COVID-19: Recovered people showing faster antibody response to Covishield vaccine
New Delhi: Those who have recovered from COVID-19 respond faster to the Covishield vaccine and reach high antibody levels, says a study, leading to hopes that they may not need a second dose and therefore help widen India’s corona immunisation cover. The study on the immune response to Covishield was carried out by researchers from […]
US will be able to vaccinate all adults by end of May: Biden
Washington: President Joe Biden said Tuesday that the US expects to take delivery of enough coronavirus vaccines for all adult Americans by the end of May, two months earlier than anticipated, as his administration announced that drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson’s newly approved shot. The announcement comes as the […]
Rift in JK Congress over Azad’s ‘praise’ for Modi
Jammu: A few hours after a section of Congress workers burnt an effigy of Ghulam Nabi Azad here on Tuesday and accused him of conspiring against the party at the behest of the BJP, another group of their colleagues came out in Azad’s support, bringing a rift within the Jammu and Kashmir unit of the […]
Sad to see leaders like Azad being ‘castigated’: BJP
New Delhi: The BJP Tuesday took a swipe at the Congress amid a vocal dissidence within the opposition party, saying its ideology is all about fulfilling the Gandhi family’s “ambition”, and anyone speaking against it or standing with the rightful agenda of Prime Minister Narendra Modi is castigated. BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra told a press […]
70 years of bilateral ties: Pak, China launch year-long celebrations
Islamabad: All-weather allies Pakistan and China on Tuesday launched year-long activities to celebrate 70 years of the establishment of their diplomatic ties. Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi and his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi formally commenced the activities through a virtual ceremony simultaneously held in Islamabad and Beijing. The Foreign Office (FO) said that the […]