Researchers said over half (51 per cent) of these doses will go to high income countries, which represent 14 per cent of the world's population

FDA released a 54-page report on Tuesday, which concurred with the biotechnology firm's claim of a 94 percent efficacy rate

Taiwan has been the only nation to report fiscal surplus over the past three quarters (2.6 per cent of GDP). Hong Kong reported the highest fiscal deficit at 24.5 per cent of GDP followed by 19 per cent in South Africa

India imported 618,468 tonnes of palm oil in November, down from 672,363 in the same month last year, the Solvent Extractors' Association of India said in a statement

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London will move to Tier 3 \"very high alert\" local restrictions on Wednesday. Under this, all hospitality venues, including restaurants, pubs, bars, cafes will be shut except for takeout and delivery

The US and Canada began the vaccination drive against coronavirus with Pfizer-BioNTech doses on Monday. Both countries have started administering the coronavirus vaccine shots to healthcare workers and elderly citizens this week

Stocks to watch today on December 15: Tata Steel, TCS, NMDC, Bank of Maharashtra, Indian Bank, Dr Reddy among others are the top stocks to watch out for in Tuesday's trading session

Calculation was based on the analysis of data of volunteers who received both the first and second doses of the Sputnik V vaccine or placebo at the third and final control point of 78 confirmed cases in accordance with the Phase III clinical trials protocol

Commerce Department confirmed there was a breach at one of its agencies and that they asked the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency and the FBI to investigate

India Stock Market Highlights Today: ONGC followed by Tata Steel, L&T, Sun Pharma, M&M, ICICI Bank and NTPC were among the top gainers in the Sensex pack

Russian Defense Ministry said that the Vladimir Monomakh submarine of the Pacific Fleet launched four Bulava missiles in quick succession from an underwater position in the Sea of Okhotsk

Two vaccine candidates stumbled on Friday in the race among researchers to combat Covid-19, even as the Pfizer jab nears approval in the US

Addressing a press meet on the eve of 'Five years of Paris Agreement', Prakash Javadekar said India is \"walking the talk\" on climate change as it has already achieved 21 per cent of its target of reducing emissions intensity of GDP by 33-35 per cent by 2030

AstraZeneca's vaccine has an average efficacy of 70.4 per cent, according to data published in a journal. Russia, meanwhile, has said that Sputnik V is 92 per cent effective

ADB has launched a USD 9 billion vaccine initiative the Asia Pacific Vaccine Access Facility (APVAX) offering rapid and equitable support to its developing members as they procure and deliver effective and safe coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines

GSK said phase 1/2 interim results showed an immune response comparable to patients who recovered from COVID-19 in adults aged 18 to 49 years but there was an insufficient response in older adults

Sputnik V in India: India's Dr Reddy's Laboratories and Hetero Drugs have a license to sell 100 million doses of the vaccine in India and limited trials are also being done in the country, as part of the approval process

Head of the consumer health watchdog, Anna Popova, told the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station on Tuesday that people should stop drinking alcohol at least two weeks before getting the first of the two injections