Scientists working at the Wuhan lab confessed to being bitten by COVID-19 infected bats in a cave while collecting samples.

With eight different coronavirus spike fragments, the scientists said this vaccine platform can generate a diverse antibody response -- an advantage over traditional vaccine methods that present pieces from only a single type of virus

Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel has warned that the novel coronavirus might never disappear and there are high chances of it becoming an endemic disease

Warning about unknown diseases, Prof. Jean-Jacques Muyembe Tamfum cautioned that new viruses appearing from the tropical forests of Africa could spread rapidly and prove to be a threat for humanity

Governments are introducing new lockdown measures to halt the spread while facing massive demand for vaccines which are seen as the best way out of the global health crisis

The International Monetary Fund estimates the global economy to have shrunk by 4.4% this year compared with a contraction of just 0.1% in 2009, when the world last faced a financial crisis

Night curfew in Delhi: No gatherings to be allowed at public places from 11 pm of December 31 to 6 am of January 1, and 11 pm of January 1 to 6 am of January 2, a DDMA order says. No restrictions on interstate and intrastate movement of persons and goods

Authorities said people who have stayed in places outside China during the 21 days before their arrival have to undergo 21 days of compulsory quarantine in designated quarantine hotels

Brazil is the first country to complete a late-stage trial of the vaccine, called CoronaVac, but a release of the results, first set for early December, has now been delayed three times

Canadian PM Justin Trudeau said Canada would extend a 72-hour ban on passenger flights from Britain to Jan. 6, citing a new and more infectious variant of COVID-19

The UK has identified a fast-spreading new variant of coronavirus that is 70% more transmissible than existing strains. A similar mutation was also reported from South Africa and countries like Netherlands and Denmark

Tech spend is expected to increase to $2.9 trillion by 2021. We are looking at a seismic shift in the scaling of digitization at a pace never seen before, said Rakesh Rathi

It is estimated that during the prolonged lockdown, the auto industry suffered losses of more than Rs 2,300 crore in turnover for every single day of closure

India Stock Market Highlights Today: In today's session, Sensex hit an all-time high of 47,026 and Nifty logged a lifetime high of 13,772.

China has strongly opposed calls for an international inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus, saying such calls are anti-China, but has been open to a WHO-led investigation

US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer began shipping the first batches of its long-awaited and newly-authorised coronavirus vaccine out of a Michigan warehouse on Sunday, setting in motion the biggest vaccination drive in American history

The new approach, described in the journal Science Advances, pairs a fluorescence microscope readout device with a smartphone to determine the quantity of virus in a patient sample

There has also been a 55 per cent increase in time spent on social media, and 45 per cent rise in time spent gaming on smartphones. Interestingly, the average duration of clicking pictures has increased to 18 minutes in a day

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has claimed that a coronavirus vaccine may be available next month

As per McKinsey's global banking annual review report, the coronavirus pandemic will present a two-stage problem for banks - credit loss and operations challenge - in the months and years to come