India-US collaboration in the health sector is in the spotlight as the Central Drug Authority this week approved two more Covid vaccines – Corbevax and Covovax – and antiviral drug Molnupiravir for use in India. Taranjit Singh Sandhu, India’s Ambassador to the US, in a tweet described it as a model of…
The Omicron cases in India reached 781 on Wednesday with Delhi reporting the maximum number of cases. In the last 24 hours, Delhi reported as many as 238 Omicron cases. Meanwhile, Maharashtra registered 167 new cases of the Omicron variant. Following the recent surge in cases, most state governments have enforced…
Last week, three Congress MLAs in Punjab joined the BJP. All three of them are known to be loyal to former Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh and yet, they have not joined his new party Punjab Lok Congress (PLC). WHO ARE THE THREE MLAs? Rana Gurmit Sodhi, Congress MLA from Guru Har Sahai and former cabinet…
Over 4.67 crore Income Tax Returns have been filed, including over 15.49 lakh ITRs filed on December 27 alone, the I-T department said on Tuesday. The last date for filing ITRs for 2020-21 fiscal ended March 31, 2021, for individual taxpayers is December 31, extended from the original date of July 31, 2021. “A…
The in-service doctors of government-run medical colleges and Gujarat Medical & Education Research Society (GMERS) colleges have now set January 16 as their deadline, after which they will go on a strike. This decision comes after a round of discussions the doctors had with the state government over their pending…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday inaugurated the completed section of the Kanpur Metro Rail Project. The prime minister, who arrived here in the morning, inaugurated the nine-km long section from IIT Kanpur to Moti Jheel completed in a record two years time. Improving urban mobility has been one of the key focus…
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on December 28 announced 15 more candidates for the next year’s Punjab Assembly polls. It is the fifth list of the state’s main Opposition party and with this the total number of candidates announced by the AAP so far reached 88. Punjab has 117 Assembly seats and polls in the State…
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram has slammed the Ministry of Home Affairs for its refusal to renew the FCRA registration of the Missionaries of Charity over some “adverse inputs”. He said the Modi government was “targeting Christians to advance its majoritarian agenda”. Nothing can be more shocking…
Aman identified as Chellakili surrendered before the Tamil Nadu police claiming that he vandalised a statue of social reformer Erode Venkatappa Ramasamy, popularly known as Periyar. Chellakili told the police that he vandalised the statue at the Ponneri bus stand in Tiruvallur district using an iron rod. The police…
Kerala Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) president K Sudhakaran has warned party’s Lok Sabha MP Shashi Tharoor over his refusal to sign a letter to the central government. Sudhakaran said if Shashi Tharoor did not abide by party decisions, he “will be out” of the Congress. Sudhakaran said, “Shashi Tharoor…