NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday conducted a review of India’s vaccination strategy amid indications that the rapidly developing Oxford-AstraZeneca injection could be eligible for emergency use authorization in India from next month. “Important issues related to the progress of vaccine development, regulatory approvals and acquisitions were discussed,” …
Read More »Questionable Evidence Belies India’s Fall in Covid Infections | India News
India’s daily coronavirus infections have halved from a peak of more than 97,000 in mid-September, but the significant drop has raised new questions about the South Asian nation’s testing regimen and whether it reflects the true state of your epidemic. As the country surpassed the grim milestone of 9 million …
Read More »Illegal First Cousin Marriage, Claims Punjab and Haryana HC | India News
CHANDIGARH: The Punjab and Haryana High Court said that marriage between first cousins is illegal. The court said that the marriage that the petitioner wants to celebrate with a girl, who is his first cousin, was also illegal per se. “… the presentation in the present petition that when she …
Read More »‘Quad’ Malabar Exercise Concludes With A Clear Message For China | India News
NEW DELHI: The energy-packed second phase of the world-class Malabar naval exercise, featuring two aircraft carriers, fighter jets and ten other warships from India, the US, Japan and Australia, came to an end in the arabian sea on Friday. With an eye on an expansionist and Aggressive china, the 24th …
Read More »‘Love jihad’, a term coined by the BJP to disturb community harmony | India News
JAIPUR: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot on Friday he said that “love jihad” is a term “fabricated” by the BJP to disturb communal harmony, prompting a strong reaction from Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. In a tweet, Gehlot said that marriage is a matter of personal freedom and bringing a …
Read More »Sonia Gandhi creates a panel on economy, foreign affairs and national security, and Manmohan Singh is part of all three India News
NEW DELHI: President of Congress Sonia Gandhi has created three separate committees to discuss policy issues related to economic affairs, foreign affairs and national security, with the former prime minister Manmohan singh part of the three panels. While former Finance Minister P Chidambaram and party leaders Mallikarjun kharge Y Digvijaya …
Read More »‘America now chose its first female VP, while India elected a female PM 50 years ago’ | India News
NEW DELHI: Congress Leader Priyanka Gandhi on Thursday paid tribute to the former prime minister and her grandmother, the late Indira Gandhi, and said the United States elected a woman for the first time. Kamala harris As Vice President, India had elected Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister 50 years ago. …
Read More »‘Love jihad’, a term coined by BJP to disturb community harmony: Gehlot | India News
JAIPUR: Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot Friday said “love jihad” is a term fabricated by the BJP to divide the nation and disrupt its communal harmony. Said marriage is a matter of personal freedom and bringing a law to stop it is completely unconstitutional, he said. It will not stand …
Read More »Corona vaccine should be available to the public in April 2021: CEO of Serum Institute | India News
NEW DELHI: The CEO of vaccine maker Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla, said Thursday that the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine should be available to healthcare workers and seniors around February 2021 and in April for the general public, and will have a maximum price of Rs 1,000 for two doses …
Read More »Ladakh NC as an ally is fine as it has welcomed the 370 movement: BJP | India News
NEW DELHI: BJP has said that there is no “contradiction” between its attack on Congress for being part of the “anti-national” Gupkar Alliance while leading the Ladakh Autonomous Development Council Kargil (LAHDCK) in alliance with the National Conference (NC) since the latter’s unit in Ladakh had accepted the annulment of …
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