New Delhi: Chief Justice of India (CJI) SA Bobde has asked the protesting elderly farmers, women and children to go back home. The Supreme Court expressed serious concern Monday over protestors sitting in severe cold and COVID-19 pandemic situation prevalent in the national capital. “Let...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced Monday that the central government will bear the expenses of vaccinating nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers in the first round. The prime minister suggested that public representatives, a reference to politicians, should not be part of...
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Monday the two already approved made-in-India COVID-19 vaccines are more cost-effective than any other in the world. The two COVID-19 vaccines have been developed as per India’s needs. Narendra Modi made the observation while interacting with chief ministers...
New Delhi: The government Monday placed a purchase order with Serum Institute of India (SII) for 11 million doses of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield. Each of the COVID-19 vaccines will cost Rs 210, including the GST, official sources said. Dispatch of the vaccine is likely...
New Delhi: Scientists have demonstrated that a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine candidate can produce immunity against the novel coronavirus in mice. Also this COVID-19 vaccine could potentially be stored at room temperature. The vaccine, described in the ACS Central Science journal, contains ultrasmall nanoparticles studded with...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Monday registered 245 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,32,106. Out of the 244 new cases, 142 were reported from quarantine centres while 102 are local contacts. District wise breakdown: https://twitter.com/IPR_Odisha/status/1348508902208376834 The total number of active cases in the state...
New Delhi: With 16,311 new coronavirus cases being reported in a span of 24 hours, the lowest in around six-and-half months, India's COVID-19 tally rose to 1,04,66,595, while the recoveries have surged to 1,00,92,909, according to the Union Health Ministry's data updated Monday. The death toll...
Washington: Setting yet another grim milestone, the overall global coronavirus caseload has surpassed the 90 million mark, while the deaths have surged to more than 1.92 million, according to the Johns Hopkins University. In its latest update on Monday morning, the University's Center for Systems...
New Delhi: Ahead of the nationwide roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine from January 16, several states said Sunday they have made all necessary preparations for the first phase of the exercise. The states said they have identified the vaccination sites and have finished registration of healthcare...
Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said Sunday her government is making arrangements to provide free COVID-19 vaccination for people in the state. However, Mamata Banerjee’s announcement was dubbed as ‘poll gimmick’ by the BJP and Congress. In an open letter, Banerjee said COVID-19...
There are tell-tale signs that the BJP has been shaken to its core following the upsurge of protests by the...
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It is a happy augury for Indian democracy that the country's young talents aspiring to join the legal profession have...
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In any democracy, the most disturbing threat to freedom is not always censorship. Sometimes it is the language used to...
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By Dilip Cherian India’s bureaucracy may be running short of one thing more important than babus: succession. The Centre’s decision...
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