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Early vaccine results show no major safety issue

Early results from an experimental coronavirus vaccine show no major safety problems and suggest that it spurs the desired immune system responses, researchers reported...

Cell phone location data can identify areas of COVID-19 spread: Study

Publicly available cell phone location data could be used to better estimate COVID-19 spread, and inform decision-making when it comes to shutdowns and reopening,...

COVID-19 pandemic will push 47 million more women, girls into extreme poverty by 2021: UN

The COVID-19 pandemic will disproportionately affect women and push 47 million more women and girls into extreme poverty by 2021, reversing decades of progress...

Face masks with exhale valves may hamper COVID-19 mitigation efforts: Study

Face masks with exhale valves and face shields may not be as effective as regular masks in restricting the spread of aerosol droplets, and...

BCCI adds CRED to its list of official IPL partners

The BCCI on Wednesday announced CRED, a credit card payment platform, as its official partner for three seasons of the Indian Premier League. The...

Opening up societies too quickly amid COVID-19 pandemic ‘recipe for disaster’: WHO chief

The head of the World Health Organisation has warned that opening up societies too quickly amid the coronavirus pandemic is a "recipe for disaster"....

UNSC reform talks being ‘held hostage’, used as ‘convenient smokescreen’ by some nations: India

The intergovernmental negotiations on Security Council reform are being "held hostage" and used as a "convenient smokescreen" by countries that do not wish to...

India to receive development assistance loan worth Rs 3,500 Cr from Japan to fight COVID-19

Japan has committed an official Development Assistance loan of 3 thousand 500 crore rupees for the COVID-19 Crisis Emergency Response Support. The Notes were...