Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine single dose can be less than $10 at international markets
By DARIA LITVINOVA MOSCOW: Russia released new results Tuesday claiming its experimental COVID-19 vaccine was highly effective, and promised it would cost less on international markets than vaccines by some of its Western competitors. According to the Russian Direct Investment Fund, which bankrolled the development of the jab, Sputnik V will cost less than $10 […]
Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine claimed to be 95% effective
MOSCOW: Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine has been found to be more than 95 per cent effective against Covid-19 in the second interim analysis of Phase 3 clinical trial data, its developers said on Tuesday. The analysis was based on data from volunteers obtained 42 days after the first dose — which corresponds with 21 days […]
Vladimir Putin says India, China may start making Russia’s Sputnik V Covid vaccine
MOSCOW: President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday called for a joint effort by the BRICS countries on the development of the Covid-19 vaccines as he suggested that Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine against Covid-19 could be produced in India and China. “We believe it is important to speed up the establishment of the centre for development and […]
First batch of Sputnik V Covid vaccine to arrive in Kanpur medical college
NEW DELHI: The first batch of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine for COVID-19 is likely to reach Kanpur’s Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi Medical College by next week wherein the vaccine’s Phase 2 and Phase 3 human clinical trials will be conducted. The decision to conduct the human clinical trials of the vaccine was taken after Dr Reddy’s […]
Iran, Russia have US voter information: FBI
WASHINGTON: United States (US) national security officials have said Iran was responsible for sending threatening emails to Democratic voters ahead of next month’s presidential election. The emails appeared to come from a far-right pro-Trump group and were meant to “incite unrest”, National Intelligence Director John Ratcliffe said. Ratcliffe said US officials found Iran and Russia […]
China, Russia and India spewing stuff into air: Donald Trump
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has blamed countries like China, Russia and India for adding to the global air pollution and asserted that his country has the best environmental numbers. Speaking to his cheering supporters at an elections rally in the key battleground State of North Carolina on Thursday, Trump said […]
After Sputnik V, Russia approves another Covid-19 vaccine: Vladimir Putin
MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday announced that the country has registered the second Covid-19 vaccine, according to media reports. Russia became the first country to give regulatory approval to a Covid-19 vaccine in August when Sputnik V was officially registered ahead of large-scale clinical trial, drawing criticism from some quarters in the scientific […]
India declines proposal to test Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine in large study
NEW DELHI: India’s drug regulator has knocked back a proposal from Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd REDY.NS to conduct a large study in the country to evaluate Russia’s Sputnik-V COVID-19 vaccine and has asked it to first test the vaccine in a smaller trial. The recommendations by an expert panel of the Central Drugs Standard Control […]
Joe Biden’s son Hunter made money from Russia, China: Donald Trump
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s son Hunter received a large sum of money from Russia and China, US President Donald Trump has alleged and said that the mainstream media is “underplaying” the story and keeping quiet on it. “It’s hard to believe, when you see the kind of money that […]
Russia to supply 17 more countries with COVID-19 drug Avifavir
MOSCOW: Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and its partner Chemrar will supply the COVID-19 drug Avifavir to 17 additional countries, the fund said in a statement on Thursday. Avifavir gained approval from the Russian health ministry in May and is based on Favipiravir, which was developed in Japan and is widely used there as the basis […]
Joe Biden’s climate plan will give free pass to worst polluters like China, Russia, India’
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON:US President Donald Trump has said the environmental policies of his Democratic presidential rival Joe Biden would “destroy” America’s middle class while giving a “free pass” to the world’s worst polluters like China, Russia, India, and many others. In a major policy speech on his record of natural conservation and environmental […]
Scientists see downsides to top COVID-19 vaccines from Russia, China
Allison Martell, Julie Steenhuysen TORONTO/CHICAGO:High-profile COVID-19 vaccines developed in Russia and China share a potential shortcoming: They are based on a common cold virus that many people have been exposed to, potentially limiting their effectiveness, some experts say. CanSino Biologics’ vaccine, approved for military use in China, is a modified form of adenovirus type 5, […]
Russia names new COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ in reference to Cold War space race
MOSCOW: Russia has named its first approved COVID-19 vaccine ‘Sputnik V’ for foreign markets, a reference to the world’s first satellite and what Moscow sees as its success at becoming the first country to approve a vaccine, a top official said on Tuesday. Kirill Dmitriev, head of the country’s RDIF sovereign wealth fund, said Russia […]
Russia approves first Covid-19 vaccine for use,President Vladimir Putin says his daughter inoculated
Russia on Tuesday became the first country to officially register a coronavirus vaccine and declare it ready for use, despite international scepticism. President Vladimir Putin said that one of his daughters has already been inoculated. Putin emphasized that the vaccine underwent the necessary tests and has proven efficient, offering a lasting immunity from the coronavirus. […]
Donald Trump says India, China and Russia don’t take care of their air
By Lalit K Jha WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump has alleged that India, China and Russia do not take care of their air, while America does, noting that he withdrew from the one-sided, energy-destroying Paris climate accord which would have made it a non-competitive nation . Trump, in his address on energy and the Permian […]
Russia says situation alarming, hopes China, India will resolve conflict
Russia on Wednesday said it is concerned over a fierce clash between Indian and Chinese soldiers in eastern Ladakh, but believes that both of its close allies can resolve the conflict themselves. Twenty Indian Army personnel, including a Colonel, were killed in the clash with Chinese troops in the Galwan Valley on Monday night, the […]