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COIMBATORE: On Saturday, DMK Chairman MK Stalin promised to resign politics if you were unable to prove the corruption charges against Tamil nadu municipal administration minister SP Velumani. Responding to Velumani’s challenge to prove the charges, Stalin said: “I am ready to leave politics. Are you (Velumani) ready?” The head …

NEW DELHI: An expert panel from India’s central drug authority on Saturday recommended granting permission for emergency use of the Covid-19 vaccine developed in the country Covaxin under certain conditions, a day after giving a similar address for the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine, the sources said. Covaxin has been developed indigenously …

NEW DELHI: The number of new Covid-19 cases was recorded below 20,000 in India on Saturday, bringing the country’s number of cases to 1,03,05,788, while the number of people who have recovered from the disease exceeded 99 lakh, according to the health ministry. A total of 19,079 people tested positive …

NEW DELHI: The launch of the vaccine in India will begin with the availability of two injections, Covishield from Oxford-Astra Zeneca and Covaxin homegrown from Bharat Biotech, and the Comptroller General of Drugs of India is expected to issue final approvals that they will probably be announced on Sunday. The …

NEW DELHI: Chief of Defense Staff General Bipin Rawat On Saturday he visited several air bases located in advanced areas near the Real control line in Arunachal Pradesh and assessed India’s overall security scenario in the eastern sector, official sources said. They said that General Rawat interacted with army, ITBP …

NEW DELHI: India conducted a massive nationwide drill on the administration of the Covid-19 vaccine on Saturday at 286 session sites spread across 125 districts. The exercise comes at a crucial stage as India is poised to launch the first vaccines to the public. An expert panel from the central …

NEW DELHI: An expert panel from India’s drug authority recommended Saturday restricted emergency use of Bharat Biotechis Covaxin. The development comes one day after the recommended panel. emergency use authorization for the Serum Institute of India’s (SII) Covishield. The Central Medicines Control Organization (CDSCO) Subject Matter Expert Committee (SEC) on …

LUCK: Samajwadi Party Chairman Akhilesh Yadav said Saturday that the Covid-19 vaccine will not be given because he does not trust a vaccine being implemented by the BJP. Yadav’s statement provoked a strong response from the ruling BJP, who called it an “insult” to all doctors and scientists in the …

LUCK: The head of the Samajwadi Party, Akhilesh Yadav, announced on Saturday that he would not be vaccinated against Covid-19 because he did not trust the BJP. He further added that once the SP government was formed in the 2022 assembly elections, everyone would be vaccinated at no cost. The …

NEW DELHI: Congress MP Karti Chidambaram on Saturday he took action in his own party after he announced organizational changes in his Tamil Nadu unit ahead of this year’s assembly elections. In a major revamp, the party appointed 32 vice presidents, 57 general secretaries and 104 secretaries in the giant …