Month: January 2021

Report: Talk show host Larry King in hospital with COVID-19

LOS ANGELES — Former CNN talk show host Larry King has been hospitalized with COVID-19 for more than a week, the news channel reported Saturday. Citing an unidentified person close to the family, CNN said the 87-year-old King is undergoing treatment at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. […]

U.S. distributes over 13.07 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines; 4.2 million administered – CDC

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it had administered 4,225,756 first doses of COVID-19 vaccines in the country as of Saturday morning and distributed 13,071,925 doses. The tally of vaccine doses distributed and the number of people who received the first dose are for both […]

BioNTech founders warn of vaccine supply gaps – Spiegel

BERLIN – BioNTech is working flat out with partner Pfizer to boost production of their COVID-19 vaccine, its founders said, warning there would be gaps in supply until other vaccines were rolled out. The German biotech startup has led the vaccine race but its shot has been slow […]

India’s Sustained decline of Active Caseload continues; drops below 2.5 Lakh

Daily Recoveries outnumber daily New Cases continuously for last 37 days DELHI, JANUARY 3: India’s trajectory of active cases continues to follow a steadily dipping path. The total Active Caseload has dropped below 2.5 lakh (2,47,220) today. This has been made possible by the trend of recoveries exceeding new […]

Press Statement by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Restricted Emergency approval of COVID-19 virus vaccine

DELHI, JANUARY 3: The Subject Expert Committee of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) met on 1st and 2nd January, 2021 and made recommendations in respect of proposal for Restricted Emergency Approval of COVID-19 virus vaccine of M/s Serum Institute of India and M/s Bharat Biotech as well […]

CGST Delhi West Commissionerate arrests one for duty evasion of around Rs 831.72 crore

DELHI, JANUARY 3: The Central GST Delhi West Commissionerate has unearthed evasion of GST by way of manufacture and clandestine supply of gutkha/pan masala/tobacco products without any registration and payment of duty. On basis of the search at the premise of manufacture, it was found that illegal manufacturing […]

PM Congratulates the nation on vaccine approval of Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech

Expresses gratitude towards corona warriors DELHI, JANUARY 3: The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has called the DCGI approval of Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech vaccines, a decisive turning point to strengthen a spirited fight against Corona. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said […]

131 films to be screened at 26th Kolkata film festival

Kolkata, Jan 3: Ray’s classic ‘Apur Sansar’ — the third of a trilogy featuring Soumitra Chatterjee — will be screened at the inauguration of 26th Kolkata International Film Festival (KIFF), to be held from January 8 to 15, West Bengal minister Arup Biswas said. The seven-day festival will […]

Vikramaditya Motwane launches production company

Mumbai, Jan 3:  Filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane has launched his production banner, Andolan Films. The production company’s first venture is Motwane-directed “AK vs AK”, currently streaming on Netflix. The “Udaan” director took to Instagram on Saturday night and posted a ten-second video, thanking his colleagues for their support. “New […]

Ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in India: Serum

New Delhi, Jan 3: Serum Institute of India (SII) on Sunday said it is ready to roll out Covishield vaccine in the country in the coming weeks after receiving approval from the Indian drug regulator. The Pune-based vaccine major has entered into a collaboration with the University of Oxford […]

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