Rumita Patel
CHENNAI / PUDUCHERRY: Thirty teams from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been pressured to act in Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Puducherry as Cyclone Nivar moves towards the southern coast of India, the NDRF reported. “Alerting the community, facilitating local administration in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry,” Satya Pradhan, NDRF director general, said in…
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The Bombay High Court on Tuesday granted provisional protection against arrest to actor Kangana Ranaut and his sister Rangoli Chandel in a sedition case. The court was hearing the case against Ranaut and her sister after an FIR was filed against them. However, the high court ordered them to appear before the Mumbai police on…
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The National Green Court has strongly criticized the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) for not using more than 800 million rupees earmarked for the Environmental Relief Fund for accident victims in the process of handling hazardous substances. A bank headed by Judge Adarsh Kumar Goel, Chairman of NGT, and Judge SK Singh, noted that…
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NEW DELHI: An industry body of needle and syringe manufacturers said Tuesday that it has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi offering an additional capacity of more than 350 million syringes per month depending on requirements during the Covid-19 vaccination program. . This capability is already developed by manufacturers who have learned from the experience…
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The semi-composite bodies of an elderly couple were recovered from an apartment in the Girish Park area of the city on Tuesday, a senior police officer said. Neighbors alerted police after they noticed a foul odor emanating from an apartment on the second floor of an apartment on Ram Dulal Sakar Street, he said. The…
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HOUSTON: A Hindu non-profit organization in the United States has raised more than $ 100,000 for vocational scholarships for low-income young adults in the United States in a virtual event attended by celebrities, academics and entrepreneurs. Hundreds of Americans and people of Indian origin from various walks of life participated in the event organized by…
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The communication devices used by the four Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) terrorists killed at the Ban toll plaza in Jammu on November 19 have provided a vital clue to establish that Pakistan was also behind a similar infiltration by from the same group banned on January 31. 2020, people familiar with the matter said. On January 31…
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Biocon Chief Executive Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw said Tuesday that drug regulator DCGI is expected to grant an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine as soon as it gets approval from the UK Medicines and Health Products Regulatory Agency. “100 million doses by January,” Adar Poonawalla says of the Oxford vaccine; hopefully DCGI will administer…
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CALCUTTA: The Covid-19 situation in West Bengal is being adequately addressed, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee told Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a video conference on Tuesday, an official said. The prime minister reviewed the Covid-19 situation in various states through videoconferences with senior ministers. It emerged that Banerjee reminded Modi of the non-payment of goods…
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Union Interior Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called on top ministers from all Union states and territories to witness an increase in coronavirus disease cases to ensure that the Covid-19 death rate drop below 1% and the positivity rate below 5%. Shah made the request at a virtual review meeting held by Prime Minister Narendra…
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