India and UK to Start Negotiations For FTA
India and the United Kingdom will soon start formal negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) by this month. While a panel including officials of...
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South Africa Lifts Curfew as Covid-19 Fourth Wave Peaks
South Africa has lifted the curfew on people’s movement with immediate effect, expecting that they have surpassed the fourth Covid-19 wave caused by the Omicron...
Corbevax Vaccine Gets Approved For Use in India
The Texas Children’s Hospital (TCH) and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) announced that “Corbevax”, a protein subunit. The Covid-19 vaccine has got approval from the...
Singapore Lifts Travel Ban on 10 African Countries
Singapore has lifted the travel ban on 10 African countries due to the Omicron variant. Passengers coming to Singapore who has travelled to Botswana, Eswatini,...
Several States Forced Night Curfews, Other Curbs
Many states have declared night curfews and other curbs ahead of Christmas and New Year due to increasing concern over the Omicron variant. Several states,...
US Authorises 1st Pfizer Pill Against Covid-19
The US health regulators authorised the first pill against Covid-19. It is a Pfizer drug that Americans can take at home to deflect the severe...
Biden Pledges 500 Million Free Covid Tests to Counter Omicron
US President Joe Biden was making significant changes to his Covid-19 winter plan due to the omicron variant and declared that the administration would provide...
Amazon, Facebook, Twitter Drop Plans to Attend CES
Amazon, Facebook, Twitter and Pinterest announced on Tuesday that they would not send teams to the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas as worries...
CDC Panel Suggests Pfizer, Moderna Vaccines Over Johnson & Johnson
The CDC panel advised the US government that Americans should be given Pfizer or Moderna vaccines against Covid-19 over the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) vaccine...
New Zealand Authorizes Paediatric Pfizer Vaccine for 5-12-Year-Olds
New Zealand’s health regulator Medsafe has approved the paediatric Pfizer vaccine against Covid-19 for children of age 5 to 12 years, the health ministry said...