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Russia says allegations COVID-19 vaccine is unsafe are groundless
currentnews MOSCOW: Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said on Wednesday allegations that Russia’s COVID-19 vaccine was unsafe were groundless and driven by competition, the Interfax news agency reported, More...
Pranab Mukherjee’s condition remains critical
currentnews Former President Pranab Mukherjee’s health condition continues to remain critical, the Army’s Research and Referral (R&R) Hospital said on Wednesday. Mukherjee is presently “haemodynamically More...
NZ locks down city after first local Covid-19 cases in 102 days
currentnews New Zealand has announced it was shutting down its largest city, Auckland, after four new cases of Covid-19 were discovered in the city, the first evidence of domestic transmission after being coronavirus-free More...
WHO wants to review Russian vaccine safety data
currentnews The World Health Organization said any WHO stamp of approval on a Covid-19 vaccine candidate would require a rigorous safety data review, after Russia announced it had approved a vaccine. President More...
Trump says ‘great’ bond with China’s Xi changed after Covid-19
currentnews US President Donald Trump on Tuesday said his relationship with Chinese President Xi Jinping has frayed in the wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic and that he has not spoken to his Chinese counterpart More...
Fifth member of BJP killed by Kashmir militants
currentnews A Kashmir politician who died of gunshot wounds on Monday has become the fifth member of India’s ruling nationalist party to be killed by militants in the turbulent region since last month. The More...
40% COVID-19 cases have no symptoms, may be key to ending pandemic: Report
currentnews When researcher Monica Gandhi began digging deeper into outbreaks of the novel coronavirus, she was struck by the extraordinarily high number of infected people who had no symptoms. A Boston homeless More...
Pranab Mukherjee tests COVID-19 positive
currentnews Former Indian President Pranab Mukherjee has tested positive for COVID-19. Taking to Twitter, Mukherjee said that he has tested positive for the highly-infectious virus today (Monday) while he was on More...
New Zealand reaches 100-day milestone without virus transmission
currentnews New Zealand marked 100 days on Sunday with no recorded cases of the coronavirus in the community but health officials warned there was no room for complacency. There are still 23 active cases but all More...
Missing Bangladeshi found dead at hospital
currentnews A Bangladesh national, who was missing since Tuesday’s massive explosion in Lebanese capital of Beirut, found dead at a hospital. The dead was identified as Mohammad Rashed, hailed from Narayanganj. Bangladesh More...
