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Bharat Biotech had applied to the Drugs Controller General of India seeking emergency use authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin. The Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) had applied to the central drug regulator for emergency use authorisati...

Kaimur SP Dilnawaz Ahmed confirmed the latest development and said that SHO of Kundra police station was suspended after a prohibition team visited Kaimur and investigated.

While political parties shuffle their cards between Muslim appeasement and Hindu sentiments, statistics indicate that the Matuas -- a Dalit community in West Bengal -- dominated nearly 90 assembly segments and about 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

The three farm acts, against which farmers have been protesting for the past fortnight, could make the situation worse as it endangers the entire procurement mechanism, and hence, the PDS itself.

It further sought issuance of mandatory injunction directing the Central Government to create a trust, according to Trust Act 1882, and to hand over the management and administration of the temple complex situated within the area of Qutub Complex.

Out of the 2.39 lakh vaccinators or auxiliary nursing midwives (ANMs), who provide vaccination under the existing Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) across the country, only 1.54 lakh will be used for COVID-19 vaccination drive.

The fruit growers body called Kashmir Valley Fruit Growers Cum Dealers Association had called for the closure of all fruit mandis on December 8 to support the farmers who are up against the government and demanding rolll back of the new farm laws.

Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Tuesday as surging coronavirus infections in the United States and some other countries tempered investor optimism about development of possible vaccines.

"I stand in solidarity with the Punjabi farmers in India protesting for their livelihoods and protection from misguided, manipulative government regulations, Congressman Doug LaMalfa said on Monday. "Punjabi farmers must be allowed to protest peacefully a...

It has claimed that according to the Delhi Parents Association there are 76 private schools which are in violation of the Delhi government direction.

Farmer leader Raju Shetti it is being projected the ongoing agitation is limited to ryots from Haryana and Punjab, but the government should understand that this is a nationwide agitation of cultivators.

Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of State for Communications Sanjay Dhotre, and Telecom Secretary Anshu Prakash will attend the inaugural session, the statement said.

The Centre's response came pursuant to the court's query on December 1 as to what steps it has taken for including data of transgender prisoners in its latest prison statistics reports.

Adhikari is seen as the Trinamool Congress’ lieutenant in Nandigram and the face of the anti-land acquisition tide that catapulted Banerjee to power back in 2011. Adhikari had also won the Tamluk Lok Sabha seat in 2009 after defeating CPI(M) strongman Lak...

Indian shares touched record highs on Monday as private sector lender ICICI Bank hit a ninemonth high, although losses in larger rival HDFC Bank weighed.

The organisation has written a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to take immediate measures to resolve the impending crisis.