US health regulators are expected to make public a staff review about the Covid-19 pill molnupiravir from Merck and Co and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LP, with an analysis of clinical-trial data for the drug included, according to The Wall Street Journal. ...
US President Joe Biden has announced that the US will impose travel restrictions on eight African countries as a new variant of the coronavirus has been detected on the continent....
UK Health Secretary Sajid Javid sounded an alarm over the new 'worst-ever' super-mutant Covid variant that will make vaccines at least 40 per cent less effective, forcing flights to be banned from South Africa and five other countries, the Daily Mail reported....
Two more "smash-and-grab" robberies hit upscale department stores in California, adding to a series of similar crimes in the US state....
In a recent exchange with a leading publisher of an ethnic Indian newspaper, I had inquired why he hasn't carried a news item on the Indian Americans protesting before the United Nations where Prime Minister Modi was addressing the General Assembly....
The global coronavirus caseload has topped 259.9 million, while the deaths have surged to more than 5.18 million and vaccinations to over 7.52 billion, according to Johns Hopkins University. ...
As 13th anniversary of the 26/11 Mumbai terrorist attack rolls around, Tahawwur Hussain Rana...
The banking regulators in the US have announced a plan to clarify the rules and regulations around how banks can use cryptocurrencies over the next year, at a time when governments the world over, including India, are weighing the risks associated with cryptocurrencies and safeguard investors....
The United States supports India's announcement of their agreement to a transition from the existing India equalization levy to the new multilateral solution, and both countries have committed to working together through constructive dialogue on this matter, US Department of Treasury said on Wednesday....
The US Army awarded a USD 591 million contract to Oshkosh Defense LLC to provide 1,669 Joint Light Tactical trucks and 868 trailers for the vehicles for the governments of Lithuania, Slovenia and others, the Defense Department said....
