Some 620,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccines are expected to arrive in hospitals across the US state of Texas on Monday, including those in rural areas. On Sunday, state heath officials said athat the second shipment of vaccines will include 159,900 doses of the Pfizer vaccine and 460,500 doses of the vaccine manufactured by Moderna, which […]
As America begins a historic vaccination campaign, the US Food and Drug Administration posted a preliminary analysis confirming the safety and effectiveness of the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Moderna in collaboration with the National Institutes of Health, bringing it ever closer to an emergency use authorisation. If Moderna’s vaccine is approved, it will become the […]
Cloud major Oracle has announced to move its California-based headquarters to Austin, Texas and cited flexibility of employee work as the key reason behind the decision. The decision came a day after the company posted revenues of $9.8 billion in its fiscal second quarter, a growth of two per cent (on-year) and Cloud services and licence […]
The Islamabad city administration has extended an ongoing ban on all social gatherings and carrying, displaying and exhibiting firearms for another two more months, the media reported on Saturday. The announcement was made by Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Hamza Shafqaat on Friday, reports Dawn news. The Pakistani capital has also banned the usage of cassette players […]
NASA has selected an initial team of 18 astronauts, including Indian-American astronaut Raja Chari, to form the Artemis Team and help pave the way for the next lunar missions, including sending the first woman and next man to walk on the lunar surface in 2024. Vice President of the US Mike Pence introduced the members […]
The UK’s medical regulator has advised that anyone who has a history of significant allergic reactions to medicines, food or vaccines should not receive the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine currently in use in the country, according to media reports. Wednesday’s precautionary advice by the country’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) came a day after two […]
As the US government went ahead with its plan to break up Facebook, the social network has hit back, saying that in addition to being “revisionist history, this is simply not how the antitrust laws are supposed to work”. Jennifer Newstead, Vice President and General Counsel at Facebook, said late on Wednesday that the company […]
More than 55,000 people have died due to the novel coronavirus in France since the onset of the pandemic in the country, one of the worst-hit in Europe, according to authorities. The country’s overall death toll currently stands at 55,155 after 175 of them were recorded in the past 24 hours, Xinhua news agency quoted […]
Negotiators from Britain and the European Union (EU) resumed their talks in Brussels in a “final throw of the dice” as they try to secure a post-Brexit trade deal before the Brexit transition period expires at the end of this month. British chief negotiator David Frost and his EU counterpart Michel Barnier met in a […]
According to Dubai Tourism, the city ensures travellers have a plethora of activities to indulge in By Siddhi Jain The year 2020 has changed travel in ways that were previously unthinkable. As international travel opens up slowly, Dubai is emerging as a safe destination with the safety and wellbeing of travellers at the top of […]