First Made-in-India Covid-19 test-kit hits market
Innovations are often born in times of crisis. India’s first locally-made test-kit for Covid-19 has reached the market, raising hopes of an increase in the screening of suspected cases in …
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UK pledges another $257 million for Covid-19 vaccine
Building on the G20 virtual summit on coronavirus this week, the UK government has pledged an additional $257 million to accelerate research on finding a Covid-19 vaccine. The funding will …
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UK PM tests positive for coronavirus
The deadly coronavirus is no respecter of status or power. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is the first world leader to contract coronavirus. Mr Johnson was tested positive during a …
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SAARC to set up joint knowledge platform to fight Covid-19
In a follow up to the SAARC leaders’ virtual conference on Covid-19, the health experts of the eight-nation bloc in a video conference shared their experiences and proposed to set …
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Modi & Putin connect to combat COVID-19
MOSCOW/NEW DELHI: Renewing time-tested India-Russia partnership, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Russian President Vladimir Putin held telephonic talks and underlined solidarity with each other in the common fight against the …
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Pompeo dashes to Kabul to jumpstart peace process
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo made an urgent visit to Kabul to reenergize the Afghan peace process amid a political impasse that could derail last month’s deal with the …
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China Reports No New Covid-19 Cases For First Time
In a major victory against the Covid-19 pandemic, China has reported no new cases of infection for the first time in the country’s Wuhan Province, the epicenter of the outbreak. …
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J&K our internal matter, stop commenting: India tells China, Pakistan
India has strongly objected to the reference of Jammu and Kashmir in a joint China-Pakistan declaration issued at the end of President Arif Alvi’s recent state visit to Beijing. …
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Sheikh Mujibur Rahman was a sage of peace: Modi
Signifying upswing in Delhi-Dhaka relations, Prime Minister Narendra Modi lavished praise on ‘Jatir Pita’ Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on the occasion of his 100th birth anniversary through a video link …
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Covid-19: WHO chief calls for global solidarity
With the death toll from coronavirus exceeding 8000, the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom has said that the coronavirus pandemic presents an unprecedented threat but it also offers …
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