Day: December 30, 2020

Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine approved by UK regulator

2:54 pm December 30, 2020

London: The coronavirus vaccine designed by scientists at the University of Oxford and produced by AstraZeneca was on Wednesday approved for human use by the UK’s independent regulator. The approval by Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) means the vaccine is both safe and effective. The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) was already lining up thousands […]

Minor fire incident at Baddi plant: Panacea Biotec

2:37 pm December 30, 2020

New Delhi: Drug firm Panacea Biotec on Wednesday said a minor fire broke out at its manufacturing facility at Baddi, in Himachal Pradesh resulting in temporary suspension of work at the affected part. A minor fire incident took place on December 29, in a technical engineering floor in one of the air handling units of the soft gelatin […]

Chinese vaccine shipment arrives in Turkey

2:31 pm December 30, 2020

Hong Kong: A first batch of vaccines developed by Chinese biopharmaceutical company Sinovac has arrived in Turkey, after a two-week delay. A plane carrying 3 million doses of the CoronaVac vaccine landed in the capital Ankara early on Wednesday. The first shipment was initially scheduled to arrive on December 11 but Turkish officials said problems […]

US court shuts down fraud scheme targeting elderly Americans via India-based call centers

2:25 pm December 30, 2020

New York: A US court has ordered the permanent shut down of a technical-support fraud scheme, masterminded by an American citizen and operated through call centres in India, that allegedly defrauded hundreds of elderly and vulnerable Americans. The US Justice Department said on Tuesday the District Court entered the order of permanent injunction against Michael […]

Air, water pollution disputes kept NGT busy in 2020 amid coronavirus pandemic

2:22 pm December 30, 2020

New Delhi: Apex environment adjudication body NGT handled disputes involving multi-disciplinary issues relating to air and water pollution through a smooth digital workflow despite the novel coronavirus pandemic this year resulting in a nationwide lockdown. The National Green Tribunal, though working with handful of Judicial and Expert Members, that too via video conferencing, made its presence […]