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New York, Aug 28: India is on course to have an "approved" vaccine within the first quarter of the calendar year 2021 and Pune based Serum Institute of India (SII), the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, is well placed to deliver the first vaccine, according to a report out Thursday from Bernstein Research, a top Wall Street research and brokerage firm. "Globally, there are four

New Delhi, Aug 28: In a clear message to those who recently wrote a dissent letter challenging her leadership, Congress president Sonia Gandhi Thursday formed a five-member panel in Rajya Sabha including her confidants and elevating two young MPs to senior positions in Lok Sabha. Ahmed Patel, KC Venugopal and Jairam Ramesh will be part of the Rajya Sabha Committee, which will also include Leader

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Cash-starved Karnataka on Thursday urged the Central government to increase GST on luxury goods to make up for the revenue shortfall caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, an official said on Thursday. "State Home Minister Basavaraj Bommai, who represents Karnataka in the GST Council and participated in its 41st meeting through video conferencing on Thursday, told Union Finance

Bengaluru, Aug 28: Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar gave a green signal to the new pension scheme for teaching and non-teaching staff in Medical Education Department on Thursday. The scheme will benefit all the permanent teaching and non-teaching staff of government-affiliated medical, dental colleges, and super-specialty hospitals. A total of 5,949 employees of 27 institutions

India's COVID-19 tally crossed the 33 lakh mark on Thursday with 75,760 fresh infections and 1,023 deaths, in the last 24 hours. The total caseload in the country rises to 33,10,235 including 7,25,991 active cases, 25,23,772 cured/discharged/migrated & 60,472 deaths, as per the latest Ministry of Health Data. According to the ICMR upto 3,85,76,510 samples including 9,24,998 ones on Wednesday

Bengaluru, Aug 27: About 60 healthcare warriors of a private hospital in the city's upscale eastern suburb tested Covid positive despite wearing personal protective equipment (PPE), an official said on Thursday. "About 60 staffers comprising doctors, nurses, paramedics and attendants tested positive for the virus since mid-June though they have been wearing PPE and taking precautions," Chinmaya

Bengaluru, Aug 27: A director of a Karnataka-based cooperative society has been arrested by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Bengaluru on money laundering charges, the central agency said on Thursday. The man, N Nanjundaiah, was arrested by the agency under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) on Wednesday and he was produced before a local court that sent him to ED custody

New Delhi, Aug 27: Amid a chorus by non-NDA ruled states for compensation of GST revenue shortfall, the Centre on Thursday presented two options to states under which they can borrow from the market to make up for the estimated deficit of Rs 2.35 lakh crore this fiscal. At the end of a five-hour long meeting of the GST Council, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said there was no proposal to

Bengaluru, Aug 27: Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) General Secretary Milind Parande on Thursday welcomed the Karnataka government's action against rioters involved in the recent violence in the city and demanded harsh punishment for them. Parande, on a visit to the city, also appealed to the people to boycott all Chinese goods and expressed hope that the work on Ram temple at Ayodhya would be

Konni, Aug 27: Investors may lose around Rs 2,000 after the owners of Kerala’s Popular Finance shut down the firm and went underground. With the increasing number of complaints against the firm and its owners, a special team has been appointed to investigate the matter. However, the owner filed an insolvency petition in the court the other day. Popular Finance had 274 branches inside and outside