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SC Stays Gujarat HC Order to Send People Not Wearing Masks to Serve at COVID Centres
The top court also expressed displeasure over the fact that the COVID-19 guidelines of the Centre and the state were not being followed scrupulously in Gujarat.
Amarinder Meets Shah; Appeals to Centre, Farmers to Resolve Impasse Soon
The Punjab chief minister and his Congress party have been supporting the farmers' stir and the state Assembly had also passed a set of bills aimed at negating the Centre's farm legislation.
US Senate Passes Bill Eliminating Per-country Cap for Employment-based Immigrant Visas
Originally passed by the US House of Representatives on July 10, 2019 by a bipartisan 365 to 65 votes, the legislation increases the per-country cap on family-based immigrant visas from seven per cent of the total number of such visas available that year...
India's Covid-19 Caseload Breaches 95-lakh Mark with 35,551 New Infections; Over 89L Recover
The number of people who have recuperated from the disease surged to 89,73,373 pushing the national recovery rate to 94.11 per cent, while the COVID-19 case fatality rate stands at 1.45 per cent.
News18 Evening Digest: UK First to Approve Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine, British PM Likely to be R-Day Chief Guest and Other Top Stories
Here are the top stories we are covering this evening: 'Historic': UK Becomes First Nation to Approve Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine for Use, Rollout Next Week; India Invites British PM Boris Johnson to be Chief Guest at 2021 Republic Day Parade; After Law to Cu...
India Invites British PM Boris Johnson to be Chief Guest at Republic Day Parade Next Year
If Boris Johnson accepts, he will be the first British PM to grace the Rajpath parade in 27 years. The last UK premier to be the chief guest at the January 26 parade was John Major in 1993.
Good Performance in Tokyo Will Inspire More Women to Take up Hockey, Says Goalkeeper Rajani
The team led by Rani Rampal secured a berth for their second consecutive Olympic Games by winning the FIH Olympic Qualifiers in 2019
Covaxin Phase-III Clinical Trial to Begin in Bengaluru Hospital on Wednesday
The hospital has roped in Clintrac International Ltd for the trials, which will involve about 1,000 volunteers.
Delegates Gloomy As Final Fish Talks Open At WTO
A final round of negotiations at the World Trade Organization on cutting fisheries subsidies opened on Tuesday with some delegates seeing little hope for a deal by a 2020 deadline despite intensifying negotiations.
BSF Team Walked 200 Metres Inside Pakistan Territory to Unearth Tunnel, Say Officials
Immediately after the four Jaish terrorists were shot dead in an gunfight on November 19, the BSF, which mans the International Border in Jammu region, formed the crack team to explore the possible route taken by them.
Farmers Should Flag Specific Issues in Laws, Govt Ready to Look into Them: Agri Min Tomar
The government had called a meeting with 35 representatives of agitating farmers at Vigyan Bhawan hereafter large-scale protests by various farmer groups, including from Punjab and Haryana, entered its sixth day on various borders of the national capital.
Drug Regulator’s Job to Asses Allegations of Adverse Event in Covishield Trial, Can’t Comment: Govt & ICMR
Nothing to do with Serum Institute’s plan to seek damages from vaccine trial volunteer, they say.
Election Commission Proposes Extending Postal Ballot Facility for Overseas Indians
In a letter to the legislative secretary in the law ministry on November 27, the Commission said with the successful execution of ETPBS in case of service voters, it is now "confident" that the facility can also be extended to the overseas electors.
Covid-19 Patients Treated as 'Untouchables' Once Posters Pasted on Their Homes, Says SC
A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and MR Shah said that the ground reality is 'something different' and as once such posters are pasted at their homes, they are treated as untouchables.
'Vaccine Safe, Immunogenic': Serum Institute Denies Side Effect Claims Raised by Chennai Volunteer
A Chennai-based volunteer of the vaccine trial conducted by Serum Institute of India has alleged serious side effects, including a virtual neurological breakdown and impairment of cognitive functions and sought Rs 5 crore compensation.
Will OnePlus 9E Join OnePlus 9 And OnePlus 9 Pro When They Launch Early Next Year?
OnePlus will probably remove some features and hardware components in order to keep the cost for the OnePlus 9E down.