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Seventeen electoral votes stand between Joe Biden/Kamala Harris and the White House. Or six electoral votes, depending on which version of the numbers you're following. Either way, the Biden-Harris ticket believes it is on the brink of defeating Donald Trump and smashing through the 270 barrier to win the White House. ....

For the second time in the span of 10 days after the US elections, there's a Covid gamechanger on the horizon with US pharma giant Moderna announcing on Monday that its vaccine has shown 94.5 per cent efficacy in preliminary data from the company's ongoing study. ....

Preparations have begun for the construction of the new parliament building. The boundary wall of the Parliament House has been barricaded. In order to prevent dust and pollution during the construction work, nets are being installed. ....

President Donald Trump has virtually conceded defeat to Joe Biden agreeing to begin the transition to the Democrat's administration while also making claims that he will be the ultimate winner of the November 3 election. ....

Kerala, Maharashtra and Delhi are among top six states which are accountable for contributing 61 per cent new Covid-19 cases on daily basis in India, an alarming situation at a time when country's per day cumulative figure has been registering downward trend for over 15 days. ....

There has been a decline in the number of mask violation challans after the fine was raised to Rs 2,000. On Sunday, the Delhi Police found and fined only 111 people not wearing masks. ....

The Union Health Ministry hinted on Tuesday that the people infected with Covid-19 or those who have recovered and exhibit antibodies against the viral disease could also come under the ambit of vaccination drive for the immunisation of people against the coronavirus infection. ....

Britain on Wednesday approved the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine on independent advice of its medicines regulator. ....

With 36,652 new Covid-19 infections and 512 deaths in the past 24 hours, India's overall tally stood at 96,08,211, while the toll touched 1,39,700, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. ....

Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain on Sunday said that the national capital is emerging victorious in the war against coronavirus after it recorded 3.68 per cent positivity rate in the samples tested in the last 24 hours. ....