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The Drugs Controller General of India has granted restricted emergency use authorisation (EUA) to Biological E’s COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax for the 12 to 18 years age group, subject to certain conditions, official sources said on Monday. However, the government has not taken a decision yet on vaccinating those aged below 15 years. The health ministry […]
A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Ranchi on Monday sentenced Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader Lalu Prasad Yadav to five years’ imprisonment and imposed ₹60 lakh fine on him in the ₹139-crore fodder scam case. The RJD supremo was convicted in the case on February 15 and quantum of punishment […]
President Ram Nath Kovind, the Supreme Commander of the Indian Armed Forces, will review the Naval Fleet comprising over 60 ships and submarines and 55 aircraft at Andhra Pradesh’s Visakhapatnam today. According to the official statement by the Ministry of Defence, the President’s Fleet Review, an awe-inspiring and much-awaited event, will be conducted on Monday […]
The Editors Guild of India raised objections on Sunday regarding the new accreditation guidelines given by the Press Information Bureau (PIB). It said that vague, arbitrary and draconian clauses have been included in it with “an intent to restrict any critical and investigative reporting of government affairs.”Since no norms have been recommended, it can concede […]
India issued an advisory asking its citizens to leave Ukraine temporarily on Sunday. “In view of the continued high levels of tensions and uncertainties with respect to the situation in Ukraine, all Indian nationals whose stay is not deemed essential and all Indian students, are advised to leave Ukraine temporarily,” the Indian embassy in Ukraine […]
In man’s world, some humans take on brute behaviour in their interaction with animals. From neglect and abandonment to maiming, beating, kicking, running over with vehicles, overloading, torture, bestiality and killing, one wonders who is the real animal? Man or beasts… According to a 2020 report, filed by the Federation of Indian Animal Protection Organisations, […]
Amid more frontal assaults on the founding principles of the Indian republic, it is easy to gloss over an innocuous-looking government circular impacting no more than perhaps a couple of dozen students. However, this would be a huge mistake. The National Overseas Scholarship Scheme (NOS) of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment provides funding for students […]
Dangal fame actress Zaira Wasim took to social media and gave her view on the ongoing hijab row in Karnataka, via a long post. Zaira in her Facebook post said, “The inherited notion of hijab being a choice is an ill-informed one. It’s often either a construct of convenience or ignorance. Hijab isn’t a choice […]
International Olympic Committee (IOC) member Nita Ambani has decided that India will be hosting an IOC meeting for the first time in 2023. What is IOC meeting? It is an annual meeting of the members of the IOC, comprising 101 voting members and 45 honorary members. It discusses and decides on the key activities of […]
Chief Minister of Punjab Charanjit Singh Channi and Congress candidate from Mansa Shubhdeep Singh, popularly known as Sidhu Moosewala violated the poll code on Friday. Both of them were campaigning after the deadline of 6 pm. Aam Aadmi Party’s candidate, Dr Vijay Singla from Mansa lodged an FIR under Section 188 of IPC (Indian Penal […]
On Friday, a special court sentenced 38 terrorists to death penalty and handed over life imprisonment to 11 terrorists of the 2008 Ahmedabad serial blasts case. . On July 26, 2008, 21 explosions had ripped through the city within just 70 minutes. These blasts had claimed 56 lives and injured over 200 people. The motive […]
Acting in accordance with the Supreme Court ruling on February 11, the UP government, on Friday, withdrew 274 notices issued to individuals, for recovery of damages caused to public property during the anti-Citizenship (Amendment) Act stir. The Apex Court, had, criticised the state administration for initiating the recovery proceedings under executive orders by the Additional […]
The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday issued a lookout circular against Chitra Ramkrishna, the former CEO of the National Stock Exchange over alleged irregularities. This comes a day after the income tax department raided her premises in Mumbai, during the ongoing tax evasion investigation. Taking the matter further, look-out circulars have been issued against […]
The Ministry of Defence is all set to host the 12th edition of the international defence exhibition Def-Expo 2022 in Gandhinagar, Gujarat from March 10-14, 2022. This mega defence international exhibition will focus on land, air, naval, internal homeland security and electronic systems. This will be the first time that Gujarat will host a grand […]
Less than a month after a Rajasthan village created history when a Dalit man rode a mare for his wedding procession on the initiative of an IPS officer, another IPS officer – a Dalit — had to take police protection to ride a horse for his pre-wedding ceremony in the same State. This was in […]
What started in the sleepy town of Shivamogga in Karnataka’s Udupi district, has slowly but surely engulfed the entire country. The Hijab row seems to be snowballing into an issue beyond exercising of personal choice. On Thursday, Vijayawada’s Loyola College, stopped some hijabi students from entering the premises. This Andhra city is known for its […]
In an “uncensored” video from The Kapil Sharma Show, the judges of Shark Tank India were at their candid best. Host Kapil Sharma asked them if they invested their own money or the channel’s. Shark Tank India features budding entrepreneurs seeking to start or grow their businesses with the help of a panel of business […]
While Punjab votes on Sunday, political parties across the spectrum continue slandering each other. While Congress’s CM face Channi faces the heat for his “bhaiya” jibe, ex-PM and Congress strongman Manmohan Singh took on PM Modi and his government’s stance of “blaming Jawaharlal Nehru for every problem.” Mr Singh, 89, maintained that the Congress never […]
A woman judge in the Delhi High Court pulled up a lawyer when she was constantly referred to as ‘sir’, leading to a discussion on the gender imbalance in the country’s judiciary. On Wednesday, Justice Rekha Palli objected to the address as ‘sir’ as she was hearing a case, and stated that she was not […]
In a significant decision, the Supreme Court on Wednesday lifted an interim stay imposed by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on a Haryana law that upheld a 75 per cent reservation in private sector jobs to local candidates. However, the Haryana government has been specifically directed to refrain from taking coercive steps against private […]
