News that Russia has registered the first vaccine to treat COVID-19 before starting and completing Phase 3 trials was greeted with alarm with some experts concerned it may come with safety issues that could stoke anti-vaccination and anti-science sentiment. The country’s top medic has claimed that the Russian COVID-19 vaccine
Month: August 2020
Bringing an end to all the speculations surrounding his future in international cricket, MS Dhoni, on Saturday, announced his retirement from international cricket. Speculations were rife over his future for more than a year now and the recent turn of events only fuelled the fire. MS Dhoni took an indefinite
Pakistan on Saturday summoned a senior diplomat from the Indian High Commission here to register its protest over the alleged ceasefire violations by the Indian forces along the Line of Control (LoC). In a statement, the Foreign Office claimed that a three-year-old girl was injured in the firing by the
India is ready to start mass production of Covid-19 vaccines when scientists give the go-ahead, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his Independence Day speech on Saturday, also launching a national project to roll out health identities for each citizen. In annual celebrations scaled down due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Modi identified
Pilgrimage to the cave shrine of Vaishno Devi in the Trikuta Hills of Jammu and Kashmir’ Reasi district will resume from Sunday after remaining suspended for nearly five months in view of the coronavirus pandemic, officials said on Saturday. The yatra was suspended on March 18. Ramesh Kumar, the Chief