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7 EU nations, Switzerland approve Covishield
New Delhi: Seven European Union countries – Austria, Germany, Slovenia, Greece, Iceland, Ireland and Spain – and Switzerland have cleared the Serum Institute of Indi’s Covishield amid travel pass row, sources have said. On Monday, the Serum Institute of India’s Adar Poonawalla had tweeted: “I realise that a lot...
Polls no guarantee against tyranny of elected, says Chief Justice
New Delhi: Elections every few years to change the ruler need not be a guarantee against tyranny of those elected, Chief Justice of India NV Ramana said at a function in New Delhi on Wednesday. The CJI underscored that “criticisms and voicing of protests is integral to the democratic...
Delta variant seen as greatest threat to US Covid fight
Washington: The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is the “greatest threat” to America’s attempt to eradicate the Covid pandemic, the country’s leading infectious disease expert and White House Chief Medical Advisor Dr Anthony Fauci has warned. The variant, which was first detected in India, is more contagious...
Modi tells ministers to lead by example in Covid protocols
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today asked his Council of Ministers to lead by example by strictly following COVID-19 safety rules. He asked the ministers to ensure an atmosphere by their actions where people would to stick to safety measures and do not hesitate to get vaccinated. Underlining that the...
Sidhu meets Rahul Gandhi In Delhi
Punjab Congress leader Navjot Sidhu, whose longstanding feud with Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has contributed hugely to the crisis in the party’s state unit, met Rahul Gandhi at his home in Delhi today. The meeting took place just a day after the former Congress chief declared that he...
Mamata launches student credit card for loans upto Rs10 lakh
Kolkata: Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced the launch of a credit card for students with a limit of Rs 10 lakh today, meeting one of her key pre-election promises. A student who has lived in Bengal for 10 years will be eligible for the card which can be...
Moderna claims vaccine effective against Delta variant
Moderna Inc. said its vaccine produced protective antibodies against the delta variant spreading in the U.S. and many other parts of the world. Moderna researchers tested blood samples from eight people for antibodies against versions of the spike protein from different coronavirus variants, including delta, which emerged in India....
Assam CM says 2-child policy vital for Muslim progress
A two-child policy is the only way to eradicate poverty and illiteracy among his state’s Muslim minority, Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said today. Organisations operating in the community, he said, had welcomed his proposal of adopting good family planning norms, including such a policy. “There is no...
Film maker Raj Kaushal dead
Mandira Bedi’s husband and film producer Raj Kaushal died on Wednesday morning. Filmmaker Onir announced the news of his death on social media and he tweeted: “Gone too soon. We lost film maker and producer Raj Kaushal this morning. Very sad. He was one of the producers of my...
Sharad Pawar, Uddhav Thackeray meet amid reports of alliance strain
Mumbai: Nationalist Congress Party chief Sharad Pawar is meeting Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray at his official residence Varsha. Sources said cabinet minister Jeetendra Awhad, Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil and Aditya Thackeray are also attending the meeting – the first between the two leaders after a very public...
No meeting scheduled with Sidhu, says Rahul
Rahul Gandhi today said there was no meeting scheduled with Navjot Singh Sidhu a day after the disgruntled Punjab Congress leader’s team said he had a “meeting with the Gandhis”. On Monday, Navjot Sidhu’s team had said he would meet with Rahul Gandhi and his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra...
Modi meets Shah, Rajnath and NSA Ajit Doval
Prime Minister Narendra Modi met National Security Advisor Ajit Doval, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh today for a briefing on the unprecedented drone attack at the Jammu air base on Sunday, and the events that followed, sources indicated. “Discussions were held on futuristic challenges...
Initial probe hints at Lashkar role
Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba is likely involved in the drone attack on the Air Force base in Jammu on Sunday, the Jammu and Kashmir police chief has said. The same group may also be behind the drones spotted near a military facility on Monday, J&K police chief Dilbagh Singh told NDTV....
UP Police challenges HC relief to Twitter India head
Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday approached the Supreme Court to challenge a Karnataka High Court order giving Twitter India head Manish Maheshwari temporary protection from arrest in connection with tweets about the assault of a Muslim man near Delhi. Last week the Karnataka High Court said UP Police could...
Case against Twitter India chief over incorrect map of India
Twitter India chief Manish Maheshwari has been named in an FIR in Uttar Pradesh over an incorrect map of India. This is the second FIR against Twitter this month in UP as troubles grow for the social media giant in the country. The distorted map – displayed in the...
Twitter drops incorrect India map
Twitter has dropped an incorrect map of India, which shows Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh as a separate country, from its website, amid calls for action against the social media platform. The map that appeared on the “Tweep Life” section of Twitter’s website shows J&K and Ladakh, outside...
Prashant Bhushan’s tweet on vaccines flagged as misleading
A tweet by activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan about vaccines has been flagged as “misleading” by Twitter, prompting the 64-year-old to double down on his stance against what he called “indiscriminate” vaccination. Attaching a news article about a case where a 45-year-old woman died 10 days after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine,...
Nirmala Sitharaman announces Covid economy boosters
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has made several announcements to boost the economy hit by the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Here is a list of 8 major announcements by the finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman: – Finance Minister Sitharaman announced Rs 50,000 crore in the health sector for...
