Day: December 30, 2020

Harris receives first dose of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine on camera

12:28 pm December 30, 2020

Washington: US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris has received the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine live on television as part of efforts to build public trust in the inoculation and urged Americans to get vaccinated for the virus. Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff were administered the vaccine at United Medical Center in Washington, […]

Fire at e-commerce warehouse, scrap storage facility in Noida

12:24 pm December 30, 2020

Noida: A fire broke out at an e-commerce warehouse in Noida, while another ripped through a scrap storage facility in the city early on Wednesday, officials said. No one was injured in either of the incidents which have resulted in major damage to properties, the officials said. The fire at Amazon’s warehouse in Sector 81 […]

Biden criticizes pace of vaccine rollout, vows to accelerate

12:21 pm December 30, 2020

Wilmington : President-elect Joe Biden has criticised the Trump administration for the pace of distributing COVID-19 vaccines and predicted that “things will get worse before they get better” when it comes to the pandemic. “We need to be honest — the next few weeks and months are going to be very tough, very tough for our nation. Maybe the […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

US university settles patent lawsuit involving Indian-origin former professor

12:17 pm December 30, 2020

Washington: A US university has reached a confidential settlement with an Indian-origin former professor whom it accused of stealing a student’s research and selling it to a pharmaceutical company, potentially costing the varsity millions of dollars, according to a media report. The settlement ended the nearly two-year-old lawsuit the University of Missouri system had brought […]

UP minister’s brother booked for using photos of PM Modi, CM Yogi to promote mobile brand

12:13 pm December 30, 2020

Lucknow: A case of cheating has been registered against the brother of a Uttar Pradesh minister for allegedly using photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath to promote a mobile phone brand. Police officials requesting anonymity said an FIR was registered against Lalit Agarwal on December 26 at the Hazratganj Police […]