AstraZeneca's statement late in the day said the company was striving to increase productivity to deliver the promised 180 million doses

Biden will also encourage G-7 partners to make good on their pledges to COVAX, an initiative by the World Health Organization to improve access to vaccines, according to a senior administration official

Norway took the lead in the report called 'Democracy in sickness and in health?', followed by Iceland, Sweden, New Zealand, and Canada comprising the top five

Mukesh Kumar, the Director of Steel Research & Technology Mission of India (SRTMI) told that the plan is in line with the government's aim to reduce the country's dependence on import for crude oil besides addressing the issue of carbon emissions

Ahead of the nationwide roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine, states have made all necessary preparations, including identifying vaccination sites and registration of healthcare and other frontline workers

The three-member arbitration panel will be led by Singaporean barrister Michael Hwang, while Albert van den Berg and Jan Paulsson will be the two other members

InterGlobe Aviation share crashed 10% to Rs 1,356 against previous close of Rs 1,507. Share of SpiceJet too fell 10% to Rs 82.35 against previous close of Rs 91.45. 

Indian-American doctor Vivek Murthy added, 'While it seems to be more transmissible, we do not have evidence yet that this is a more deadly virus to an individual who acquires it'

More than Rs 7 lakh crore of investor wealth was eroded in a single session as Sensex fell 2,037 points to 44,923, its day's low and Nifty lost 628 points to the intraday low of 13,131

European nations and other countries have started imposing bans on flights and travellers from the UK in an attempt to ensure that the new strain of coronavirus doesn't reach their shores

UK Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said that the new mutant strain of coronavirus is 'out of control'. Britons have been asked to now stay at home and follow the strictest of coronavirus regulations

Authorisation by the MHRA will also give confidence to countries across the world. India has already manufactured more than 50 million of the AstraZeneca vaccines, the newspaper notes

Rapid antigen detection test directly detects presence or absence of coronavirus antigen in patient's body, generating results in 15-20 minutes; ICMR-approved CIPtest is found to have specificity and sensitivity of 98.09 per cent and up to 75 per cent

London will move to Tier 3 \"very high alert\" local restrictions on Wednesday. Under this, all hospitality venues, including restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes will be shut except for takeout and delivery

Though Pfizer India says it remains committed to advance dialogue with Indian government to make the vaccine available for use, experts believe it will be difficult for its parent to supply adequate quantities of the vaccine

Patients aged 80 and above who are already attending hospital as an outpatient, and those who are being discharged home after a hospital stay, will be among the first to receive the \"life-saving jab\"

Frontline healthcare staff, people over the age of 80 and care home workers will be among the first to get the vaccine as part of Phase 1 of the programme from Tuesday, which was approved for rollout by the UK's independent regulator

Apple is facing new legal action in some parts of Europe for slowing down the iPhone.

The researchers said that COVID-19 infection rates between March and August across 15 countries, including UK, France, Italy, and Belgium were on an average 6.2 times higher than the reported cases

Pfizer and BioNTech informed that primary efficacy analysis of their coronavirus vaccine candidate showed that it was 95 per cent effective beginning 28 days after the first dose