December 8, 2020

NEW DELHI: Vaccine manufacturing major Serum Institute of India (SII) on Monday said it has applied to Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine Covishield. The Pune-based company…

NEW DELHI:  Have you made a complaint to your bank but the lender has failed to resolve the grievance? From January 2021 onwards ,this is going to result in a tangible financial charge on the bank, according to new changes in regulations…

NEW DELHI: An expert committee of the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) will meet on Wednesday to review applications of Pfizer, Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech seeking emergency use authorisation for their…

Moscow , December 8  People in Brazil will be able to get vaccinated against the coronavirus for free, Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has announced. "If there is ANVISA certification (scientific guidelines and legal…

Jakarta , December 7 : Indonesia has received 1.2 million doses of a Covid-19 vaccine made by China's biopharmaceutical company Sinovac Biotech. The world's largest archipelagic is now drafting the rules governing their…

NEW DELHI: In a telephonic conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday reiterated India's full support to France in the fight against terrorism, extremism and radicalism. During the talks,…

Lucknow, Dec 8  The Yogi Adityanath government has lodged a FIR against former Chief Minister and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav. The Lucknow police has registered a case, late on Monday night, against Akhilesh Yadav and 28…

Indore (Madhya Pradesh) , December 8  Congress leader Digvijaya Singh on Monday said that people of the country should not be turned into "Guinea pigs" to test the Covid-19 vaccine, amidst competition in the world with major…

Agartala (Tripura) , December 8  Schools reopened for 10th and 12th standard students in Tripura on Monday, months after they were closed in wake of Covid-19 pandemic. Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath visited schools and…

Chandigarh, Dec 7   Mocking Arvind Kejriwal for calling himself a 'sevadar' of the farmers, Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday asked his Delhi counterpart if he even knew the difference between wheat and paddy. For a man who…

Kolkata (West Bengal) , December 7 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee expressed condolences on the demise of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), Mrigendra Nath Maiti who passed away on…

Washington, Dec 8 (Sputnik) The possible US sanctions against Turkey over its purchase of the Russian S-400 air and missile defense system would create disturbing conditions and negatively impact bilateral ties, head of the…

Chandigarh (Punjab) , December 7  Punjab farmers on Monday raised slogans at the site of the new BJP office in Amritsar whose foundation stone was going to be laid. The farmers, who were taking part in a bike rally to make people…

This is the BKU (Ekta-Ugrahan) led by ex-serviceman Joginder Singh Ugrahan, 75, with its base in the Malwa region comprising Bathinda, Sangrur, Mansa, Barnala, Faridkot, Ferozepur, Ludhiana, Moga, Muktsar and Patiala. A study on farm…