Coronavirus

Washington: Results from a US trial of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine may have used ‘outdated information’, US federal health officials said early Tuesday. The Data and Safety Monitoring Board said in a statement that it was concerned that AstraZeneca may have provided an incomplete view of...

New Delhi: The Supreme Court said Tuesday any amount collected during moratorium period by banks as interest on interest or compound interest, should either be refunded or adjusted against the next EMIs payable by the borrowers. A Supreme Court bench comprising Justices DY Chandrachud, MR...

New Delhi: India recorded 40,715 new coronavirus cases in a day, taking the nationwide infection tally to 1,16,86,796 the Health Ministry. However, it will be a bit of a relief, as there was a decrease in spike in the number of daily cases. India had...

Malkangiri: The district administration Monday decided to clamp night curfew from Tuesday as part of a preventive measure to check the spread of COVID-19 following a steep rise in the number of cases in the state. District Collector Y Vijay gave his approval to an...

New Delhi: The coronavirus pandemic is on the upswing again in India which observed a ‘Janata curfew’ on this day a year ago. It was the ‘Janata curfew’ which paved the way for an over two-month long strict nationwide lockdown to curb the contagion. Millions...

London: AstraZeneca says advanced trial data from a US study on its COVID vaccine shows it is 79 per cent effective. The US study comprised 30,000 volunteers, 20,000 of whom were given the vaccine while the rest got dummy shots. The results were announed Monday....

Juneau (Alaska): Regulators amid much fanfare in early 2020 approved two cannabis lounges in Alaska, making it one of the few states where customers would be allowed to use marijuana at retail marijuana shops. Then the pandemic hit. One of the sites opened briefly in...

New Delhi: India saw 46,951 new coronavirus infections being reported in a day, the highest so far this year, taking the nationwide COVID-19 tally to 1,16,46,081, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated Monday Registering an increase for the 12th day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 3,34,646, which...

Chhatrapur: Amid the rise of COVID-19 (new strain) cases in other states, officials of the Ganjam district administration have stepped up its vigil so that the pandemic doesn’t take serious proportions once more. A large number of people from this district are working in Mumbai...

Boston: The spike protein of the novel coronavirus, which enables it to infect human cells, is more stable in faster spreading versions of the virus, such as the ones first reported in the UK and South Africa, compared to the original form of the pathogen...