Final Phase Of Bengal Polls Today As Covid Cases Hit Record High: 10 Facts

Bengal Assembly Election 2021: Bengal logged 17,207 new cases over the last 24 hours, of which 3,821 cases surfaced in Kolkata. West Bengal Election 2021: The voters will choose among 283 candidates, 35 of whom are women. (File) New Delhi: The eighth and final phase of voting is being held in Bengal today amid the …

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US Is “On The Move Again”, Says Biden In First Address To Congress

Lauding the success of mass vaccination against Covid-19, Biden told Congress and the nation on primetime television that “in America, we always get up.” “America is ready for takeoff,” Joe Biden said. Washington: President Joe Biden declared Wednesday that America is “on the move again” at the start of a rousing speech to Congress, calling …

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Women Make History As Nancy Pelosi, Kamala Harris Flank Biden For Speech

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi has been in the position before during presidential speeches. But with the addition this time of Kamala Harris, the nation’s first female vice president, the two people seated behind and on either side of Joe Biden. The moment marked a milestone in the nation’s nearly 245-year history. Washington, United …

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Top US Senators Seek Global Access Of Vaccines, Cite India’s Example

“COVID-19 has infected over 148 million people and killed over three million globally, with hundreds of thousands of new cases and thousands of deaths being reported daily,” the five senators wrote in identical letters to the CEOs of Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson on Wednesday. 5 top US senators wrote to Pfizer, Moderna, and …

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EU Accuses Russia, China Of Covid Vaccine Disinformation

The EU and NATO regularly accuse Russia of covert action, including disinformation, to try to destabilise the West by exploiting divisions in society. Russian, Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western Covid vaccines: EU Brussels: Russian and Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western COVID-19 vaccines in their latest …

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Man With Knife Attacks Kindergarten In China, Kills 2 Children: Report

Xinhua had earlier reported that two children had been seriously injured in the attack at around 2 p.m. (0600 GMT) in the city of Beiliu. A suspect was arrested by police, Xinhua reported earlier. (Representational) A man wielding a knife killed two children and wounded 16 more people at a kindergarten in China’s southwestern region …

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Scientists Back Brazil Over Russian Covid Vaccine Import Ban

Top virologist Angela Rasmussen told AFP the finding “raises questions about the integrity of the manufacturing processes” and could be a safety issue for people with weaker immune systems, if the problem were found to be widespread. Scientists have backed Brazil’s drug regulator’s decision to stop the import of Russia’s Sputnik V (File) Washington: Scientists …

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US To Send More Than $100 Million In Covid Supplies To India

The supplies, which will begin arriving on Thursday and continue into next week, include 1,000 oxygen cylinders, 15 million N95 masks and 1 million rapid diagnostic tests, the statement said. US is sending supplies worth more than $100 million in the coming days to India (File) Washington: The United States is sending supplies worth more …

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