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New Delhi, Dec 7: The Serum Institute of India (SII) has applied to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine "Covishield" in the country. This comes a day after Pfizer India sought a similar approval from India's drug regulator for its coronavirus vaccine. "SII has applied for emergency use authorisation to DCGI. The application will

Lucknow, Dec 6: The family of the first person held under the new anti-conversion law in Uttar Pradesh has alleged that police forced his father to sign a statement that stated the investigators did not use any force or harassed them. 71-year-old Mohammad Rafeeq was also recorded on video repeating the written statement in front of witnesses, reports News18. Police, however, have a different story

Hyderabad, Dec 6: Veteran actress Vijayashanthi has quit the Congress and will join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday. She is expected to meet Home Minister Amit Shah after joining the BJP in New Delhi. Telangana BJP chief Bandi Sanjay Kumar has reportedly left for Delhi from Hyderabad. Vijayashanthi had first joined the BJP in 1998 and was made the secretary of BJP's Women's Wing. During

New Delhi, Dec 6: Petrol price on Sunday was hiked by 28 paise per litre and diesel by 29 paise, the fifth straight day of increase in rates due to firming international oil prices. Petrol price in Delhi rose to Rs 83.41 per litre from Rs 83.13. Diesel rates went up from Rs 73.32 to Rs 73.61 per litre, according to a price notification of oil marketing companies. Rates crossed Rs 90-mark for

Valdosta, Dec 6: President Donald Trump has urged voters in Georgia to support Republican Senate candidates in the upcoming runoff elections while repeating baseless allegations that his re-election was “stolen” by Democrats. “You must vote for David Perdue and Kelly Loeffler. Go out and vote,” Trump told thousands of people gathered on an airport tarmac in Valdosta in southern Georgia on Saturday

Dubai, Dec 6: An Indian expat in Dubai had a near-death experience as he swam for around two hours in the cold, choppy sea to reach the shore after slipping off a yacht on Thursday. Rajveer Vakani, a 27-year-old accountant from the Indian state of Gujarat, said he was on board a rented yacht on which his friend’s birthday party was taking place. The yacht set sail from Dubai Marina around sunset

Bengaluru, Dec 6: Stating that brining the uniform civil code in India is the next target of the Bharatiya Janata Party, its National General Secretary C T Ravi said the party has never backtracked on its words and will fulfil the promise. Ravi told reporters here on Saturday that BJP abrogated Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir as assured and also fulfilled its promises of construction of the Ram

Mysuru, Dec 6: Former chief minister and JD(S) leader H D Kumaraswamy slammed Opposition Leader Siddaramaiah, saying that his goodwill was damaged as he joined hands with Congress due to emotional talks of the party supremo H D Deve Gowda. At a press conference here on Saturday, Kumaraswamy said, “I was emotionally trapped and it was a pre-plan by Siddaramaiah to taint my image. I had developed

Mangaluru, Dec 5: An academician from coastal Karnataka who is currently working in United Arab Emirates, has been named among the top 2 percent scientists in the world according to the subject-wise analysis conducted by the Standford University, USA. Dr Balanthi Abdul Rahiman Beig, a native of Balanthimogru, Vittla in Bantwal taluk on the outskirts of Mangaluru, is one among the 1,492 Indians

Mangaluru, Dec 5: Almost a year after the ill-famous Mangaluru police firing, which claimed lives of two Muslim civilians, the report of the magisterial inquiry into the incident has been submitted to the Sate Home Department. G Jagadeesha, the Deputy Commissioner had headed the magisterial inquiry into the incident which took place during anti-CAA protest in Mangaluru on December 19, 2019. The 50