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Govt says don't lower guard, pandemic not yet over
New Delhi: India recorded its highest daily figure of COVID-19 cases this year with 22,854 new infections, prompting the Centre to ask people not to lower guard as the pandemic was not yet over and also embrace vaccines. The total number of cases went up to 1,12,85,561 while the death toll increased to 1,58,189 with […]
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Granted restricted emergency use authorization
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday said Bharat Biotech’s indigenously developed Covaxin is out of the “clinical trial mode” and that it has now been granted the regular restricted emergency use authorisation just like Covishield manufactured by Serum Institute. Addressing a weekly press conference, NITI Aayog member (Health) Dr V K Paul said Covaxin and […]
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New Delhi: Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar on Thursday said he has noted the suggestions put forward by the Digital News Publishers’ Association (DNPA) after holding a meeting with them in the backdrop of new digital media rules. The minister said he held an interaction through video-conference with the representatives of the […]
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Srinagar: Two Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) militants were killed in an overnight encounter with security forces in Anantnag district of south Kashmir, police said on Thursday. The security forces launched a cordon and search operation at Kandipora in Bijbehara area of the district on Wednesday following information about presence of militants there, a police official said. “During […]
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Srinagar: A CRPF jawan allegedly shot himself dead with his service rifle in Budgam district of central Kashmir on Thursday morning, officials said. They said that constable Amar Jyoti shot himself at a hotel in Humhama area of the district and died on the spot. Police later registered a case and started investigations. (PTI)
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Geneva: When the World Health Organization declared the coronavirus a pandemic one year ago Thursday, it did so only after weeks of resisting the term and maintaining that the highly infectious virus could still be stopped. A year later, the U.N. agency is still struggling to keep on top of the evolving science of COVID-19, […]
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New Delhi: A CISF jawan saved the life of a CRPF man by administering him the CPR medical procedure at the Delhi airport, officials said on Thursday. The incident took place at the terminal-II of the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) around 4 pm on Wednesday. The Central Industrial Security Force control room was informed […]
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Jammu: A former Jammu and Kashmir government official was arrested for allegedly forging his date of birth, a spokesperson said. The Jammu and Kashmir Police Crime Branch arrested Ghulam Mohiuddin Gani who was Special Secretary (Legal) in the Home Department till he was superannuated by the government on March 5 this year with retrospective effect […]
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SC issues notice to Centre
New Delhi: The Supreme Court Wednesday sought response from the Centre on a PIL seeking to remove anomalies in succession and inheritance laws and make them uniform for all citizens. The petition said gender and religion-neutral laws in succession and inheritance is necessary to secure justice, equality and dignity of women, and alleged that the […]
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Many training camps operating in PaK
New Delhi: The Indian Army has adopted a robust counter infiltration strategy focusing on a mix of technology and human resources to effectively check infiltration in border areas, the government said on Wednesday. The measures to check infiltration include boosting surveillance architecture and intelligence gathering, Minister of State for Defence Shripad Naik said in the […]
