1. Home
  2. Editor In Chief

Editor In Chief

India Scraps Local Trial Provision to Expedite Import of Foreign Vaccines

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 27: Initiating a major course correction to expedite imports of foreign-made Corona vaccines, the centre is learnt to have scrapped the condition of “local trials” for “well established” vaccines accepted in some foreign countries to fast-track imports. The condition of satisfactory local trials before approval for emergency use in India […]

SAARC Diary: India Rush Help to Sri Lankan Navy for Fire-Fighting

NEW DELHI, May 26: Quickly responding to a call of request from the Sri Lankan navy, India dispatched various assets to extinguish a fire on the MV X Press Pearl off the coast of Colombo which had sparked a major ecological concern on Tuesday. This emergency came in the wake of an on-board on the […]

Panel of Experts Recommends Centralised Vaccine Policy

NEW DELHI, May 26: A centralized system of procuring and distributing vaccines free of cost and a transparent pricing policy on all essential health services were among the eight major recommendations made by a Lancet panel of experts on India to “curtail the loss of life and suffering” caused by the coronavirus resurgence in the […]

“Govt Respects Right to Privacy but National Security is Above All:” Govt to Social Media

NEW DELHI, May 26: The centre has taken a serious view of the social media giant WhatsApp’s last minute challenge to the Indian government’s new intermediary guidelines as an unfortunate attempt to prevent norms from coming into effect. Calling WhatsApp’s refusal to comply with the new IT rules as a “clear act of defiance,” the […]

Protesting Farmers Observe “Black Day”

NEW DELHI, May 26: To mark six months of protests at the borders of the national capital over the farm laws, farmers observed a nationwide ‘Resistance Day’ on Wednesday. Marches were carried out, black flags raised and effigies burnt in several cities and villages in Punjab and Haryana, and at Delhi’s borders. Women led a […]

Cyclone “Yaas” Hits Odisha Coast, but Caused Extensive Damage to West Bengal: CM

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 26: Cyclone Yaas crossed the north Odisha coast about 20 km south of Balasore between 10.30 and 11.30 am on Wednesday, after causing heavy damages to the neighbouring state of West Bengal where more than one crore people were hit and about three lakh houses damaged in stormy winds and heavy […]

Delhi Police Asks Two Congress Leaders to Join in ‘Toolkit’ Probe

NEW DELHI, May 25: The Delhi Police on Tuesday served notices to two Congress leaders and social media experts Rohan Gupta and MV Rajeev Gowda in the alleged ‘Congress toolkit’ case and asked them to join the probe, official sources said. The official confirmed that the enquiry into the complaint was in its preliminary stage […]

New Covid Cases Drop Below Two Lakh after 40 Days

NEW DELHI, May 25: For the first time in 40 days, India’s daily new cases dropped down below the two lakh mark on Tuesday. The country reached a significant milestone on Tuesday, when it recorded 1,96,427 new Corona cases, the union health ministry said. India had registered 1,84,372 new coronavirus infections on April 14. The […]

WHO Wants “More Information” Before Listing Covaxin in ‘EUL’

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 25:  Among the anxiety of the Indian recipients who have taken two shots of Bharat Biotech-made “Covaxin,” the World Health Organisation (WHO) has said “more information” was required from its manufacturer before giving approval for its Emergency Use Listing (EUL). The latest ‘Status of COVID-19 Vaccines within WHO EUL/PQ evaluation […]

Rakesh Asthana Disqualified for CBI Director’s Post under Six-Month Rule

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, May 25: The Gujarat cadre IPS officer Rakesh Asthana is learnt to have lost the race for the directorship of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), the post for which he was considered the firm favourite, because of a hitherto unused rule cited by the chief justice of India N V […]
Join our WhatsApp Channel

And stay informed with the latest news and updates.

Join Now
revoi whats app qr code