New Covid variant, C.1.2, may be more infectious, evade vaccine protection: Study
New Delhi: A new variant of SARS-CoV-2, the virus which cause COVID-19, has been detected in South Africa and many other countries globally which could be more transmissible and evade protection provided by vaccines, according to study. Scientists from National Institute for Communicable Diseases (NICD) and the KwaZulu-Natal Research Innovation and Sequencing Platform (KRISP) in South […]
India logs 42,909 new COVID-19 cases
New Delhi: India saw a single-day rise of 42,909 new COVID-19 infections, which took the total tally of cases to 3,27,37,939, while active cases registered an increase for the sixth consecutive day, according to Union health ministry data updated on Monday. The death toll has climbed to 4,38,210 with 380 fresh fatalities, according to the data […]
SC issues fresh SOP to facilitate resumption of physical hearing of some cases from Sept 11
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has issued fresh standard operating procedures to accord final hearing of cases in physical mode from September 1, and will employ a hybrid option from Tuesday to Thursday amid strict observance of Covid appropriate norms. The top court has been hearing cases through video-conferencing since March last year due to […]
Recruitment of volunteers for trial of Covid vaccine Covovax on children begins
New Delhi: Recruitment of volunteers for the phase 2/3 clinical trial of COVID-19 vaccine Covovax among children aged 2 to 17 years began on Sunday at the Hamdard Institute of Medical Sciences and Research here. The trial would be held across 10 sites and would cover 920 children — 460 each in the age groups […]
President Kovind visits Ayodhya
Lucknow: President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday visited the temple town of Ayodhya and inaugurated a Ramayan conclave in the presence of Uttar Pradesh Governor Anandiben Patel, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and others. Emphasising on the importance of Lord Ram in the context of the city, the President said, “Without Ram, Ayodhya is not Ayodhya. […]
India must keep its guard up in view of uncertainties, upheavals of current times: Rajnath
Chennai: India must keep its guard up to deal with any possible impact of the “uncertainties and upheavals” of the current times, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Saturday, in the backdrop of the fluid security situation in Afghanistan after the Taliban seized its control nearly two weeks ago. In an address after dedicating an […]
TN Assembly adopts resolution against Centre’s farm laws; AIADMK, BJP walkout
Chennai: The Tamil Nadu Assembly on Saturday adopted a resolution urging the Centre to withdraw the three contentious farm laws, against which farmers have been holding protests for months outside Delhi. The main opposition AIADMK and its ally BJP staged a walkout over the issue while another partner PMK did not follow suit. DMK’s allies, […]
Police lathicharge protesting farmers near Karnal; 10 injured
Chandigarh: Around 10 people were injured Saturday as police allegedly lathicharged a group of farmers disrupting traffic movement on a highway while heading towards Karnal to protest against a BJP meeting. Besides Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar, state BJP president Om Prakash Dhankar and other senior leaders of the party were present at the […]
Cong leaders rap ICHR for omitting Nehru’s image from ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations
New Delhi: Congress leaders Saturday took strong exception to the Indian Council for Historical Research (ICHR) omitting Jawaharlal Nehru’s image from the ‘Azaadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’ celebrations to mark the 75th year of India’s independence. Congress leaders shared screenshot of the ICHR website showing photographs of Mahatma Gandhi, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Bhagat Singh, B […]
Carefully monitoring developments in Afghanistan: India
New Delhi: India on Friday said a vast majority of its citizens who wished to return home from Afghanistan have been evacuated and it is carefully monitoring the situation in the neighbouring country. Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) Spokesperson Arindam Bagchi said India’s focus has been to evacuate its citizens who are stranded in Afghanistan. […]
