Coronavirus Vaccine in India: Bharat Biotech, together with the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and the National Institute of Virology (NIV), is developing the indigenous coronavirus vaccine Covaxin. Coronavirus vaccine in India: Phase 3 human trials of the indigenous experimental vaccine Covaxin, a candidate for the coronavirus vaccine, are …
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India’s Covid-19 count surpassed the 8.9 million mark on Wednesday as it added more than 38,000 cases of the coronavirus disease in the past 24 hours. Data from the Union Ministry of Health showed that 474 Covid-19 patients succumbed to the viral disease, bringing the death toll to 130,993. Meanwhile, …
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Donald Trump on Tuesday fired the administration’s top election security official, who had rejected the president’s unsubstantiated claims of “massive” fraud in the vote he lost to Joe Biden. Trump announced on Twitter the termination “with immediate effect” of Chris Krebs, who heads the agency that jointly declared that “the …
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A shooting broke out between terrorists and security forces in the Nagrota area of Jammu and the Jammu district of Kashmir early on Thursday, authorities said. The shooting started around 5 am near the toll plaza in the Ban de Nagrota area on the Jammu-Srinagar national highway. “Around 5 in …
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The Hindu, in a query filed under the RTI Act, sought information on the expected date of the first phase of the 2021 Census and an update from the NPR. The Registrar General of India (RGI) office has said that the National Population Register (NPR) calendar or questionnaire is “being …
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Joining RCEP would have had negative consequences for the economy, says S Jaishankar New Delhi: India withdrew from the Regional Comprehensive Economic Association (RCEP) last year as joining it would have had quite negative consequences for the country’s economy, Foreign Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday. In a speech at …
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Union Interior Minister Amit Shah and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Chairman JP Nadda will visit West Bengal separately every month until the assembly elections, to be held in the state next year, to boost worker morale, BJP leaders said Wednesday as the party begins its strategy on the state of …
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NEW DELHI: Following Chinese President Xi Jinping’s comment that China is willing to cooperate with India and South Africa for the Covid-19 vaccine, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that officials from India and China will discuss the issue. When asked what kind of cooperation China seeks with India on …
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WASHINGTON: In congratulating Bihar’s Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on his electoral victory, Indian-Americans with roots in Bihar have offered their services for the development of the eastern state. A group of American Indians from Bihar on Tuesday urged the prime minister to identify education, health and industrialization as areas of …
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Congressional leader Kapil Sibal responded to Union Interior Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday for saying that Congress and the People’s Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration wanted to bring Jammu and Kashmir back to the age of terror and agitation. He also criticized Shah for using the term “Gupkar Gang”. “Amit …
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