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November 20, 2020 8:37 PM

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shows strong immune response in elderly

<span style="color: #222222;">The Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine candidate shows a strong immune response in adults in their 60s and 70s, according to researchers, raising hopes that it can protect age groups most at risk from the virus.<br />'...

November 20, 2020 7:29 PM

Scottish writer Douglas Stuart wins Booker prize for novel Shuggie Bain

<span style="color: #222222;">Scottish writer Douglas Stuart has won the 2020 Booker Prize for fiction with his debut novel Shuggie Bain, which described a boy growing up in Glasgow in the 1980s with a mother battling addiction.</span><br /&gt...

November 20, 2020 8:22 AM

Second wave of COVID-19 to be fought without vaccines: WHO

World Health Organization's emergencies director Michael Ryan has warned that vaccines will not arrive in time to defeat the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic. He said, vaccines should not be seen as a unicorn magic solution and countries battling a resurgence of the virus will once again ha...

November 19, 2020 10:07 PM

Green Climate Fund approves USD 256 million for Bangladesh

<span style="color: #222222;">The Green Climate Fund has approved dollar 256 million for Bangladesh in grants and loans to meet its Green House Gas (GHG) emission reduction targets under the Paris agreement. The financing is provided as an integrated package for texti...

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