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Vaccine Success Fuels Covid Fight

While the pandemic has killed over 1.2 million people worldwide, the announcement by Pfizer and BioNTech raises hope that effective Covid-19 vaccine dose could be on its way, and if approved, before

November 9, 2020

-Top News·COVID-19·World News

Pressing need to address climate change: Dalai Lama to Joe Biden

Buddhist spiritual leader the Dalai Lama on Sunday congratulated Joe Biden on his election as the next President of the US, saying climate change is indeed pressing. “As you may be aware,”

November 8, 2020

Environment·USA·World News

Chinese smartphone market falls 14.3% in Q3

The China smartphone market witnessed a 14.3 per cent drop in the third quarter this year with 84.8 million units shipment, according to an IDC report, as the country faced soft demand,

November 8, 2020

Tech Lite·World News

Surging mental illness during pandemic worrisome: Scientists

Scientists including two of Indian origin have used machine learning (ML) to analyse more than 800,000 Reddit posts and found that users anxiety and suicide risk levels are rising, among other negative

November 6, 2020

Lifestyle·World News

Climate Change to trigger major health conditions: Study

Researchers have revealed that climate change will extract an acute toll worldwide, with rising temperatures, wildfires and poor air quality, accompanied by higher rates of cancer, especially lung, skin and gastrointestinal cancers.

November 6, 2020

Health·Science·World News

Uncertain US elections erode rupee value

The uncertainty regarding the US election outcome impacted the Indian rupee which plunged to a two month low mark during Wednesday’s trade session. The rupee hit an intraday low of 74.88 as

November 4, 2020

Economy·World News

‘World to witness massive infrastructure push’

India is likely to spend around $513 billion on infrastructure by the year 2030 to accommodate its growing population, according to a report by Mace. A report titled ‘INSIGHTS 2020: Blueprint for

November 3, 2020

Economy·World News

‘World is in a global liquidity trap’

Gita Gopinath, chief economist of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has urged policymakers to provide more fiscal stimulus to boost the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic as the global economy is in

November 3, 2020

Economy·World News

Legendary Diego Maradona turns 60

Argentina football legend Diego Maradona turned 60 on Friday. Widely rated as one of the greatest football players of all time, Maradona played in four FIFA World Cups and was captain of

October 30, 2020

Football·Sport·World News

Global FDI flows fall 49% in H1 2020

Global foreign direct investment (FDI) flows fell 49 per cent in the first half of 2020 compared to 2019, due to the economic fallout from COVID-19, according to a report by the

October 27, 2020

Business·World News

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