Results from the small trial provide evidence of both antibody and T-cell responses. By Sara C Nelson Two early-phase Russian coronavirus vaccine trials have produced promising results, with participants experiencing no serious adverse effects and evidence of an antibody response. Controversy greeted the announcement last month that Russia had approved the world’s first Covid-19 vaccine – before it […]
After India’s PUBG ban, China ‘wants to assuage the situation so that the Indian market accepts Chinese goods and apps’. By Akshita Jain Amid strained ties between the two countries, China’s Defence Minister Wei Fenghe has reportedly sought a meeting with his Indian counterpart Rajnath Singh on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation. The Indian Express quoted sources […]
Ministers from six opposition-ruled states had filed the petition, seeking review of the court’s 17 August order to conduct the exams. Newsroom National Testing Agency (NTA) which conducts both the exams is holding JEE Main Exams from 1 September to September 6, while NEET exam will be held on September 13. The ministers had claimed […]
India’s economy contracted by 23.9% in the three months to the end of June, making it the worst slump since 1996. A grinding lockdown brought on by the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted business and left millions out of jobs, reports the BBC’s Nikhil Inamdar. For the last five months, since India imposed one of the […]
A court has found businessman Marian Kocner not guilty of ordering the killing of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his fiancée in 2018, in an attack that rocked Slovakia. The murders triggered mass protests, leading to the downfall of populist PM Robert Fico’s government. Another man has been jailed for 25 years for taking part […]
Facebook has announced that it will not take on any new political ads in the seven days prior to the US election on 3 November. However, the firm will still allow existing ads to continue to be promoted and targeted at different users. Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg revealed the measure in a Facebook post. He said […]
A top ally of German Chancellor Angela Merkel has warned that the EU risks becoming irrelevant if it fails to act against Russia over the poisoning of opposition politician Alexei Navalny. Norbert Röttgen said a major gas deal with Russia must now be reconsidered. The Russian government has been widely condemned after Germany confirmed on […]
The bodies of five children have been found in a private apartment in the city of Solingen in western Germany, police say. They gave few initial details about the discovery, with no information about the cause of death. Emergency services were called to the residential block in the Hasseldelle area of the city on Thursday. […]
ANI Murshidabad (West Bengal) [India], September 2 (ANI): Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Wednesday demanded that Question Hour should be held in the monsoon session of the parliament, which begins on September 14. Addressing a press conference, Chowdhury, who is Congress leader in Lok Sabha, said he had told the government that Question Hour […]
ANI New Delhi [India], September 2 (ANI): Opposition parties on Wednesday questioned and criticised the decision of doing away with the question hour in the forthcoming monsoon session of Parliament in view of the COVID-19 pandemic. Congress leader Shashi Tharoor sought justification of no question hour in the monsoon session. “I said four months ago […]
