WASHINGTON : President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. has selected Xavier Becerra, the Democratic attorney general of California, as his nominee for secretary of health and human services, tapping a former congressman who would be the first Latino to run the department as it battles the surging coronavirus pandemic. Mr. Becerra became Mr. Biden’s clear choice […]
LONDON : Britain gave emergency authorization on Wednesday to Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine, leaping ahead of the United States to become the first Western country to allow mass inoculations against a disease that has killed more than 1.4 million people worldwide. The decision kicked off a vaccination campaign with little precedent in modern medicine, encompassing not […]
New York : The drug maker Pfizer said on Friday that it had submitted an application to the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, setting in motion an accelerated regulatory process that could allow the first Americans to get a vaccine by the middle of December. Pfizer and its […]
ATLANTA : Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia on Friday certified 16 presidential electors for Joseph R. Biden Jr., after his office accepted the certification of the results showing that the former vice president won the state by 12,670 votes. The formality most likely seals Mr. Biden’s victory in the Southern state, although President Trump may […]
The United States passed a grim milestone on Wednesday, hitting 250,000 coronavirus-related deaths, with the number expected to keep climbing steeply as infections surge nationwide. Experts predict that the country could soon be reporting 2,000 deaths a day or more, matching or exceeding the spring peak, and that 100,000 to 200,000 more Americans could die […]
Two months ago, India looked like a coronavirus disaster zone, with nearly 100,000 new infections a day and deaths shooting up. Today, reported infections, deaths and the share of people testing positive have all fallen significantly. Some researchers say that cases are falling off partly because of a change in testing. Several prominent scientists and doctors […]
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joseph R. Biden Jr. addressed the nation for the first time as president-elect on Saturday night, delivering a message of unity and trying to soothe the extraordinary divisions that defined the last four years in American politics. “Let this grim era of demonization in America begin to end here and now,” he […]
Joseph R. Biden Jr. stood on the threshold of the presidency on Friday, seizing a lead over President Trump in both Pennsylvania and Georgia and drawing ever closer to securing the 270 electoral votes needed to lay claim to the White House. Mr. Biden had already begun to project the image of a man preparing to assume the […]
Kathmandu : ICFC Finance Limited has signed an agreement with Khalti Digital Wallet to facilitate its internet and mobile banking customers for digital payments. Mr. Sanjay Thapaliya – Head GSD and HR ICFC Finance Limited. and Amit Agrawal – Director of Khalti signed a partnership agreement amidst a ceremony organized at the bank’s head office […]
Kathmandu : Prabhu Bank Partners with Khalti to Facilitate Digital Payments for its Customers. Prabhu Bank Limited has signed an agreement with the Khalti Digital wallet with the motive of providing digital payment service to its customers. Prabhu Bank’s Chief Operation Officer Ms Rashmi Panta and Khalti’s Director Mr Amit Agrawal signed the MOU at Prabhu […]