Washington [US], May 11 (ANI): The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Monday (local time) authorised the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to children in the age group of 12-15 years.
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Leader of Congress Party in the Lok Sabha Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury on Monday wrote to Lower House Speaker Om Birla requesting the convening of a special session of Parliament on current health emergency due to COVID-19.
New Delhi [India], May 10 (ANI): The Congress on Monday decided to temporarily defer organizational elections for electing a new party chief in the wake of "emergent conditions prevailing on account of unprecedented coronavirus pandemic".
Karachi [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI): The recounting of votes for the NA-249 by-election has resulted in the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) emerging the victor once again with a greater margin than in the initial results.
Islamabad [Pakistan], May 9 (ANI): A Canadian Airforce jet made an emergency landing at the Islamabad International Airport for refuelling on Saturday after it departed from New Delhi, ARY News reported citing sources.
Kathmandu [Nepal], May 8 (ANI): Nepal Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli called an emergency cabinet meeting at his official residence in Baluwatar on Saturday evening which was likely to discuss the COVID-19 crisis.
New Delhi [India], May 8 (ANI): The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved the emergency use of an anti-COVID drug - 2-deoxy-D-glucose (2-DG) - as an adjunct therapy in moderate to severe COVID-19 cases.
Krishna (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): An Indigo flight made an emergency landing at Andhra Pradesh's Krishna district Gannavaram airport on Saturday after a woman passenger fell ill.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 8 (ANI): TDP chief and former Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday expressed concern that one by one, all sections of society were becoming vulnerable to COVID-19 because of the "emergence of more dangerous variants" in due course.
Geneva [Switzerland], May 8 (ANI): The World Health Organisation (WHO) on Friday approved the Chinese Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, paving the way for it to be rolled out globally.
Tokyo [Japan], May 7 (ANI): Japan will send 100 oxygen concentrators to India on Saturday as a part of the first batch of emergency assistance from Tokyo in response to the current surge of COVID-19 infections.
Washington [US], May 7 (ANI): Pharmaceutical giants Pfizer and BioNTech on Friday said that they have started the process for getting the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) complete authorisation of its COVID-19 vaccine after having emergency use authorization for almost five months.