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The priority group is made up of 30 million health care workers, policemen, soldiers and volunteers, and 270 million vulnerable people -- mostly citizens above the age of 50 and 10 million others with serious comorbidities.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Saturday that Mexico had lost 277,000 jobs in the month of December, which he attributed to subcontractors cutting employees from the books to avoid paying benefits and yearend bonuses.

Claiming that the people of the state are now taking to the streets against the Mamata Banerjee government, he said, "Didi has worked only for the benefit of her own people, ignoring the masses who elected her to power for two terms."

Russia, which began rolling out its Sputnik V vaccine in early December, has the world's fourth higher number of COVID-19 cases and is putting high hopes on several vaccines it plans to produce.

In comparison, the United Kingdom so far has approved only the Pfizer and Oxford-AstraZeneca jabs, while the United States has given the nod to only the Pfizer vaccine.

The plea filed by BJP leader and advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has also sought a direction to the Centre to ensure that all the draft and final legislations are put in the public domain in all regional languages.

The Centre has taken strong cognizance of various complaints made by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) for blatant violation of FDI Policy and Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) by these companies.

MG Motor India also closed the year gathering 5,000 HECTOR and 200 ZS EV bookings in December, the highest figure for 2020.

Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg's "Another Round", starring actor Mads Mikkelsen, will be the opening film at the upcoming 51st edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI), while Wife of a Spy, by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, will be the closing featur...

Danish filmmaker Thomas Vinterberg's "Another Round", starring actor Mads Mikkelsen, will be the opening film at the upcoming 51st edition of International Film Festival of India (IFFI). The film, which is Denmark's official entry for Oscars 2020, rev...

Manushi Chillar has been roped in by the United Nations Women for a global initiative called #OrangeTheWorld to raise awareness on gender-based violence.

The Tata Altroz gets a major design including elements like new wheels, more blacked-out elements and more which are packed in a tight package.

Actor-comedian John Bishop has boarded the Jodie Whittaker-led cast of "Doctor Who" season 13. Accroding to BBC, Bishop will be joining the Thirteenteenth Doctor and Yaz on the time machine TARDIS.

Samsung is said to launch its Galaxy SmarTags in competition with Apple's AirTags, that are also rumoured to come some time this year.

South Korea will expand a ban on private gatherings larger than four people to include the whole country, and extend unprecedented social distancing rules in Seoul and neighbouring areas until Jan. 17, the health minister said on Saturday.

Alabama rolled into another College Football Playoff championship game.