Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said the company's tie-up with American vaccine developer Novavax has published 'excellent efficacy results'

India has no data on jobs lost and businesses shut; no estimate of how many would have slipped into poverty or how income, health and education inequalities would have risen due to the pandemic. How will the Budget 2021 allocate resources appropriately to revive growth and bring development?

Vaccines are not yet approved for children, but testing already is underway for those as young as 12

Coronavirus vaccine: J&J plans to seek emergency use authorisation from the US Food and Drug Administration next week. It has said it plans to deliver 1 billion doses in 2021 and will produce the vaccine in the United States, Europe, South Africa and India

COVID-19 vaccination drive: Health Ministry Additional Secretary Manohar Agnani informed the states and UTs that the database of frontline workers is being updated in collaboration with respective line ministries

Considering the current inadequate infrastructure in healthcare segments, there is a larger expectation that budget allocation to healthcare would be around 2% to 2.25% of the GDP

SBI, HDFC, Asian Paints and M&M were among the top losers while IndusInd Bank, M&M, Bajaj Finance and RIL traded as the top gainers today

Last year in September, Novavax had announced its deal with Serum Institute in order to produce 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines

President Kovind said that Atmanirbhar Bharat is not just confined to manufacturing in India but is also aimed at enhancing the standard of living of every Indian. He said that India's goal of Atmanirbhar Bharat will be strengthened by self reliance in agriculture

IndiGo CEO said on an earnings call on Thursday that short-haul international flights might start during April-June period. He said that the government is working on reopening international flights gradually

Budget Session 2021: Chief Economic Advisor KV Subramanian launches Economic Survey; says India took \"short term pain for long term gain\" and recognised that GDP growth will recover, lost human lives cannot be brought back, adds the CEA

Wall Street on Wednesday suffered its biggest one-day percentage drop in three months as the S&P500 index and Nasdaq Composite fell 2.6%

Nifty 50, that is already trading in the overbought zone, fell from the key level of 14K today. With today's fall, the equity market has turned negative year-to-date as Sensex and Nifty fell 0.71 and 0.16%, respectively

The American biotech company said its two-antibody cocktail, REGEN-COV, caused a 100% reduction in symptomatic infection and roughly 50% lower overall rates of infection

Coronvirus treatment: Plitidepsin, according to the researchers, should be considered for clinical trials based on its in vivo study results. Plitidepsin aka Aplidin is owned by Spanish pharmaceutical company Pharma Mar

Dr Harsh Vardhan attributes success to \"preemptive, proactive and collaborative\" efforts taken by countries affected by global pandemic. He says despite wide disparity in epidemiological trends, world is close to defeating pandemic

Johnson & Johnson likely to report COVID-19 vaccine data next week Johnson & Johnson on Tuesday said it expected to report eagerly-awaited data on its Covid-19 vaccine early next week, and that it would be able to meet the delivery target for doses to countries with which it had signed supply agreements. Public health officials are increasingly counting on single-dose options like the one being tested by J&J to simplify and boost inoculations Economies must fight inequality, i...

US Vice President Kamala Harris received her second dose of Moderna Inc's coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday

Biden announced that his administration will increase overall weekly vaccination distribution to states and tribal territories from 8.6 million doses to a minimum of 10 million doses

US Democrats are still trying to convince Republican lawmakers of the need for more stimulus, raising questions over when and in what form a package will be approved