased to 1,00,31,223 with 26,624 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, while the total number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 95.80 lakh pushing the national recovery rate to 95.51 per cent, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Sunday. The death toll […]

New Delhi: During the nationwide lockdown in India, the Covid-19 pandemic has led to increased interaction between adults and their teenage wards and has allowed parents more time to monitor them, the experts said on Sunday. According to Debjani Banerjee Faculty- Sociology and Social & Cultural Anthropology( CBSE and IBDP), Shiv Nadar School, Gurugram, while […]

Bhubaneswar: The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) of the Ministry of Culture has removed the cap on the number of visitors to its centrally protected monuments and sites. However, the total number of visitors to be allowed per day will be decided by the concerned Superintending Archaeologist/SA (I/c) with appropriate discussion with the respective District […]

New Delhi: In a major relief to central government pensioners amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the date for submission of life certificate has been extended up to February 28 next year, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said on Sunday. “This decision has been taken considering all the sensitivities to avoid pandemic risk emanating from gathering of crowds […]

New Delhi: The schedule of Central Board of Secondary Education exams for Classes 10 and 12 proposed to be held next year through the paper-pen mode is likely to be announced on Tuesday, official sources said. Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank, who will interact with teachers across the country on Tuesday, is expected to […]

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech has claimed that amongst all the vaccine platforms such as an mRNA-based vaccine, DNA-based vaccine, vector-based vaccine, or live attenuated vaccines, etc., the inactivated vaccines being developed by it for Covid 19 are safest, and hence, the adverse reactions are lesser. In a series of frequently asked questions (FAQs) for its […]