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In keeping with his poll promise, Nitish Kumar’s government approved Tuesday a proposal to provide a free coronavirus vaccine to the entire state population. The decision was made at the first cabinet meeting. The Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had announced that Bihar would receive free vaccines against Covid-19 during …

A First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against 7,000 unknown individuals, including 5,000 contract workers, in connection with violence and vandalism at the iPhone maker Wistron Pvt Ltd’s facilities at its Kolar plant. The malaise has exploded by a wage dispute. An employee who spoke to Mint said the …

India’s Covid-19 numbers have improved. The rate of new infections reported across the country is at the lowest level in five months, data analyzed by HT shows. This is the first time that a fall of this magnitude and consistency has been recorded in the trajectory of Covid-19 in the …

The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic was a natural experiment for economies around the world, including India. Past pandemics were not comparable in scale or were too far behind for us to have a clear idea of ​​how the economy and businesses would react to the spread of Covid-19 and …

Representative image | Photo credit: IANS Britain’s capital will be placed under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday amid a “very sharp” spike in COVID-19 cases in London and its surrounding areas and a new coronavirus variant identified as responsible for the “faster spread”, the UK government announced …

Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched a scathing attack on opposition parties and farmers’ organizations on Tuesday, claiming that a conspiracy was being hatched “in and around Delhi” to confuse agitators farmers. The prime minister said that the opposition protesting against the same laws wanted to implement them during his rule, …

The Russian Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine is likely to provide up to 2 years of immunity against Covid-19, compared to the 4-5 months of immunity that could be achieved using the Covid vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The Gamaleya research center, which is developing the Sputnik V vaccine, made …

NEW DELHI: With Americans, British and Canadians rolling up their sleeves for coronavirus vaccines, the route out of the pandemic now seems clear to many in the West, even if implementation will take many months. But for the poorest countries, the road will be much longer and bumpier. The ambitious …

Hosts New Zealand will kick off the 2022 ODI Women’s World Cup on March 4 against one of the ranked teams in Tauranga as eight of the top teams in women’s cricket will battle 31 matches over 31 days in six cities. Defending champion England will kick off their campaign …

By: PTI | December 15, 2020 4:14:07 pm Yuvraj Singh and Sreesanth (File Photo / AFP) Yuvraj Singh, former world champion from India, will come out of retirement and return to playing national cricket after being included in Punjab’s top 30 list for next month’s Syed Mushtaq Ali T20 tournament. …