May 2021

Moscow , May 6   Russian developers of the Sputnik V vaccine on Thursday said that their single-dose Sputnik Light vaccine demonstrated 79.4 per cent efficacy against the COVID-19 and it has proven effective against all new strains of…

Chandigarh, May 6 (UNI) BJP national general secretary Tarun Chugh said here on Thursday that West Bengal has fallen back to the Partition days (1947) when blood was splattered all around and the Hindus were targetted like fodder.…

Wardha, May 6 (UNI) Union Minister Nitin Gadkari on Thursday visited Genetic life Sciences in Wardha where the production of Remdisivir injection has begun by partnering with multinational brand Hetero. Hetero’s Remdisivir that goes by the…

New Delhi, May 6 (UNI) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday undertook a comprehensive review of the COVID-19 related situation in the country and stressed the need to sensitise states that the speed of vaccination doesn't come down. Mr…

Shimla, May 6 (UNI) The District Administration on Thursday informed that during Corona curfew tourism department would keep hotels and tourism activities open in compliance of special standard operation issued by the department. Following…

Washington, May 7 (Sputnik) - President Joe Biden has extended for another year the national emergency sanctions related to the stabilization of Iraq, the White House said in a notice "Therefore, in accordance with section 202(d) of the…

LUHANSK, Ukraine, May 7 (Sputnik) – The self-proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic (LPR) is not expecting an offensive of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the near future, LPR head Leonid Pasechnik told Sputnik. "No, I do not think so,"…

MUMBAI: Businesses and households are 'learning to adapt' to lockdown measures and the dent to demand will be 'moderate' as compared to countrywide shutdown of activities done last year, Reserve Bank Governor Shaktikanta Das said on…

NEW DELHI: The Ministry of Labour & Employment has now been mandated to seek the 12-digit unique identification number Aadhaar from people like employees and unorganised sector workers seeking registration, benefits, availing services…

BENGALURU: 230 million people in India slipped below the national minimum wage threshold (Rs 375 per day as recommended by the Anoop Satpathy committee) in Covid-hit 2020, a report released by the Azim Premji University on Wednesday stated.…

Hanoi , May 5  : Vietnam on Tuesday decided to keep anti-dumping duty on aluminium from China. The Ministry of Industry and Trade has decided to continue imposing anti-dumping duties on certain aluminium products originating from China…

NEW DELHI: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar on Wednesday said the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic is an all-consuming challenge and welcomed goodwill from various countries. “We will get through this. But there is a larger…

New Delhi , May 6  India on Tuesday granted permission to several telecom service providers to conduct a six-month trial for the use and application of 5G technology in the country, excepting the Chinese firms. The Indian Telecom…