DCGI approves market authorisation for SII’s Covid vaccine Covovax as heterologous booster dose
New Delhi: Covovax is manufactured through technology transfer from Novavax and was granted emergency-use listing by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 17 December 2021
PTI / 17 Jan, 2023
Assam’s small madrasas to be merged with larger ones to reduce threat of radicalism: DGP
Guwahati: All teachers will have to undergo police verification and the Islamic leaders will also keep a watch on the teachers coming from outside the state
PTI / 17 Jan, 2023
Ensure party does not lose any of 9 state polls in 2023: Nadda at BJP national executive
New Delhi: Starting from Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya, assembly polls are expected to be held in Karnataka followed by Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Mizoram in one go and then in Telangana
PTI / 17 Jan, 2023
COVID-19: Kerala makes masks a must in public places, vehicles, during travel
Thiruvananthapuram: The government said the new variants – XBB and XBB1 – of COVID-19 were more contagious than the earlier ones
PTI / 17 Jan, 2023
Nepalese pilot couple killed in plane crash nearly 16 years apart
Kathmandu: She used the money she received as an insurance claim after her husband's death to undertake an aviation course
PTI / 16 Jan, 2023
Sikkim CM announces incentives for indigenous communities to produce more children
Gangtok: The estimated population of Sikkim stood at under seven lakh at present of which around 80 per cent belonged to the indigenous communities
PTI / 16 Jan, 2023
No alliance talks without written assurance on ‘greater Tipraland’: Tipra Motha supremo
Agartala: The Tripura Indigenous Progressive Regional Alliance or Tipra Motha, led by royal scion Debbarma, seeks a 'greater Tipraland', a separate state for the indigenous people of Tripura
PTI / 16 Jan, 2023
MNF will win next Mizoram Assembly elections: Zoramthanga
Aizawl: Although the MNF is a member of BJP led North East Democratic Alliance (NEDA) and an ally of the NDA at the Centre, the party does not have any tie-up with the BJP in the state
PTI / 16 Jan, 2023
Govt making efforts to insulate people from global economic slowdown impact: Minister Rane
Pune: While inaugurating the two-day IWG meeting of the G20 grouping, Rane informed delegates about the rich legacy of Pune, the cultural capital of Maharashtra
PTI / 16 Jan, 2023
Rijiju writes to CJI on collegium system, suggests restructuring of MoP; Oppn hits out
New Delhi: In October 2015, a five-judge Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court declared the NJAC Act, passed unanimously by Parliament, for appointing judges as unconstitutional on several counts
PTI / 16 Jan, 2023
Opposition parties question need for remote voting machines
New Delhi: On Sunday, leaders of most Opposition parties decided to oppose the EC's proposal on RVMs after a meeting facilitated by the Congress
PTI / 16 Jan, 2023
Guj: Six killed, 176 injured in kite flying incidents during Uttarayan
Ahmedabad: In several cases, revellers used sharp strings to fly kites that ended up getting entangled around the necks of the victims and slitting them in such a way that they bled to death
PTI / 16 Jan, 2023
