Rumita Patel
There is now a growing consensus that India is seeing the emergence of a second wave of Covid-19, something that Dispatch 206 of November 18 pointed out for the first time. The numbers speak for themselves. Seven of the 11 states that accounted for 76% of cases (based on an average of seven days to…
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The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Tuesday released a voluminous list of beneficiaries of a two-decade-old law under which they allegedly obtained property rights to land they had illegally occupied, as well as invaders of vast tracts of state land, naming the former boss. the minister and member of Lok Sabha, Farooq Abdullah, among the…
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MUMBAI: Russia’s Sputnik V Covid-19 vaccine, which reported an efficacy of more than 95%, will be twice cheaper than those from Pfizer and Moderna with similar positive results. Sputnik V, developed by the Gamaleya Institute and RDIF (Russia’s Direct Investment Fund), will be priced at less than $ 20 per person for the two doses…
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India on Tuesday conducted a “successful” test of the BrahMos supersonic surface-to-surface cruise missile as part of a series of planned tests of the weapon, known for its precision strike capabilities, official sources said. The range of the new ground-attack version of the missile has been expanded to 400 km from the original 290 km,…
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NEW DELHI: In an effort to boost readiness for the Covid-19 vaccine delivery, the Health Ministry has asked states and UT to strengthen surveillance for adverse events after immunization against Covid-19 to ensure that people’s confidence in the safety of the vaccine is maintained. “You may know that preparations are underway to carry out Covid-19…
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday during his interaction with senior ministers that some people were engaging in policy on the coronavirus vaccine, people familiar with the development said. A person present at the meeting quoted Modi as saying that some people were making policy on the corona vaccine and nothing could stop them. “It…
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With three manufacturers claiming to be successful in mass testing their candidate vaccines, raising hope that the world is closer to finding protection against Covid-19, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said Tuesday that his government’s priority it would be to ensure that a vaccine reaches everyone after it is reunited. Scientific criteria. Modi told chief ministers…
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Active Covid cases in India spiked again on Tuesday, the third increase in the past four days, as new infections recorded in the country outnumbered recoveries by more than 5,500. This was the largest single-day increase in active cases since October 1, a sign that the pandemic could be on the rise again in the…
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The National Crisis Management Committee (NCMC) on Tuesday assessed the status of the “very severe cyclonic storm” ‘Nivar’ which is expected to hit the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on Wednesday, and assured states of all possible assistance, including early release from the disaster relief fund. The NCMC, headed by Cabinet…
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CHANDIGARH: The Haryana government said on Tuesday that it will seal the borders with Punjab from November 26-27 to prevent farmers from that state from marching to Delhi for their “Delhi Chalo” protest event in the national capital. This occurs even as the Modi government extended an invitation to Punjab’s agricultural unions for a second…
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