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Chinese drugmaker setting up vaccine production lines

11:41 pm October 20, 2020

Beijing: A state-owned Chinese drugmaker is setting up production lines to supply 1 billion doses of two possible coronavirus vaccines that are being tested on 50,000 people in 10 countries, the company chairman said Tuesday. Testing by SinoPharm Group is “in the last kilometer of a long march,” chairman Liu Jingzhen said at a news […]

Suspense on deputy CM, other ministers in Bihar

PM: India at forefront of vaccine development

1:40 pm October 20, 2020

New Delhi: Asserting that future would be shaped by societies that invest in science and innovation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday cited India’s handling of Covid to state that the country’s scientific institutions were its “greatest assets and had done wonders” in tackling the disease. In his virtual keynote address at the Grand Challenges […]

Encounter on between security forces, terrorists in Poonch

China calls on India to honor pledge, return missing soldier

10:51 am October 20, 2020

Beijing: China’s military says it hopes India will make good on its pledge to swiftly return a Chinese soldier found lost along their mountainous border where the sides have been locked in a tense standoff. The defense ministry issued a statement late Monday saying the soldier had been helping herders round up yaks when he […]

Australia to be part of Malabar exercise

8:21 pm October 19, 2020

New Delhi: India on Monday announced that Australia will join the upcoming Malabar exercise which effectively means that all the four member countries of the ‘Quad’ or Quadrilateral coalition will be participating in the mega drill. The US and Japan are the other countries that participate in the annual exercise, which is likely to take […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

China’s economy accelerates as virus recovery gains strength

2:29 pm October 19, 2020

Beijing: China’s shaky economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic is gaining strength as consumers return to shopping malls and auto dealerships while the United States and Europe endure painful contractions. The world’s second-largest economy expanded by 4.9% over a year ago in the three months ending in September, official data showed Monday. Retail spending rebounded […]