Author: Keshav Bhardwaj

The U.S Government’s top infectious disease specialist – Anthony Fauci is hopeful of America coming close to some normalcy by fall next year. The positive trial results of the vaccine from Pfizer and Moderna have let to this optimism. He has predicted that a large number of Americans stand the chance of being vaccinated against COVID-19 by next year’s second quarter, and he further predicted that the heard immunity is likely to be acquired by fall next year. Speaking at an online  news conference on Dec 1st with Jared Polis, the Colorado Governor he said that people without any pre…

In the remaining days of his Presidency Donald Trump has passed the decision to pull out US troops from Somalia. This decision was not welcomed by some Somalis. They have requested the incoming President to reverse this decision. Senator Ayub Ismail Yusuf told media that this decision take at such a critical stage when the fight against al –Shabaab is successful fills them with regret. He was alluding to the insurgency of al-Qaida that was linked to alShabaab. Yusuf, who is a member of the Somalia Senates’ foreign affairs committee, said that the US troops had made a huge contribution…

Dr Robert Redfield. CDC Director has warned of the grimmest health crisis in the upcoming months in the wake of an unprecedented rise in COVID-19 Cases in the USA. He went on to urge the citizens to exercise mandatory precautions such as wearing face masks, observing good hand hygiene, and social distancing. This he said would go a long way in preventing the steep rise in cases recently. This highly contagious respiratory virus had claimed over 2,000 lives in a single day recently. This serious message was issued after the Thanksgiving holiday observances, wherein millions of Americans did not pay…

The Director of the National Institutes of Health, Dr, Francis Collins said that children, who were younger than 12 years, would start getting vaccinated by early next year. Collins mentioned that they would definitely need to get there. The current study pertaining to the vaccines was studying children under and over 12 years. He further added that after the first year they would need to investigate whether the vaccine worked for younger children, because they stood the chance of getting infected and also passing it on. The next level of testing that needs to be done is for that age…

The request to extend legal protections to monkeys, miniatures horses and other species were rejected by regulators. It was only trained dogs that qualified as service animals on US airlines. This was mentioned in the final US Transportation Department rules that were issued on Wednesday. It was however, left to the airlines to decide which other species they could allow on board. The new rules that were issued on Wednesday went towards resolving disputes that had been going on for years. Passengers had been falsely claiming pets as emotional support animals that could travel in the cabins of aircrafts. Under…

Mexico City / Buenos Aries There is a harsh jail term for abortions in Mexico. Latin America is known to have the world’s most restrictive laws on abortion. Out of the 20 Latin American nations most of them ban abortion, which includes El Salvador. It has a record of even sentencing women up to 40 years in prison for the same. Some countries including the most populous country, Brazil, permit abortion in select cases like rapes or health risks to the mother. Countries like Cuba and Uruguay allow selective abortion. However, change is on its way in terms of these…

The composite indexes of S&P 500 and NASDAQ on Tuesday close at record highs. The investors were betting on the COVD -19 vaccine’s availability in the near future, and were also hopeful of a fast economic recovery. As the paperwork by drugmakers is submitted for regulatory approvals, investors stay focused and hopeful for the start of global shipments. After Pfizer Inc and Germany’s BioNTech SE sought an emergency approval of their vaccine from the European Regulator, Pfizer Inc recorded a 3% jump. The stock of Moderna Inc. which is a rival of the above mentioned partners fell by nearly 8%…

The Justice Department has said that no evidence has been found yet to support allegations spread by Republican supporters of widespread fraud, Attorney General William Barr said. William Barr, who has been persistently supporting President Donald Trump during his tenure, represents the Republicans and the President’s claims of widespread fraud in his loss to Joe Biden . Barr said that he had not seen fraud till date that was large enough to have resulted in a different outcome in the election, Barr said. Prior to the election Barr had sided with Trump’s claims that mail-in voting wasn’t secure. However, both…

Dec1, Washington Scott Atlas who was designated special advisor on the Coronavirus to President Donald Trump has resigned after a 4 month tenure as confirmed by a White House official on Monday. He was considered a controversial figure since he had several clashes with other members of the task force designated for coronavirus. The unhappiness of the American voters over the tackling of the Trump administration of the Coronavirus is said to have helped propel Joe Biden to victory. Atlas made his resignation public on his twitter handle on Dec 1. The letter posted by him mentioned that he was…

The word with the most number of online dictionary look upswas what has caused havoc the world over this year. The obvious word that springs to everybody’s minds is the word – pandemic! This was announced by Merriam Webster on their website. This word emerged as the most looked up dictionary word having caused the death of more than 1.4 million people worldwide. The dictionary publisher in existence since 1828 mentioned that this word had defined an era and was the most obvious choice for the word of the year. The word pandemic was listed as meaning the outbreak of…