DECEMBER 25,2021
HYDERABAD: Stating that Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin was an effective vaccine against Covid-19 and its new variants, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana on Thursday lamented that attempts were made to prevent the indigenously developed vaccine from getting WHO recognition. The CJI was addressing the Ramineni Foundation awards function held in Hyderabad.
“Several multi-national companies, like Pfizer, on one hand,...
DECEMBER 25, 2021
Peter Yaverbaum donates blood at a New York Blood Center, Dec. 2, 2020, in New York. - Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images
Medical researchers say there is renewed promise in reducing COVID-19-related hospitalizations and deaths by increasing the use of convalescent plasma treatments early on in a coronavirus infection.
And some medical experts are pushing the federal government to allow...
DECEMBER 24, 2021
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National Saving Certificate (NSC) Interest Rate 2022-23: NSC is a popular savings instrument with decent and guaranteed returns. Issued by the Government, NSCs come with a lock-in period of 5 years. The interest is compounded annually but paid to the subscriber on maturity. Even Prime Minister Narendra Modi has some of his earnings invested...
DECEMBER 24, 2021
Violence against nurses increases amid pandem.
With the latest coronavirus wave upending another holiday season, frontline employees are feeling a disturbing sense of deja vu. The soaring number of U.S. infections linked to the Omicron variant has only deepened the crisis among essential workers, many of whom report being demoralized, abused, underpaid and exhausted as the pandemic trudges into its second year.
As...
DECEMBER 24, 2021
An Apple store. Spencer Platt/Getty Images
A group of more than 50 Apple retail employees reportedly walked out on Christmas Eve, demanding better work conditions.
Most Apple stores in the US are open until 6 p.m. on Christmas Eve and closed on Christmas Day.
The group's demands include a more respectful workplace and paid sick time.
A group...
DECEMBER 24, 2021
More than 3,500 flights have been cancelled and thousands delayed around the world as the highly infectious Omicron variant disrupts holiday travel. (Photo by DAVID MCNEW / AFP) (Photo by DAVID MCNEW/AFP via Getty Images)
About 3,800 plane flights were canceled around the globe for Friday and Saturday, as the fast-spreading omicron variant of the coronavirus infected or...
DECEMBER 24, 2021
Duchess Kate, Prince William, Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall didn't appear shaken or stirred at Royal Albert Hall on Sept. 28. See all the stars who attended the red carpet for the latest James Bond film (out Oct. 8), including 007 himself. - Gallery©Chris Jackson, AP
It's not only Santa bringing presents on Christmas: Kate Middleton gifted Britain with...
DECEMBER 24, 2021
WASHINGTON, D.C. — President Joe Biden was subjected to a right-wing anti-Biden slur during a Christmas Eve call with NORAD's Santa tracker.
Biden and the first lady were speaking with families around the country who had called into the North American Aerospace Defense Command to receive an update on Santa's location when one parent ended the conversation by...
DECEMBER 22, 2021
A drive-through coronavirus testing center last week in London. - Daniel Leal/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
LONDON — In the hospital in southwest England where Joanna Poole works as an intensive care doctor and anesthesiologist, the last few weeks have been a blur of canceled operations for lack of beds and a scramble to plug holes in schedules...
DECEMBER 18, 2021
PP Chaudhary, the Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), on Saturday said the Data Protection Bill if passed by the Parliament, will be a game-changer as there is no law to regulate data. He also said that there is a need to have data localization in order to maintain privacy. On being asked about the disagreement...
