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A day earlier, the Indian arm of US pharmaceutical giant Pfizer became the first to seek a similar approval from India's drug regulator for its own COVID-19 vaccine in the country, after securing such clearance in the UK and Bahrain.

Delhi Taxi Tourist Transporters Association President Sanjay Samrat said in a statement that several unions, including Delhi State Taxi Cooperative Society, and Kaumi Ekta Welfare Association will join the strike on December 8. Representaives of various b...

"I request you not to make this a prestige issue, he said in a letter to the prime minister. The government must bow to the supreme will and aspirations of the people and accordingly repeal the farm laws at the earliest, as the livelihood of millions of f...

Bharatiya Kisan Union President Gurnam Singh Chathuni told IANS that "it would be a peaceful 'Bharat Bandh' across the country", assuring "if any person is found adopting violent acts, he would be handed over to police".

"The TMC government has already passed bills for the farmers, allowing them to sell their produce anywhere as per their choice, but now when Modiji has done the same, she is opposing it," he said, addressing a rally at Red Road here.

he Noida-based company claimed Marico's Saffola honey has failed the NMR (Nuclear Magnetic Resonance) test and is misleading the consumers. Marico filed an intra-industry complaint before ASCI, against 'NMR TESTED PURE HONEY' claim by Dabur for its produc...

Venkatesh Nayak of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative had approached the ministry seeking details of the constitution and working of the expert group such as dates of meetings, a copy of the detailed agenda circulatedpresentations made before its me...

Kushwaha said he had a cordial meeting with Kumar earlier in the week but denied hammering out a deal for the homecoming. He, however, did not rule out the possibility of a reunion in future.

This is the fifth straight day of price hike and the 14th increase in rates since November 20 when oil companies resumed daily price revision after nearly two-month hiatus.

At least nine people were injured and several houses were ransacked in a clash between TMC and BJP supporters at Barabani in West Burdwan district on Saturday during which crude bombs were hurdled. The clash broke out when the ruling party tried to stop t...

Tejashwi Yadav and those from allies Congress and CPI held demonstration in front of gate number four of the Gandhi Maidan during the day in protest against the new farm laws.

Usually efficacy data is to be reviewed after a fortnight of the complete dose. In this case, Anil Vij was presumably a recipient of the first dose. This, too, is unclear as Bharat Biotech's Phase III trials are double-blind and randomized, where 50% of t...

The high court directed the university to revisit the issue and work out the roster points afresh with regard to the two posts challenged by the teachers, and complete the exercise within three months.

"Roy's active involvement, primarily as a conspirator" in the killing of Biswas was found during the investigation, they said. CID sleuths had, earlier, questioned the BJP leader in this connection. However, the state agency did not name him in its first...

The bench, also comprising Justice Arijit Banerjee, said that the high court had issued a direction to West Bengal's Director General of Police (DGP) to have a case registered and to initiate an investigation.

In a statement on Thursday, the Oversight Board said it has selected an additional case for consideration, which had been referred by Facebook.