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New Delhi, Jan 3: Some Congress leaders on Sunday raised serious concern over the grant of approval to Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine for restricted use, saying it is "premature" and can prove dangerous. However, there were different voices within the party as its chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala lauded scientists and researchers of Bharat Biotech for the indigenous vaccine. Leaders like

Bareilly, Jan 3: Two days after a case was lodged against three Muslim men for the alleged forcible religious conversion of a 24-year-old woman in this Uttar Pradesh district, police on Sunday said they were incorrectly framed. "On September 9, 2020, she left home along with a man named Abrar. Subsequently, a complaint of abduction was lodged at the Fareedpur police station. The woman stayed with

Lucknow, Jan 3: After controversial legislation on Love Jihad, the Yogi Adityanath government is all set to keep the communal cauldron boiling as it is contemplating to bring a Bill to regulate and control the religious places on private and public land. Highly placed sources in the government said that a presentation regarding this was made before Chief Minister recently. "He has approved it and

New Delhi, Jan 3: Overnight rains in the national capital added to miseries of farmers who have been camping on the borders of Delhi for over a month in protest against new farm laws, with the continuous downpour leading to waterlogging at agitation venues. Farmer leader Abhimanyu Kohar, who is a member of Sankyukt Kisan Morcha, said on Sunday that farmers have waterproof tents but they cannot

New Delhi, Jan 3: In the third incident of suicide linked to the ongoing farmers’ agitation, a farmer identified as Kashmir Singh allegedly hanged himself on Saturday morning at the Ghazipur border protest site, leaving behind a suicide note accusing the Central government of not paying attention to farmers’ demands and being responsible for their current condition. Kashmir Singh, who hailed from

New Delhi, Jan 3: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said it would make every Indian proud that the two Covid-19 vaccines that have been given approval by the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) are 'made in India'. "It would make every Indian proud that the two vaccines that have been given emergency use approval are made in India! This shows the eagerness of our scientific community to

New Delhi, Jan 2: India successfully cultures the new viral strain on the horizon (UK-variant of SARS-CoV-2), the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) said, on Saturday. "SARS-CoV-2, the virus causing Covid-19, was being tracked through countrywide network of ICMR-laboratories since early days of the epidemic in India," the research centre said. According to the centre, no country has yet

New Delhi, Jan 1: Passengers travelling from the United Kingdom to India from January 8 to 31 will now be subjected to mandatory self-paid RT-PCR test at the airport, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. Flight services between the two countries were suspended on December 22 in the wake of a more infectious coronavirus strain found in UK's population. Th services will resume on January 6. This

New Delhi, Jan 2: The Centre has prepared a bill to raise the age for allowing sale of cigarettes and tobacco products to 21 years from the current 18 years. The government has drafted the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Amendment Act, 2020. The provision for raising the age limit to 21

Indore, Jan 2: A stand-up comedian and four others were arrested on charge of passing remarks against Hindu deities and Union Home Minister Amit Shah during a show at Indore in Madhya Pradesh, a police official said on Saturday. Police said the comedy show was held at a cafe in 56 Dukan area in the city on Friday. The complaint in this regard was filed by Eklavya Singh Gaur (36), son of local BJP