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Its Vaccine Will Still Protect Against Virus Variants, Says Moderna
United States based pharma company Moderna said that its Covids-19 vaccine that is already being used in a number of countries is effective against the new variants of the virus that have been detected in Britain and South Africa However… Read More ›
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China’s Growth And Xi’s Leadership Will Be Challenged By Potential For New Pandemic Outbreak
China, the second largest economy of the world, was expanding at a quarterly rate of 6.5 per cent in November last year when the United Kingdom was going into a second lockdown and its economy was contracting. Recent data has… Read More ›
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US Set To Import Record Canadian Oil Even If The Keystone XL Project Is Shelved
The new president of the United States has shelved the Keystone XL pipeline project on his first day at office but despite that the US has been able to position itself to pull in record imports of Canadian oil in… Read More ›
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India’s IndiGo Airlines Quickly Recovers From Pandemic Hit, Eyeing Foreign Growth
Boosted by a fast recovery of the domestic aviation market of India to almost 80 per cent of the pre pandemic levels, as well as by its financial strength used for enhancing its market share even as rivals are struggling,… Read More ›
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Alibaba’s Jack Ma Appears In Online Meet In His First Public Appearance In Three Months
Setting aside months of speculation of where Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma was after he was not seen on a public platform for months, the Chinese billionaire appeared on a public platform through a video meeting with 100 rural teachers… Read More ›
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£600m Lawsuit Over Overcharging Customers To Be Filed Against BT
A law suit is slated to be filed against British telecom (BT) over charges that the telecom company did not adequately compensate its elderly customers even after overcharging them fpr their landlines for years. Those BT customers who only had… Read More ›
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Facebook’s WhatsApp Delays Update Of Business Features After Privacy Backlash
Following a huge amount of concerns from millions of its users who feared that the messaging platform was loosening its user data privacy policies, the Facebook Inc. owned messaging app WhatsApp has decided to delay its planned and announced update… Read More ›
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Malaysia Files Case Against EU At The WTO Over Restrictions On Palm Oil As Biofuel
The European Union and its member states France and Lithuania had previously imposed restrictions on palm oil based biofuels from Malaysia and the Malaysian government will be initiating legal action against these parties at the global trade watchdog – the… Read More ›
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Efficacy Of Its Covid-19 Vaccine Defended By China’s Sinovac After Poor Brazil Data Emerges
Researchers in Brazil announced results of late-stage clinical trial data of the Covis-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinovac Biotech which showed that the vaccine candidate’s efficacy was much lower than the initial claims by the Chinese firm. However the safety… Read More ›
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WhatsApp’s Separate User Data Privacy Policy For Europe And Other Countries Like India
The Facebook owned messaging app WhatsApp is applying double standards for implementation of its changes in data privacy policy and sharing of user data. The messaging app has confirmed that its policies on data-sharing remain unchanged for users in Europe… Read More ›