An illustration of a Moderna vaccine, December 11, 2021. (Dado Ruvic/Reuters) Moderna will seek emergency authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine in children under six, the company announced Wednesday, meaning that this age demographic will likely soon be eligible for the shot. The pharmaceutical company’s U.S. and Canadian clinical trial produced promising results, namely that two…Continue Reading
During the second day of her Supreme Court confirmation hearings Tuesday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson refused to define what a “woman” is, deferring instead to scientific experts. When asked to define “woman” by Republican Senator Marsha Blackburn, she replied, “I can’t…I’m not a biologist.” Blackburn shot back, “The meaning of the word woman is so…Continue Reading
KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers unexpectedly decided against reopening schools Wednesday to girls above the sixth grade, reneging on a promise and opting to appease their hard-line base at the expense of further alienating the international community.The surprising decision, confirmed by a Taliban official, is bound to disrupt efforts by the Taliban to win…Continue Reading
Ukraine’s efforts to bolster its surveillance capabilities, like its efforts to strengthen its military, had support from the United States, Israel’s closest ally.But Israeli officials balked at any move that might provoke a confrontation with Russia, whose military at the time was aggressively helping Syria combat a rebellion beyond Israel’s northeastern border. The country’s Defense…Continue Reading
Surrounded by broken windows, bombed-out buildings and rubble, Ukrainian cellist Denys Karachevtsev casts a striking figure as he plays a somber Bach melody in a haunting musical tribute to his hometown of Kharkiv.Karachevtsev posted a video on social media to raise awareness of the destruction, as well as funds to restore Ukraine’s second-largest city, home…Continue Reading
Anatoly Chubais, one of the economic reformers in the years after the Soviet Union and author of Russia’s unpopular privatization program, quit as presidential envoy on sustainable development, the Kremlin confirmed Wednesday, after reports he left the country because of his opposition to Russia’s war on Ukraine.Chubais, the most senior official to cut ties with…Continue Reading
Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vanathi Srinivasan on Wednesday lauded a few aspects of the Tamil Nadu Budget and the Agriculture Budget in the State Assembly. Her comments came even as her party State president K. Annamalai has announced a massive protest against the Budget on March 25 (Thursday).Speaking during the debate on the Budget in…Continue Reading
On March 21, 2022, a B737-800 aircraft of the China Eastern Airlines flight MU 5735 plunged into the ground killing all 132 on board. There were reports of rain in the area and overcast skies. Flightradar24 tracking of the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (ADS-B) taken from the Mode-S transponder on board indicated a sudden drop in…Continue Reading
Chief Minister and Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) president K. Chandrasekhar Rao called for protests against the hike of petroleum products by Union Government. He called upon the party activist to hold protest on Thursday against the hike of prices of gas, petrol and diesel, according to a release by party General Secretary Palla Rajeswar Reddy.…Continue Reading
:Opposition Congress members in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday demanded action against Chief Minister’s Political Secretary M.P. Renukacharya for allegedly obtaining a Scheduled Tribe certificate for his daughter.Leader of the Opposition Siddaramaiah said obtaining an ST certificate by misrepresenting the fact was an offence and punishable act under the law and Mr. Renukacharya can be…Continue Reading
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