Mumbai: Former India cricketer Suresh Raina was arrested here early Tuesday morning for violating COVID-19 protocols. However, Suresh Raina was later granted bail. The cricketer’s management team said that Raina was not aware of the rules and that led to his arrest. It should be...
Berlin: The co-founder of BioNTech said Tuesday it was ‘highly likely’ that its vaccine against the coronavirus works against the mutated strain detected in Britain. Ugur Sahin said that BioNTech could adapt the coronavirus vaccine to fight the mutated strain, if necessary in six weeks....
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Tuesday registered 319 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,26,915. Out of the 319 new cases, 184 were reported from quarantine centres while 135 are local contacts. District wise breakdown: https://twitter.com/IPR_Odisha/status/1341268068094242818 The total number of active cases in the...
Amsterdam: The European Union (EU) gave official approval Monday for the coronavirus vaccine developed by BioNTech and Pfizer. The coronavirus vaccine will be used across the 27-nation bloc. This means that the countries can begin administering the first shots to their citizens shortly after Christmas....
New Delhi: India became the latest country to close all its borders with the UK after Germany, Italy, France, Belgium, Denmark, Bulgaria, the Irish Republic, Turkey and Canada suspended flights amid growing concerns of an ‘out of control’ new variant of coronavirus spreading at a...
New Delhi: The government is alert and there is no need to panic, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said Monday amid concerns over the new coronavirus strain in the UK. He said the government had done everything that was important to handle the COVID-19 situation...
Bhubaneswar: Odisha Friday registered 351 new coronavirus cases, taking the total tally in the state to 3,26,596. Out of the 363 new cases, 208 were reported from quarantine centres while 155 are local contacts. District wise breakdown: https://twitter.com/IPR_Odisha/status/1340893507427291137 The total number of active cases in the...
Toronto: Canada is banning passenger flights from the UK in a bid to block a new strain of coronavirus sweeping across southern England. A person familiar with the matter confirmed the development on condition of anonymity as they were not authorised to speak publicly ahead...
New Delhi: India's COVID-19 caseload rose to 1,00,55,560 with 24,337 new infections being reported in a day, while the number of people who have recuperated from the disease crossed 96 lakh, according to Union health ministry data updated Monday. The death toll increased to 1,45,810 with...
New York: An expert committee put people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers next in line for COVID-19 shots as a second vaccine began rolling out Sunday to hospitals, a desperately needed boost as the nation works to...
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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