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Russian COVID-19 vaccine in phase 3 trial, to cost below USD 10 per shot in India

Jan 21, 2021

New Delhi [India], January 21 : The Russian COVID-19 vaccine 'Sputnik V' will cost less than USD 10 (about Rs 730) per shot in India and the price is the same for all countries, Kirill Dmitriev, CEO of Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) said on Thursday.

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US Vice President Kamala Harris (File Photo)

Vice President Kamala Harris: Beyond the Superlatives

Jan 21, 2021

Los Angeles [US], January 21 : In the wake of Madam Vice President Kamala Devi Harris' win, post-election tweets and merchandise boasted the slogan, "The VP looks like me." The global public's investment in Harris and what she meant to a greater multi-ethnic community has rung out in celebration from her mother's place of birth in Tamil Nadu, reaching as far across the globe as Harris' home state of California.
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Jayant N Khobragade appointed next Ambassador to ASEAN Secretariat

Jan 21, 2021
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South African presidency minister Jackson Mthembu dies of COVID-19 complications

Jan 21, 2021

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London slams Beijing for threatening to withdraw recognition of British overseas passports

Jan 21, 2021

Hong Kong, January 21 : London has lambasted Beijing over its threat to stop recognising the British National...
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Bangladesh COVID-19 cases rise to 530,271, death toll reaches 7,966

Jan 21, 2021

Dhaka [Bangladesh], January 21 (ANI/Xinhua): Bangladesh reported 584 new COVID-19 cases and 16 new deaths on Thursday, making...
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Death toll from twin terrorist attack in Baghdad rose to 28

Jan 21, 2021

Baghdad [Iraq], January 21 (ANI/Sputnik): The death toll in a double suicide attack in central Baghdad on Thursday...
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Earthquake of 7.0 magnitude hits Philippines's Pondaguitan

Jan 21, 2021
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Sweden announces further extension of nationwide COVID-19 restrictions

Jan 21, 2021
Muraleedharan visits Gulf Medical University in Thumbay Medicity (Photo Credit: Twitter/ V Muraleedharan)

Muraleedharan visits Gulf Medical University in UAE, lauds efforts of doctors, parademics

Jan 21, 2021
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

WHO chief thanks Biden for membership U-turn, US joining ACT Accelerator, COVAX

Jan 21, 2021
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UAE authorises emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine against COVID-19

Jan 21, 2021
Tahir Qadiry, Charge d'Affaires of the Afghan Embassy in New Delhi

Afghanistan's Saffron Diplomacy

Jan 21, 2021
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Russia ready to start delivering Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine to Philippines

Jan 21, 2021
Newly appointed Foreign Minister of South Korea Chung Eui-yong (Photo Credit - Reuters)

Seoul hopes appointment of new foreign minister will persuade Biden to engage with North Korea

Jan 21, 2021
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8 people killed, 15 injured in Baghdad suicide bomb attack

Jan 21, 2021
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Death toll in Indonesia's West Sulawesi quake rises to 91

Jan 21, 2021
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Twitter locks account of Chinese Embassy in US over tweet on Uyghur women

Jan 21, 2021
Election Commission of Pakistan

Pak Election Commission sets new precedent, walks out of its own meeting over credibility issue

Jan 21, 2021