India, China can produce ‘Sputnik V’ vaccine: Putin
Moscow: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for a joint effort by the BRICS countries on the development of the coronavirus vaccines as he suggested that Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19 could be produced in China and India, which are members of the five-nation bloc. “We believe it is important to speed up the […]
Covid-19 Vaccine: Second vaccine candidate shows early success in US tests
Cambridge: For the second time this month, there’s promising news from a COVID-19 vaccine candidate: Moderna said Monday its shots provide strong protection, a dash of hope against the grim backdrop of coronavirus surges in the US and around the world. Moderna said its vaccine appears to be 94.5% effective, according to preliminary data from […]
Nobel UN agency warns 2021 is going to be worse than 2020
United Nations: The head of the World Food Program says the Nobel Peace Prize has given the U.N. agency a spotlight and megaphone to warn world leaders that next year is going to be worse than this year, and without billions of dollars “we are going to have famines of biblical proportions in 2021.” David […]
Biden gets 306 votes after historic win in Georgia
Washington: President-elect Joe Biden has wrested Georgia and President Donald Trump has retained North Carolina, major US media outlets have projected, bringing the closely-fought and bitter 2020 presidential race to a close. Trump, who has not yet conceded the election to the projected winner, Biden, has repeatedly asserted, without evidence, that fraud and other irregularities […]
Pakistan PM Imran Khan wishes Hindus on Diwali
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday extended his greetings to the country’s minority Hindu community on the occasion of Diwali, the festival of lights. Khan conveyed his wishes with a simple message on Twitter. “Wishing all our Hindu citizens a happy Diwali,” he wrote. Pakistani Hindus are celebrating Diwali across the country with […]
Sharif committed ‘highest treason’ by targeting security institutions: Imran
Islamabad: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has accused three-time former premier Nawaz Sharif of committing the “highest treason” by targeting the state security institutions. Sharif, the 70-year-old supreme leader of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) who was ousted from power in 2017 by the apex court on graft charges, last month for the first time […]
IMF programme for Pakistan may hit a road block: report
Islamabad: The IMF fund programme for cash-strapped Pakistan may not be back on tracks in a formal way very soon as the authorities in the country struggle with difficult political and economic conditions, a media report said on Friday. The International Monetary Fund Executive board approved a three-year, USD 6 billion loan package for Pakistan […]
US polls: Finally China sends a congratulatory message to Biden
Beijing: China on Friday shed its initial hesitation and congratulated US President-elect Joe Biden and his deputy Kamala Harris for their victory in the 2020 US presidential election, saying Beijing respects the choice of the American people. “We have been following reactions on the US elections from both within the US and the international community,” […]
Presidential election most secure in US history: Official
Washington: The state and federal officials and election technology companies who run US elections say in the strongest such statement to date that the November 3 presidential election was the most secure in American history. The statement emailed to reporters Thursday by the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency — which spearheaded federal election protection efforts […]