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The announcement follows a $456 million investment in Johnson & Johnson's vaccine candidate in March, a $486 million award to Moderna Inc in April, and up to $1.2 billion in support in May for AstraZeneca's vaccine being developed with Oxford University

Stock Market LIVE Updates on July 7: Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Auto, Asian Paints, Infosys, Tata Motors were trading as the major gainers today, while ONGC, BPCL, PowerGrid, Zee Entertainment and Bharti Infratel were among the top losers

Coronavirus vaccine: AIIMS in Delhi and Patna are among the 12 institutes selected to conduct the clinical trials for Covaxin

On Sensex, M&M (5.85%), Bajaj Finance (4.10%), HDFC Bank (3.47%), Reliance Industries (3.38%) and IndusInd  Bank (3.12%) were the top gainers

In India, the worst affected state, Maharashtra crossed the grim milestone of two lakh COVID-19 cases, Tamil Nadu's tally reached 1.11 lakh and Delhi is also nearing the 1-lakh mark

Trump has expressed disappointment over China's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic in the past. In May, he claimed that it was the \"incompetence\" of Beijing that led to the mass killing across the globe

Stock Market LIVE Updates on July 6: HDFC Bank, IndusInd Bank, IT, Bajaj Finance and NTPC were among the top gainers today while HUL and Bajaj Auto were among the losers.

A Vigyan Prasar article claimed that none of the coronavirus vaccines under development around the world, including India, would be available for mass use before 2021; PIB omitted this warning while carrying this article on its portal

Stock Market in the upcoming week: Besides tracking global cues, investors are also expecting that RBI may unveil more relief measures for some of the stressed sectors of the economy to help them emerge from the bruising impact of the lockdown

Domestic equity indices advanced for the third straight day to close near four-month highs on Friday. During the last week, the BSE Sensex rallied 850.15 points or 2.41 per cent

A week ago, European Medicines Agency gave its go-ahead for remdesivir to be used in adults and adolescents from 12 years of age who are also suffering from pneumonia and require oxygen support

The president flew across the nation to gather a big crowd of supporters, most of them maskless and all of them flouting public health guidelines that recommend not gathering in large groups

Some countries are experiencing a resurgence in infections, leading authorities to partially reinstate lockdowns, in what experts say could be a recurring pattern into 2021

The government has been promoting organic farming in the country through various central schemes. The move is aimed at reducing the use of chemical fertilisers, pesticides and growth regulators. States such as Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Sikkim have boosted organic farming

The reserves had crossed the half-a-trillion dollar mark for the first time in the week ended June 5 after it had surged by a massive USD 8.22 billion and reached USD 501.70 billion. It had touched a life-time high of USD 507.64 billion in the week ended June 12

Industry experts say this could be only an aspirational target and directive to speed up the trials, than a realistic move to get the vaccine launched within one and a half months

Positive news around the development of a potential coronavirus vaccine and not so weak key economic data from US and China also kept momentum positive  in equity markets worldwide.

On June 23, Patanjali Ayurveda had launched 'Coronil' and 'Swasari'. It had claimed that these two drugs could be used for treating COVID-19 and had successfully treated 100 per cent of the COVID-19 patients it was administered to in clinical trials

Coronavirus vaccine update: A coronavirus vaccine candidate tested by American firm Pfizer and German biotech major BioNTech SE has been found to generate antibodies in people, a study showed