San Francisco | Tech giant Microsoft reached a $2 trillion market capitalisation in trading, joining a small group of global companies that have crossed that threshold — including Apple. Apple reached its own $2 trillion market cap back in August 2020. Microsoft is world’s third company to hit $2 trillion in market capitalisation. Despite hitting $2 […]
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Moderna, protein-based Covid jabs safe for use in kids
New York | Moderna’s mRNA Covid vaccine and a protein-based shot is safe for use in young children and offers strong immunity response, with no adverse effects, according to a research on baby rhesus macaques. The study by a team of scientists at the University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill, Weill Cornell Medicine and […]
US to buy 500 mn Pfizer Covid vax doses to donate to 100 countries
Washington | US President Joe Biden’s administration plans to buy 500 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine and donate them among about 100 countries over the next year, according to media reports on Thursday, citing people familiar with the plan. According to the plan, the US will pay for the doses at a “not for […]
Wuhan lab head, US expert flagged Covid risk in 2015: Report
Washington | The head of China’s Wuhan virology lab, also called as the ‘bat woman’, and an expert from the University of North Carolina in the US, had in a paper published in 2015 flagged the dangers of their gain-of-function experiment of a novel coronavirus which could infect human cells, media reports said. In the research, […]
US sending Covid vaccines to India, Harris tells Modi
New York | US Vice President Kamala Harris has told Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the US will be sending Covid-19 vaccines to India, following which Modi thanked her for the support from the US government and the Indian diaspora, in what was likely their first interaction. The electronic conversation took place as US President Joe […]
Biden announces India to receive Covid vaccines from US stockpile
New York | As US President Joe Biden announced on Thursday that India will receive Covid-19 vaccines directly from its stockpile, Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the distribution, according to the White House. Biden, who has faced international and domestic pressure to share the surplus vaccines, said he was releasing […]
Eight people killed, suspect dead in mass shooting in California
San Francisco | Nine people including the suspect were dead and at least one person was injured Wednesday morning after a shooting at a Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) yard north of downtown San Jose in the US state of California, according to the local authorities. The Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that eight people died […]
US denies issuing new guidance to Americans to leave India
New York | The US State Department has denied that it has issued new guidance to American citizens in India to leave the country as reported by some media. Department Spokesperson Ned Price said on Thursday that there has been “some misreporting, perhaps a misperception, that we provided revised guidance to private American citizens in India. […]
US CDC unveils new mask guidance for fully vaccinated Americans
Washington | The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) unveiled new guidelines for fully vaccinated Americans on Tuesday, including activities they can safely resume without wearing masks. Fully vaccinated people can participate in outdoor activities and recreation without a face covering, the CDC said, Xinhua news agency reported. They can also meet outdoors with […]
US supplies of AstraZeneca vaccine to India could take ‘weeks’
New York | The US is “looking at options” to ship millions of AstraZeneca vaccines to India but that can happen only after it clears federal safety review, the White House said on Monday. This process could take a few “weeks”. Approximately 10 million doses “could be released if and when FDA gets gives us concurrence, […]