Day: December 25, 2020

Chinese vaccines are poised to fill gap, but will they work?

3:44 pm December 25, 2020

Taipei: With rich countries snapping up supplies of COVID-19 vaccines, some parts of the world may have to rely on Chinese-developed shots to try to conquer the outbreak. The question: Will they work? There is no outward reason to believe they won’t, but China has a history of vaccine scandals, and its drugmakers have revealed […]

Midnight mass, carols usher in Christmas in Goa amid pandemic

3:40 pm December 25, 2020

Panaji: The peel of the midnight bells in churches and the carols reverberating the praise of Lord Jesus ushered in the Christmas festivities in Goa amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The Christmas celebration in the state, where nearly 30 per cent population is Christian, started with traditional fervour amid strict adherence to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) laid down by the […]

President, Vice-Prez, PM pay rich tribute to Vajpayee on birth anniversary

3:37 pm December 25, 2020

New Delhi: President Ram Nath Kovind, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi were among the dignitaries who paid rich tribute to former prime minister and BJP stalwart Atal Bihari Vajpayee on his birth anniversary. President Kovind paid homage to Vajpayee at ‘Sadaiv Atal’, a memorial to the former prime minister, here, the Rashtrapati Bhavan stated in a tweet. Top Union ministers also attended a […]

Gangs of thieves targeting wedding events active in Thane:Cops

11:40 am December 25, 2020

Thane: Police in Maharashtra’s Thane have asked the local residents to remain cautious while attending marriages and other social events in the city as some gangs of thieves from Madhya Pradesh were active in the region, who use children to steal valuables. Talking to reporters, DCP (Wagle Estate) Dr Vinay Rathod said on Thursday that the members of the gangs mostly […]

Kansas to determine COVID-19 vaccine eligibility

11:37 am December 25, 2020

Topeka: Kansas is working through the details of exactly who will be eligible for coronavirus vaccines in exactly what order as it concentrates on giving shots mostly to health care workers this month. Democratic Governor Laura Kelly told leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature this week that the vaccines have gone mostly to health care workers, though that group also […]