Covaxin gets WHO nod for emergency use listing
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin gets WHO approval for Emergency Use Listing. Covaxin is one of the vaccines that have received emergency use authorisation from Indias drug regulator and is being used in the nationwide inoculation programme, along with Covishield and Sputnik V. On...
No Covid vaccination in Mumbai from Nov 4 to 7
Even as the Prime Minister asked exhorted officials to ensure that the country widens its COVID-19 vaccination coverage by the end of the year, Mumbai announces a break from vaccination. The BMC, Mumbai's civic body, announced that no vaccination...
India’s Covid vaccination coverage exceeds 107.29 cr
With the administration of 41,16,230 vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 107.29 crore, informed the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday. As per provisional reports, till 7 am today, 1,07,29,66,315 vaccine doses...
Dengue outbreak: Centre rushes teams to 9 states
The Union Health Ministry has rushed high-level teams to nine states, union territories reporting high caseload of dengue to support them in public health measures for control and management of the infection, a press release issued by the Ministry of...
Ex-Maha HM Deshmukh arrested by ED after over 12 hrs questioning
Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate late Monday night after over 12 hours of questioning in a money-laundering case linked to an alleged extortion racket in the state police establishment, officials said. They said Deshmukh,...
Petrol, Diesel Prices Hiked for Sixth Consecutive Day
New Delhi : Petrol and diesel prices were hiked for the sixth consecutive day across the country on Monday. In the national capital, with a hike of 35 paise a litre, the price of petrol rose to Rs 109.69 per...
CBI arrests Thane resident in corruption case against Anil Deshmukh
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Thane resident, Santosh Jagtap, on Sunday in connection with a corruption case in which former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh is being probed. This is the first arrest in the case...
If Taliban comes to India, air strike is ready: Yogi
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Sunday said that Pakistan and Afghanistan are "feeling disturbed" by the Taliban, but if the insurgent group moves towards India, "an air strike is ready". He was addressing the Samajik Pratinidhi Sammelan...
Active COVID-19 cases in Inda lowest in 247 days
With 12,830 people testing positive for coronavirus infection in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,42,73,300, while the active cases declined to 1,59,272, the lowest in 247 days, according to the Union Health...
Puneeth Rajkumar laid to rest with state honours
Puneeth Rajkumar, 46-year-old Kannada actor who died of a cardiac arrest on 29 October, was laid to rest at Kanteerava Studios, Bengaluru today with state honours Chief Minister of Karnataka Basavaraj Bommai offered the final adieu. Rajkumar is survived by his...
Active COVID-19 cases in country increase to 1,61,555
With 14,313 people testing positive for coronavirus in a day, India's total tally of COVID-19 cases rose to 3,42,60,470, while the active cases were recorded at 1,61,555, according to the Union health ministry data updated on Saturday. ...
Aryan Khan is free; walks out of jail
Aryan Khan walks out of Mumbai's Arthur Road Jail three weeks after being arrested in drugs-on-cruise...
Petrol crosses Rs 121 per litre in Madhya Pradesh
For the first time, the price of petrol crossed Rs 121 per litre in the border district of Madhya Pradesh, while the cost of diesel touched Rs 110.29 on Saturday. According to sources in the industry, the price of petrol rose...
Modi arrives in Rome for G20 Summit
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday arrived in Rome in Italy to participate in the G20 Summit. In Rome, Prime Minister Modi will hold discussions on global economic and health recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. "Landed in Rome...
Criminal killed in encounter with Delhi police, 2 cops injured
A criminal was killed in an encounter with the Delhi Police in Rohini's Begumpur area, police said on Friday. Two police personnel have also received injuries during the exchange of fire, they said. The criminal has been identified as Deepak...
Aryan likely to leave jail this evening: Lawyer
Advocate Satish Maneshinde, who represented Aryan Khan in the drugs-on-cruise case says they expect Aryan to be out of jail this evening. "We're expecting to receive orders of the High Court from the HC registry today evening. As soon as we...
Shaktikanta Das given 3-year extension as RBI governor
The government has extended the term of Reserve Bank of India Governor Shaktikanta Das by another three years upto December 2024, according to an official order. Das was appointed the RBI's 25th governor on December 11, 2018, initially for...
Facebook new name: Meta
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Thursday at the company’s Connect event that the company’s new name will be Meta. “We are a company that builds technology to connect,” Zuckerberg said. “Together, we can finally put people at the center of...
Aryan Khan gets bail, detailed order to be given tomorrow by court
Mumbai: Aryan Khan has been granted bail after more than three weeks in jail, by the Bombay High Court. The 23-year-old son of Shah Rukh Khan has been in custody since October 3, hours after drugs raids on a cruise ship...
Aryan Khan case: NCB’s witness Kiran Gosavi detained
Kiran Gosavi, an 'independent witness' of the Narcotics Control Bureau in the drugs-on-cruise case, has been detained in Pune. After remaining untraceable for several days, Gosavi, who is facing a cheating case in Pune, spoke to TV news channels from an...
‘SRK to pull out all stops to prove Aryans innocence’
Shah Rukh Khan's legal team is preparing for a long battle against those who apparently planned and plotted Aryan Khan's highly-publicised arrest. An informed source tells Subhash K Jha, "Shah Rukh is going to pull out all stops to prove his...
