Added on April 9, 2021
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New Delhi: The WHO has rejected Serum Institute of India’s proposal seeking extension of the shelf life of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, from six to nine months, citing insufficient data, sources said. The WHO has also sought a meeting with Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to discuss the matter, they said. The move comes […]
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Bijapur: CoBRA commando Rakeshwar Singh Manhas, who was abducted by Naxals after the last week’s fierce gun-battle in Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, was released on Thursday, police said. Manhas, who belonged to the 210th battalion of Commando Battalion for Resolute Action (CoBRA), an elite unit of the CRPF, had gone missing after the gunfight on […]
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Jammu: Nearly a dozen cattle crossed over the Line of Control (LoC) into the Indian territory in Poonch district and were later handed back to Pakistan Army, officials said. A total of 11 bovines from Pakistan-administered Kashmir inadvertently crossed into this side in Poonch sector and were caught by the Indian Army, the officials said. […]
Added on April 8, 2021
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Asks states to put ‘house in order’
New Delhi/Mumbai: As a fresh wave of COVID-19 forced a sense of urgency in India’s vaccination campaign, the Centre allowed administering of shots at workplaces with about 100 eligible beneficiaries from April 11 and asserted that there was no vaccine shortage after Maharashtra and some other non-BJP ruled states complained about it. While the chorus […]
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Calls for 'vaccine for all' strategy
New Delhi: Calling for a “vaccine for all” policy, the Congress on Wednesday picked holes in the government’s vaccination and COVID strategy and alleged that a grave catastrophe awaited the country due to its “stubborn” stance. Stressing on COVID-19 vaccine for all in the country, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said every Indian “deserves the chance […]
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812 new COVID-19 cases, six deaths reported
Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday recorded its highest single-day spike this year as 812 new COVID-19 cases, including 257 travellers, taking the tally to 1,34,827, even as six fresh deaths due to the virus in the past 24 hours took the toll to 2,018, officials said. Of the fresh cases, 347 were from Jammu […]
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Srinagar: Veteran politician and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah was on Wednesday discharged from a Srinagar hospital, where he was admitted last week as a precautionary measure after testing positive for COVID-19, officials said. Abdullah, a former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister, was discharged as doctors were of the opinion that he could recover at […]
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Srinagar: The Army handed over a boy to Pakistani authorities at the Titwal crossing point along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Wednesday, a defence spokesperson said here. Mausam, the son of Manzoor Ahmad and a resident of the Lipa area in Pakistan-administered Kashmir (PaK), was handed over to the […]
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Washington: The United States on Tuesday said that it encourages India and Pakistan to have a direct dialogue between them on issues of concern. However, the State Department refrained from commenting on the recent decision of the Pakistani Cabinet not to import sugar and cotton from India. “I wouldn’t want to comment on that specifically,” […]
Added on April 8, 2021
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Srinagar: Militants opened fire on security personnel in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Wednesday but there was no damage in the incident, officials said. The ultras opened fire on a mobile check party of the police and CRPF at Imamsahib in Shopian town around 3.20 pm, they added. There was no report of any casualty […]
