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Karnataka to provide relief aid in flood-hit districts
The Karnataka government would provide Rs 10,000 immediate relief to families affected by heavy rains and flooding in districts across coastal, central and southern areas of the state, an official said on Thursday."Chief Minister B.S.…
BCG vaccine is safe, does not increase Covid risk: Study
The Bacille Calmette-Guerin or BCG vaccine, originally made against tuberculosis, has a general stimulating effect on the immune system and is therefore effective against Covid-19, say researchers.The study, published in the journal Cell…
SII to produce 100M doses of Covid vax for India & LMICs
Serum Institute of India (SII), the worlds largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, has entered into a new landmark partnership with Gavi, The Vaccine Alliance and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to accelerate the manufacture and…
Sushant death : Rhea, family members among six named in CBI case
Rhea Chakraborty has been named as an accused in the FIR filed by the CBI in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case. A day after the Centre asked the agency to probe the death of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, the Central Bureau of…
Bulletin on COVID-19 : JK reports 499 new positive cases, 15708 recovered so far
The Government on Thursday informed that 499 new positive cases of novel Corona virus (COVID-19), 73 from Jammu division and 426 from Kashmir division, have been reported today thus taking the total number of positive cases in Jammu and…
Satellite images show scale of destruction after Beirut explosions
New satellite imgages show the aftermath of explosions at a port here that has left at least 135 people dead and thousands injured.An image taken by the satellite company BlackSky shows extensive damage at the port following the blasts that…
Covid-19 : Six Indian states have more than 1 lakh cases each
Six major states in India have recorded more than one lakh coronavirus cases each since the outbreak of the pandemic, with the country logging over 19 lakh cases and nearly 40,000 deaths so far.Maharashtra has the highest number of cases,…
Once a mosque always a mosque, says AIMPLB
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has said that the Babri Masjid will remain a mosque because once a mosque is established at a spot, it remains one till eternity.In a statement, the Board said this is what the Shariat also…
Covid-19 vaccine: Zydus Cadila to begin phase-2 clinical trials
Drug firm Zydus Cadila on Wednesday announced that its plasmid DNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 -- ZyCoV-D -- was found to be safe and well tolerated in the phase I clinical trial. The company will now commence phase II clinical trials from…
Centre agrees to CBI inquiry into Sushant’s death
In a big development in the Sushant Singh Rajput death case on Wednesday, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that the Union of India has in principle accepted the recommendation by Bihar government to order a CBI…