The virtual meeting will be the first hosted by Johnson as part of the UK's G7 Presidency this year and the first gathering of G7 leaders since April 2020

In December last year, Sanofi had said it was targeting \"earliest potential approval\" of the shot in the second half of 2021, following positive preclinical data

The announcement comes after a government panel on Friday confirmed that final results of clinical testing done in Japan showed that the vaccine had an efficacy similar to what overseas tests showed

The European Union will speed up approvals of coronavirus vaccines adapted to combat mutations, the bloc's Health Commissioner Stella Kyriakides said in a newspaper interview on Sunday

A WHO-led mission in China said this week that it was not looking further into the question of whether the virus escaped from a lab, which it considered highly unlikely

Sectorally, indices ended on a mixed note today. Gains in realty, IT, banking and financial stocks were capped by losses in pharma, FMCG, metal and auto scrips

US President Joe Biden and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping held their first phone call as leaders and appeared at odds on most issues. While Xi has called for 'win-win' cooperation, Biden has called China America's 'most serious competitor' and vowed to 'out compete' Beijing; The job market continues to improve sequentially across the country, with job postings getting improved in some industries; The UK coronavirus variant that has wreaked havoc in the country and spread to multiple countries could eventually become the dominant strain, say experts. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: Centre made Rs 100 crore by sharing vehicle data with private companies: Nitin Gadkari

Airlines allowed to operate 80% of pre-COVID-19 domestic flights till March 31 The cap on the number of domestic flights that Indian airlines are permitted to operate will remain at 80 per cent of their pre-COVID levels till March 31 or till the summer schedule begins, said the Civil Aviation Ministry on Thursday. The ministry had set the 80 per cent limit on December 3, 2020, without specifying till what date it would remain in place. Indian pharma grows for 5th straight month; sales ris...

Stock Market News Updates Today: Earlier today, Sensex hit a record high of 51,804 and Nifty hit a lifetime high of 15,243

It is imperative that India can lean on and leverage its healthcare and logistics footprint and expertise to support the global fight against any pandemic

RIL, Bajaj twins, Airtel, Hindalco, Adani Ports were among the top gainers while, Nestle, TCS, Axis Bank, L&T traded as the top losers

India has achieved yet another milestone in its nationwide COVID-19 vaccination programme; Bihar and Tripura vaccinated highest number of registered healthcare workers

Professor Sharon Peacock, head of UK's genetic surveillance progragramme, said that once the virus mutates itself out of being virulent then one can stop worrying about it

Twitter starts blocking censored accounts after govt's diktat After much hesitation in following the government's diktat on blocking accounts spreading fake \"farmers genocide\" hashtags, and those sympathising with Pakistan and Khalistan, Twitter has finally started blocking accounts that are spreading inflammatory and divisive comments, say government officials. Adar Poonawala firm Rising Sun to buy 60% stake in Magma Fincorp for Rs 3,456 crore Adar Poonawalla-led firm Rising Star Hol...

Stock Market News Updates Today: RIL, Bajaj twins, Airtel were among the top gainers while, Nestle, TCS, Axis Bank, L&T traded as the top losers

Indices erased opening gains and settled flat as profit booking was witnessed in FMCG, metal, banking and financial stocks

Stock Market News Updates Today: Tata Motors, L&T , Infosys, Airtel, SBI, ONGC, ITC, Nestle were among the top losers today while HUL, Titan, M&M, TCS, Bajaj Finance, HDFC traded among the top gainers.

Asian Paints, Axis Bank, ONGC, HDFC, Titan, L&T were the top gainers while SBI, Kotak Bank, Dr Reddy, NTPC, TCS were among the top losers

Bitcoin breached the $44,000 mark for the first time on Monday after Tesla revealed that it had invested around $1.5 billion in the cryptocurrency last month; Drug firm AstraZeneca India on Monday said it has received marketing authorisation to use its anti-diabetic drug dapagliflozin for the treatment of patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD); Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday called newly elected US President Joe Biden and the two leaders discussed regional, environmental, and other issues. Watch this and more on News Blast.Also Read: COVID-19: AstraZeneca vaccine offers protection against severe disease, death, says WHO

Godrej Appliances is currently deploying vaccine refrigerators that maintain a precise temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius to store the highly temperature-sensitive Covaxin and CoviShield vaccines