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Kerala Tops in Achieving Sustainable Development Goals, Bihar the Worst

NEW DELHI, June 3: Kerala has retained the top rank in Niti Aayog’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) India Index 2020-21, while Bihar has been adjudged as the worst performer, as per a report released on Thursday. The SDG Index evaluates progress of states and union territories on social, economic and environmental parameters. Kerala retained its […]

Deal to Buy 30 Crore Doses of Vaccines from Biological-E

NEW DELHI, June 3: Lambasted by the Supreme Court and the Delhi High Court on Wednesday for its “arbitrary and irrational” vaccination policy, the centre on Thursday said it had signed a deal with Hyderabad-based Biological-E for 30 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccine currently in clinical trials. The Union Health Ministry will make an advance payment […]

Domestic Air Traffic Expected to Grow from July

NEW DELHI, June 3: India’s domestic air passenger traffic is expected to start growing from the next month when the existing travel restrictions will be further eased but the current year’s traffic flow will still remain far below last year’s traffic volume. Aviation think tank and consultancy firm Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) projected […]

Supreme Court Gives Two Weeks’ Time to Decide ‘Objective Criteria’ for CBSE, ICSE Board Results as PM Interacts with ‘Thankful’ Students, Parents

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 3: Some students of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) and their parents were pleasantly surprised and elated to find the Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacting with them at a virtual meeting organized by the union education ministry on Thursday. Modi conducted the surprise interactive session two days after […]

SII Sought Permission to Manufacture Sputnik V

NEW DELHI, June 3: The Serum Institute of India (SII) has applied to the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking permission to manufacture the Sputnik V Coronavirus vaccine for examination, test and analysis at its licensed facility in Pune, official sources said on Thursday. The Pune-based firm has collaborated with the Gamaleya Research Institute of Epidemiology […]

Relief for Baba Ramdev from Delhi High Court

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, June 3: Hounded down by the medical fraternity for his pungent remarks against the allopathic system of medicine, Yoga guru Baba Ramdev enjoyed some relief from the judiciary with the Delhi High Court on Thursday only sending him notice but refusing to “restrain” him except only making oral request. The notice […]

Jaishankar Presides over BRICS Foreign Ministers’ Meeting

NEW DELHI, June 2: Dr S. Jaishankar, External Affairs Minister, presided over a video conferencing meeting of Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa (BRICS) Ministers on Tuesday. The meeting was attended by Foreign Ministers from China, Brazil, Russia, and the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation of South Africa. All the participants praised India for its efforts to […]

SBI Suggests Vaccinating Children on War-Footing

NEW DELHI, June 2: After the doctors, scientists, experts and even the opposition parties, now a public sector bank has advocated the government to go all out to procure vaccine particularly for children to reduce the fatal impact of a possible third wave of Coronavirus in the country. “So vaccination should be the key priority, […]

“Covid-Free Contest” Announced for Maharashtra Villages

NEW DELHI, June 2: As the spread of Coronavirus to the villages is causing concern to the authorities, Maharashtra has come up with a novel idea to organize a contest among the villages to encourage them to adopt Covid-appropriate behavior to check the surge in the rural areas. Taking a leaf from the Gujarat Chief […]

DCGI Waives Compulsory Clinical Trials of Each Vaccine Batch

NEW DELHI, June 2: To ease the supply of imported COVID vaccines, the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has waived the requirement of conducting bridging clinical trials and testing of every batch of vaccine by the Central Drugs Laboratory (CDL), Kasauli for foreign-made vaccines. The DCGI said it has been decided that for approval […]
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