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New Delhi: The Union Health Ministry has called an urgent meeting of its Joint Monitoring Group on Monday to discuss the emergence of a mutated variant of the coronavirus in the UK, which has led to a surge in the infection rate there.A number of European countries have banned flights…

  Former Director of IB Dineshwar Sharma who was currently holding the charge of LG Lakshadweep died on Friday afternoon. Sharma was admitted to All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi on Nov 25 and was then shifted to MGM Hospital, Chennai on Nov 27. Sources told…

New Delhi: National Human Rights Commission chairperson H L Dattu on Wednesday completed his tenure during which the apex body disposed of over 4.2 lakh cases, officials said.He had joined the NHRC on February 29, 2016 after retiring as the Chief Justice of India on December 2, 2015.Justice H L…

London: The UK on Wednesday became the first country to approve the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 after “rigorous” analysis by its independent regulator, paving the way for mass vaccinations from as early as next week among people at the highest risk of death from the deadly virus.The British regulator, the…

New Delhi: The Indian Army has instituted an award in memory of Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz, a young officer from Kashmir who was abducted and killed by terrorists in Shopian district of the Valley three-and-a-half years back, officials said on Wednesday.The award has been introduced by the Rajputana Rifles, one of…

 Asks SCO to enforce Int legal statutes to eradicate safe havens New Delhi: Asserting that terrorism is the biggest challenge the region is facing, India on Monday criticised Pakistan for using it as an “instrument of state policy”, and called upon the SCO to combat the menace collectively and enforce…

  New Delhi, Nov 30 : The government has called an all-party meeting to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic situation on December 4 that will be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, sources said on Monday. Floor leaders of all parties from both houses of parliament have been called for the…

New Delhi: Amid protests by a section of farmers against the recently enacted farm laws, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted on Sunday that these reforms have opened doors of new opportunities for farmers and bestowed on them new rights.In his monthly ‘Mann Ki Baat’ broadcast, Modi said the farm laws…

New Delhi: The centre has asked the states to constitute block-level task forces to monitor COVID-19 vaccine roll-out and to maximise involvement of local influencers, including religious leaders, for countering misinformation and rumour-mongering regarding coronavirus immunisation.According to the health ministry, the block task force would be tasked with resolving bottlenecks,…

New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Thursday said India will play a lead role in rebuilding economy in the post-COVID era and the way the country’s scientific community rose to the challenge of the pandemic is a testimony to this.Addressing the Global R&D Summit-2020, organised by FICCI and Department…