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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

Washington, Jan 1: Battered by an unabated spike in COVID-19 cases and deaths, local jails and state prison systems across the US have resorted to a drastic strategy to keep the virus at bay: shutting down completely and transferring their inmates elsewhere, a media report said. "From California to Missouri to Pennsylvania, state and local officials say that so many guards have fallen ill with the

Abu Dhabi: Saudi Arabia will resume international flights, opening land and sea ports as from 11am on Sunday, amid strict precautions against the new COVID-19 variant, an official source said. The country had suspended international flights and closed overland and sea ports for a fortnight starting from December 20. The kingdom stipulated that any foreign passenger, who wished to enter Saudi

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

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

Tehran, Jan 1: Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has offered his condolences on the passing of senior Iranian cleric Ayatollah Mohammad-Taghi Mesbah Yazdi, a member of the Assembly of Experts. In a message issued on Saturday, Ayatollah Khamenei hailed the late cleric as “a prominent thinker, a competent manager, and an outspoken advocate of the truth with fortitude on

New Delhi, Jan 2: India has approved the Covid-19 vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, paving the way for a huge immunisation campaign in the world's second most populous country. Information and Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar told reporters on Saturday the vaccine had been approved on Friday, confirming what sources close to the matter had told Reuters. It is the first

Washington, Jan 2: Congress has overridden President Donald Trump's veto of a defense policy bill, a first by lawmakers since he took office nearly four years ago. In an extraordinary New Year's Day session, the Republican-controlled Senate easily turned aside the veto, dismissing Trump's objections to the USD 740 billion bill and handing him a stinging rebuke just weeks before his term ends

Mumbai, Jan 2: The president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sourav Ganguly, suffered a heart attack on Saturday and has been admitted to the hospital. The president of the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), Sourav Ganguly, suffered a heart attack on Saturday and has been admitted to the hospital. It has also been understood that Ganguly, who is one of the finest