NEW DELHI — In an incident that shows that Twitter can withdraw the blue verified badge against any verified account irrespective of the importance of the position of the account holder, the social media platform removed the blue badge from the personal Twitter handle of Vice President of India M. Venkaiah Naidu, @MVenkaiahNaidu, on Saturday. […]
NEW DELHI — The DCGI has granted permission to the Serum Institute of India (SII) to manufacture the Sputnik COVID-19 vaccine in India for examination, test and analysis with certain conditions, official sources said. The Pune-based firm has collaborated with Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology, Moscow in Russia for developing Sputnik V at […]
NEW DELHI — The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed the lawsuit filed by actor-environmentalist Juhi Chawla against the setting up of 5G wireless networks in the country, and also imposed a fine of ₹20 lakh for the abuse of the process of law. Justice J.R. Midha held that the suit filed by Chawla and […]
NEW DELHI — After Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra, petrol price has crossed the Rs 100-per-litre mark in Leh, in almost all districts of Andhra Pradesh and parts of Telangana after fuel prices were again hiked on Friday. Petrol price was increased by 27 paise per litre and diesel by 28 paise a litre, according […]
NEW DELHI — India recorded 132,364 cases of the coronavirus disease in the last 24 hours, taking the nationwide infection tally to 28,574,350, according to the data from the Union ministry of health and family welfare (MoHFW). Also, in the same period, 2,713 people succumbed to Covid-19, taking the related death toll to 340,702, the […]
NEW DELHI — At least 624 doctors died in the second wave of the coronavirus pandemic across the country, with the national capital losing the most. According to the latest report of the Indian Medical Association (IMA), so far 109 doctors have lost their lives in Delhi alone in the second wave. The IMA’s latest […]
Doctors were demanding hike in stipend and free treatment for them and their families if they contract the deadly coronavirus infection BHOPAL — While doctors and medical workers are hailed across the country for their relentless work as India battles the Covid 19 pandemic, doctors of Madhya Pardesh are not happy with the way they […]
NEW DELHI — The Kisan Ekta Morcha, spearheading the farmers’ stir on Delhi borders for over six months, on Thursday slammed Hindi TV channel Aaj Tak for “misreporting about the farmers’ protest reported Free Press Journal. It tweeted, “In one way or other, farmers’ voices are being suppressed due to fake information released by such […]
NEW DELHI — India’s position to abstain at the UNHRC during the resolution to probe Gaza violence is not new and the country has abstained on previous occasions also, the external affairs ministry said on Thursday. Responding to a question on the Palestinian foreign minister writing to his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar on India abstaining […]
NEW DELHI — Globally available Covid 19 vaccines can now be launched in India without the requirement of post approval clinical trials and testing every batch of the vaccine. The Drugs Controller General of India in a notification has said that vaccines which have been approved for restricted use by US FDA, EMA, UK MHRA […]