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New York: COVID-19 vaccines developed by BioNTech SE and Moderna lowered the infection risk by 80 per cent two weeks or more after the first jab, revealed the data from...

Suez: A massive container ship, which had been stuck in Suez Canal for almost a week, was finally set free by salvage teams on Monday. The world heaved a sigh...

Washington: US President Joe Biden called the military violence in Myanmar “absolutely outrageous” on Sunday and said Washington was contemplating sanctions for the act. Myanmar has seen almost daily protests...

New York: This is a size problem that even Viagra can’t help. Human fertility is under threat with more babies being born with small penises due to rising pollution in...

Amazon is miffed with reports and tweets about its productivity demands being so high that workers routinely urinate in bottles because they can't take restroom breaks. "You don't really believe...

Colorado: At least 10 people, including a cop, were killed by a gunman at a grocery store here on Monday, police said. The injured shooter is in custody, said Michael...

New Delhi: The World Happiness Report 2021 is out. Guess where India stands? Well, our country has fared very poorly indeed – 139th out of 149 countries that have been...

The elderly who have had COVID-19 once are more prone to reinfection as opposed to the younger lot who are unlikely to be reinfected at least for six months, according...

Geneva: The United Nations said on Thursday that COVID-19 appears likely to develop into a seasonal disease. It cautioned against relaxing measures related to the pandemic simply based on meteorological...

World Health Organisation’s (WHO) top scientist Soumya Swaminathan on Tuesday said that new improved coronavirus vaccines would not require needles and can be stored at room temperature by the end...