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Biden urged not to accept India, South Africa’s proposal at WTO on COVID-19 vaccine

11:07 am March 6, 2021

Washington: Four top Republican senators have urged US President Joe Biden not to accept a proposal by India and South Africa to the WTO to waive anti-Covid vaccine patents, saying that waiving all rights to intellectual property would end the innovation pipeline and stop the development of new vaccines or boosters to address variants in the virus. Mike Lee, Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst, and Todd Young, in a […]

Biden believes US will be approaching normalcy by end of this year

2:50 pm February 20, 2021

Washington: President Joe Biden has said that he believes the US will be approaching normalcy by the end of this year as the country races to deliver coronavirus vaccines to millions of Americans. Biden on Friday toured a manufacturing facility of Pfizer in Kalamazoo, Michigan, seeking to highlight efforts to mass-produce a coronavirus vaccine as his administration looks for ways to […]

World’s biggest emitters like China, India, Russia, need to step up and lower emissions: Kerry

2:35 pm February 20, 2021

United Nations: The world’s big emitting countries, including China, India, Russia, and Japan need to “really step up” and begin to lower greenhouse gas emissions, US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry has said as he called on all nations to raise their ambition to fight against climate change. Kerry on Friday joined UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres for a special virtual event to mark the United […]

Biden believes US will be approaching normalcy by end of this year

2:28 pm February 20, 2021

Whenever I get an opportunity to humanise black women, I take it: Hollywood star Janelle Monae

8:21 pm February 19, 2021

Los Angeles: Hollywood singer-actor Janelle Monae says it has always been important for her to tell stories that humanise black women on the screen, be it ”Moonlight”, ”Hidden Figures” or her latest horror film ”Antebellum”. The 2020 film, which started streaming in India on Lionsgate Play from Friday, revolves around a successful author Veronica, who finds herself trapped in a […]