LONDON: AstraZeneca and the University of Oxford have acknowledged a manufacturing error that raises questions about the preliminary results of their experimental Covid-19 vaccine. A statement describing the mistake on Wednesday came days after the company and the university described the injections as “highly effective” and failed to mention why …
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NEW DELHI: Seeking to consolidate the gains made against the spread of Covid-19 and to address the recent spike in cases in some states and UT, the Home Office updated the guidelines calling for staggered times in city offices with a positivity rate higher than 10%. the Center also gave …
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NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday criticized some of the state governments for not participating in his government’s prominent schemes and projects and suggested that the Center will not abandon the plans even if they did not cooperate. Among them was the bullet train project, where Maharashtra Government …
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CHENNAI: Cyclonic storm Nivar started landfall 30km north of Puducherry and 115 km south of Chennai around 11.15pm on Wednesday. The core of the storm that struck near Marakkanam it is expected to take three hours to cross. Heavy rains and winds of 120 to 130 km / h, with …
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BANKURA: Calling the BJP “garbage of lies” and “the nation’s greatest curse”, west bengal chief minister Mamata banerjee on Wednesday she challenged the saffron party to arrest her and claimed she will make sure TMC victory in the next elections even from jail. Election for the 294-member West Bengal assembly …
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NEW DELHI: India has installed two MQ-9B Sea Guardian drones for top-tier surveillance missions leased by an American company, in a major leap in capacity for the armed forces amid the ongoing military confrontation with China in eastern China. Ladakh. The two unarmed Sea Guardians, variants of the iconic armed …
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CHANDIGARH: One day before the farmers’ scheduled protest march to Delhi against the Center’s agricultural laws, Haryana on Wednesday it tightly closed its borders with Punjab and suspended its bus service to the neighboring state in an attempt to thwart the march. the Haryana The police also used water cannons …
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CHANDIGARH: Chief Minister of Punjab Amarinder Singh met Navjot Singh Sidhu during lunch on Wednesday, prompting speculation that he could be reinstated in the state cabinet. Both leaders have not been on the best terms since May last year when the CM accused the former cricketer of “inept handling” by …
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NEW DELHI: India carried out two “live operational shots” of the BrahMos supersonic cruise missile in the Andaman and Nicobar archipelago, amid continued military confrontation with China in eastern Ladakh. The ground attack variant of the “deep impact precision missile” hit the target on an island nearly 300 km away …
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NEW DELHI: In a sign of growing closeness between India and the United States amid the conflict with China, indian navy has incorporated two Predatory drones of a North American company hired for conducting surveillance in the Indian Ocean region and that can also be implemented along the Line of …
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