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Dr Reddy’s launches Covid drug 2-DG, price capped at Rs900
Dr Reddy’s Laboratories today announced the commercial launch of 2-Deoxy-D-Glucose (2-DG) used to treat Covid patients, adding that the drug will be available across hospitals in metros and Tier 1 cities in the initial weeks. The drug, developed by DRDO and Dr Reddy’s Laboratories, has been found to help...
India successfully test fires Agni Prime
India successfully test-fired the nuclear-capable Agni Prime ballistic missile – a more advanced version of the Agni class of missiles – from a location off the Odisha coast on Monday morning. A statement by the Defence Research and Development Organisation, or DRDO, said the successful test – which began...
Gold-obsessed Indians now turning to cryptos
Latest World Gold Council data indicated Indian adults under age 34 have less appetite for gold. The cryptocurrency aficionados’ mantra that Bitcoin is equivalent to digital gold is winning converts among the world’s biggest holders of the precious metal. In India, where households own more than 25,000 tonnes of...
AstraZeneca tests booster vaccine for new Covid variants
AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford on Sunday began new trials to test a modified vaccine against the Beta variant, which first emerged in South Africa. The ‘booster’ vaccine’s trial will involve around 2,250 participants from Britain, South Africa, Brazil and Poland. They include people who have been fully...
Fire at AIIMS, patients moved to safety
A minor fire was reported at the main emergency and education room area of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi in the early hours of today. The fire was brought under control in an hour. No injury was reported in the incident. More details awaited....
Twitter’s Grievance Officer quits within days of appointment
Twitter’s new interim grievance redressal officer in the country, appointed earlier this month to follow India’s new rules for social networking websites, has resigned amid the company’s bitter feud with the government, NDTV has learnt. Twitter has been locked in a months-long clash with the BJP-led government at the...
IT panel summons Facebook, Google officers
Officials of Facebook and Google have been summoned by the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology Tuesday to discuss the issue of safeguarding citizens’ rights and preventing the misuse of online platforms. The official agenda circulated among the members of the panel, which is headed by Congress MP Shashi...
Asaduddin Owaisi says his party to contest 100 seats in UP
Asaduddin Owaisi’s All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) on Sunday said that his party will field candidates on 100 seats in the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections scheduled to be held next year. The Hyderabad-based AIMIM has also begun the selection process of candidates, said the party’s chief. Mr Owaisi also...
Modi asks people to overcome vaccination hesitancy
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today encouraged people to overcome vaccine hesitancy, underlining that even his nonagenarian mother has taken anti-Covid shots as he urged people not to believe in rumours relating to the vaccine. “I urge you all – trust science. Trust our scientists. So many people have...
Delta-Plus tested first Rajasthan woman was vaccinated
The first case of the Delta-plus variant of coronavirus in Rajasthan has been found in Bikaner. The sample of a woman who was tested positive for coronavirus was sent to the National Institute of Virology in Pune on May 30 for genome sequencing and her test report came on...
Sachin Waze tells ED he collected Rs 4.7 cr from bar owners
Suspended Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze has told the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that he “collected” Rs 4.70 crore in cash from the city’s bar owners and “handed it over” to the personal assistant of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, the central probe agency said today. The agency also...
Anil Deshmukh’s aides arrested for money laundering
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two aides of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in a money laundering case against the politician related to a Rs 100 crore bribery charges, officials said on Saturday. They said Mr Deshmukh’s personal secretary Sanjeev Palande and personal assistant Kundan Shinde have...
George Floyd’s murderer cop sentenced to 22 years in jail
Former policeman Derek Chauvin was sentenced to 22 and a half years in prison on Friday for the murder of African American George Floyd, the killing that sparked America’s biggest demonstrations for racial justice in decades. The white, 45-year-old Chauvin gave his “condolences” to the Floyd family in a...
Mehbooba says she will not contest polls until Article 370 restored
A day after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti stressed today that before elections, the government needs to reach out to people and restore their shattered confidence. She also declared she would not contest polls until Article 370 was...
ED raids ex-Maharashtra minister Deshmukh’s home
The Enforcement Directorate on Friday conducted a search operation at the house of former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh, who is facing allegations of corruption and misconduct. The raids took place at Mr Deshmukh’s home in Nagpur, officials said. The senior NCP leader had quit his post after former Mumbai Police...
Indian businessman only passenger on Air India flight to Dubai
An Indian businessman based in the UAE had a once-in-a-lifetime experience when he got the chance to travel on an Air India flight as the only passenger, certainly feeling like a “Maharaja” (King). SP Singh Oberoi, who holds a 10-year golden visa of UAE, flew from Amritsar in Punjab...
Shabana Azmi cheated by alcohol delivery ‘platform’
Veteran actor Shabana Azmi on Thursday said she was cheated by scammers who pretended to be from an alcohol delivery platform. In a tweet, the 70-year-old actor claimed that she was conned by ‘Living Liquidz’ after she placed an order at the platform but didn’t receive it. “BEWARE I...
PM calls for early delimitation in J&K
The meeting with political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir was an important step towards development and progress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, urging them to get on board with the process of redrawing assembly constituencies known as delimitation. “Our priority is to strengthen grassroots democracy in J&K....
