The report said that while many women in India have the flexibility of working from home, they face other barriers including lack of time and discrimination for family care. Lack of time is the topmost barrier for working women

Once approved, the product can be marketed in the 27 European Union (EU) member countries and European Economic Area (EEA) member states of Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein

Stock Market Updates Today: Sectorally, all the indices were rising, with 1.8% rise in media, financial services, PSU Bank and private banking indices.

The Baahubali sequel had collected Rs 78 crore in Tamil Nadu back in 2017. Master surpassed this number within just 19 days of the film's release. The film had collected Rs 80 cr in Tamil Nadu

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Johnson & Johnson's single-dose COVID-19 vaccine effective, safe: FDA Drug maker Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective as per the data submitted from its ongoing multi-national Phase 3 randomised, double-blind and placebo-controlled trials. This is what a  briefing document published by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has said. Johnson & Johnson had sought emergency use authorisation for its vaccine on February 4. FDA's advisory co...

The 3rd Test match between India and England will be played there. Players from both teams have been training at the newly built stadium

Up to 4 million Australians are expected to be inoculated by March, with Morrison among a small group receiving the first round of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine

Russia has already approved two COVID-19 vaccines, Sputnik V and EpiVacCorona, which were also granted approval before seeing any late-stage trial results

New Zealand expects its nationwide rollout covering the country's population of 5 million will take a full year, while Australia aims to inoculate its 25 million citizens by October

The move was swiftly criticised by news producers and lawmakers, many of whom pointed out that official health and meteorology pages had also been scrubbed during the coronavirus pandemic and at the height of Australia's summer bushfire season

Facebook's move was swiftly criticised by news producers, politicians and human rights advocates in Australia.

Although around 1,000 international students have reportedly received exemptions to return to the country amid the pandemic, the number is too small to pacify several others

India looks much better positioned cyclically and relative to the pandemic, while the most exciting period of China's recovery seems to be over, noted Credit Suisse

The international travel restrictions imposed on March 25 made it challenging for the stranded Indians overseas to return to the country. In April, following their requests, the civil aviation ministry started the international repatriation flights under VBM

The region is prone to earthquakes because it sits along the Pacific \"Ring of Fire\"

China had received flak from a lot of quarters, including the then US President Donald Trump, for not informing the world about the virus and trying to cover up deaths in the Hubei province.

The Quad, or the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, is an informal grouping of four countries -- Australia, India, Japan and the United States

The enhanced trade partnership is expected to address several trade barriers that currently exist. Britain is keen to see India reduces barriers on import of agriculture and food items

The mission was aimed at giving a chance to people who were stranded overseas due to pandemic restrictions to come back to the country. Nearly all airlines such as Air India, IndiGo, SpiceJet, GoAir, Vistara and others have flown under this mission