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G7 talks vaccines after pleas to help poor
MAY 4, 2021
Wealthy nations have put an emphasis on Covax, a UN-backed programme meant to share vaccines with the poorest nations. - Ben STANSALL...
Pfizer Reaps Hundreds of Millions in Profits From Covid Vaccine
MAY 4, 2021
Pfizer’s vaccine is disproportionately reaching the world’s rich. - Dado Ruvic/Reuters
Last year, racing to develop a vaccine in record time, Pfizer...
Amid Covid concerns, BCCI considers moving the IPL to Mumbai
MAY 3, 2021
Mumbai has three venues available. - BCCI
Relocating the IPL to Mumbai has emerged as a serious option for the...
Over 2.15 lakh Indians in age group of 18-44 years get COVID-19 vaccine in...
May 3, 2021
In the ongoing vaccination drive across the country, as many as 2,15,185 beneficiaries of the age group 18 to 44 years received...
How scientists uncovered a massive underwater waste dump off Los Angeles
MAY 3, 2021
A sprawling dumpsite off the Los Angeles coast, littered with barrels of waste, had been mostly hidden from the public eye for...
Indian Assembly Election Results 2021: From Bengal To Tamil Nadu To Kerala, Decoding The...
MAY 2, 2021
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) scored an emphatic win in the keenly watched assembly elections in West Bengal, MK Stalin’s...
Moderna Just Made the Pfizer Vaccine’s Biggest Weakness an Even Bigger One
MAY 2, 2021
A doctor in her office vaccinates a patient with a coronavirus vaccine. - Getty Images
Pfizer (NYSE: PFE) and Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) have...
Biden’s Proposals Aim to Give Sturdier Support to the Middle Class
MAY 2, 2021
Over the decades, a spot in the middle class has felt increasingly vulnerable. - Christopher Lee / NY Times
Perhaps the most...
Biden administration to return billions in border wall funding diverted from Pentagon
APRIL 30, 2021
A portion of U.S.-Mexico border wall stands unfinished, April 14, 2021, near La Joya, Texas. - John Moore/Getty Images
The Biden administration is...
U.S. Household Income Surged by Record 21.1% in March
APRIL 30, 2021
Household income rose at a record pace of 21.1% in March as federal-stimulus checks helped fuel an economic revival that is poised...
