The proposal to add two more teams to the Indian Premier League was on Thursday passed unanimously at the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s Annual General Meeting, which also agreed “in principle” to back the plan for cricket’s inclusion in the Olympics and named Chetan Sharma chief selector, … Read more
Moderna expects its vaccine to be effective against new virus variant; India records 24,712 fresh cases
India has suspended flights from Britain until December 31amid growing concerns over the new coronavirus variant spreading there. A number of European and other countries around the world are restricting travel from Britain as a new variant of the pandemic SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus is spreading rapidly in the United Kingdom. India … Read more
Smith not the only contender for captaincy, CA says Australia have other options
Batting mainstay Steve Smith’s reappointment as Australia’s Test captain is far from certain as the sport’s governing body in the country feels there are some “great young leaders” coming through the system. Smith was removed from captaincy due to his involvement in the 2018 ball-tampering scandal, with Cricket Australia (CA) … Read more
Gold jumps Rs 496; silver zooms by Rs 2,249
Gold prices in the national capital jumped Rs 496 to Rs 50,297 per 10 gram on Monday in line with rally in international precious metal prices and rupee depreciation, according to HDFC Securities. The precious metal had closed at Rs 49,801 per 10 gram in the previous trade. Silver also … Read more
First batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrives in Singapore
Singapore has received its first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines, making it the first country in Asia to take the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech as it plans to inoculate its 5.7 million people by the third quarter of 2021. The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine landed in … Read more
Scientists say UK strain unlikely to affect efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines, warn against more mutations
The faster spreading coronavirus strain first detected in the UK is unlikely to make vaccines less effective as of now but the preventives may need to be appropriately altered if more mutations occur over time, say scientists. More than 40 countries, including India, have banned travel to and from the … Read more
COVID-19 test mandatory for tourists visiting Nainital, Mussoorie: Uttarakhand HC
The Uttarakhand High Court has ordered mandatory COVID-19 test of tourists visiting Nainital and Mussoorie. In an order dated December 9, Acting Chief Justice Ravi Kumar Malimath and Justice Ravindra Maithani of the high court said tourists visiting the two popular tourist towns be tested for coronavirus at the time of entry. … Read more
Covid Awareness programme held at city school in Guwahati
GUWAHATI, DECEMBER 10: A Covid awareness programme along with face mask distribution to students was organised by the “Stars of North East India” (SONEI), public welfare trust, at Hengrabari ME School in Guwahati on Thursday. Speaking as the chief guest on the occasion, Dr Khalil Siddique, MD, Medicity Aditya Guwahati, … Read more
China prepares large-scale rollout of COVID-19 vaccines
Provincial governments across China are placing orders for experimental, domestically made coronavirus vaccines, though health officials have yet to say how well they work or how they may reach the country’s 1.4 billion people. Developers are speeding up final testing, the Chinese foreign minister said Thursday during a UN meeting, … Read more