Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech will make a presentation before the Subject Expert Committee of the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) on Wednesday evening for approval of its vaccine - Covaxin, government sources told IANS....
The world's attention has been fixed on this vaccine for several months now because of a number of factors including its low cost, ease of storage, transportation and administration....
The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Wednesday claimed that 17 MLAs of the ruling JD-U were in touch with them to topple the Nitish Kumar government and to join the opposition party in Bihar. The Janata Dal-United, however, strongly denied the RJD claim. ...
In a joint operation, the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the Army have recovered two pistols, 70 pistol-rounds and two grenades kept hidden in the bushes near the Line of Control (LoC) in the Dabbi village of Jammu's Poonch, officials said on Wednesday....
Ahead of the crucial farmers meet with the government over the three farm laws, the Kisan Congress on Wednesday performed "Sarva Dharma Puja" at the Delhi-Haryana Tikri border. The Sarva Dharma Puja (all-religion prayer) was organised by Kisan Congress vice ...
A day after a directive from the Akal Takht, Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday tendered a public apology for wearing a shawl with Sikh religious symbols, which had created a controversy. "Sri Akal Takht Sahib is supreme. If I have unknowingly hurt the sentiments of ...
Himachal Pradesh's popular tourist resorts like Narkanda, Manali and Dalhousie are still wrapped up in a blanket of white, with this week's snowfall turning most of the hill stations more picturesque and chock-a-block with New Year's Eve revellers. However, the Met Office in Shimla on Wednesday predicted the sun will shine ...
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh has decided to revive the Arogya Mela that was suspended due to the outbreak of Covid pandemic in March. Sanjay Prasad, the principal secretary to the Chief Minister, said the state government had directed the health and family welfare department as well as the...
Loans disbursed to the MSME sector have doubled during the rule of BJP government led by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, compared with the earlier Akhilesh Yadav-led dispensation, a government spokesperson said on Wednesday. The spokesperson said that loans totalling Rs 1,06,068 crore were disbursed ...
The UK on Wednesday approved the Oxford University-AstraZenecas Covid-19 vaccine for use after authorisation by the country's medicines regulator....
