India logged 11,451 fresh coronavirus cases, 5.5 per cent higher than yesterday, taking the overall cases to 3,43,66,987. Since yesterday, 266 deaths have been reported, taking the deaths in the country – since the pandemic broke – to 4,61,057.
Read More »T20 World Cup: A lot of our hopes rest with Afghanistan when they face New Zealand, says Ravichandran Ashwin
Team India off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin said that his teammates and the coaching staff are not discussing anything related to their chances of qualifying for the semi-finals and all their focus is on winning their last two Super 12 games in the ICC T20 World Cup. India registered their first win …
Read More »TMC, BJP spar after Centre, NDA-ruled states slash VAT on petrol, diesel
Arow has erupted in West Bengal after Centre and several NDA-ruled states slashed Value Added Tax (VAT) on petrol and diesel.5 Various BJP leaders including Suvendu Adhikari and Dilip Ghosh took to Twitter and asked Mamata Banerjee-led government in West Bengal to slash VAT on fuel in the state. “I …
Read More »BSF detects 2 bodies of Bangladeshi nationals near International Border, denies killing allegations
The Border Security Force (BSF) on Thursday denied the allegations of killing two Bangladesh nationals and said it detected two bodies near the international border in Meghalaya’s Jowai reigion under Border Outpost (BOP) Dona. In a statement, the BSF said it received information that two bodies were lying near the …
Read More »PM Modi arrives at Dehradun, to visit Kedarnath temple today
Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrived at Dehradun airport on Friday morning, where he was received by Uttarakhand Governor Lt Gen Gurmit Singh (Retd) and CM Pushkar Singh Dhami. PM Modi is set to visit Kedarnath temple today to offer prayers at the shrine and inaugurate Shri Adi Shankaracharya Samadhi.
Read More »India celebrates festival of lights in Covid shadow; govt’s Diwali gift brings fuel prices down
This year’s Diwali brought in new hopes for the people of India. As the country is still recovering from the devastating second wave of the Covid pandemic, new vaccines and fewer cases have strengthened India’s fight against the disease. India’s economy, which contracted by 7.3 per cent due to the …
Read More »West Bengal minister Subrata Mukherjee dies at 75, CM Mamata Banerjee calls it ‘huge loss
Senior Trinamool Congress leader and West Bengal Panchayat Minister Subrata Mukherjee passed away on Thursday following a cardiac arrest. He was 75. In October, Subrata Mukherjee was admitted to the state-run SSKM hospital after he suffered a major heart attack. As per hospital sources, Subrata Mukherjee was recuperating and was …
Read More »“Covaxin Didn’t Take Longest”: WHO Clears Air On India vs China Claim
Covaxin, by no means, took the longest to get the World Health Organization’s (WHO) approval for Emergency Use Listing, Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan said on Wednesday, clearing the air on criticism that the health body held up the approval to the India-made vaccine but cleared Chinese jabs. Speaking to …
Read More »On Covaxin Approval For Kids, Pregnant Women, WHO Chief Scientist Says
The clearance for using Covaxin on children will take much less time, World Health Organization (WHO) chief scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan told NDTV after the Bharat Biotech-manufactured vaccine’s Emergency Use Listing. The WHO’s Emergency Use Listing is a risk-based procedure for assessing and listing new, or unlicensed, products that can …
Read More »UK Becomes First Country To Approve Merck’s Oral Covid Pill
Britain on Thursday became the first country in the world to approve a potentially game-changing COVID-19 antiviral pill jointly developed by U.S.-based Merck and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics, in a boost to the fight against the pandemic. Britain’s Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) recommended the drug, molnupiravir, be used as …
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