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Kumbh Mela in Haridwar to Continue as Scheduled

NEW DELHI, Apr 14: The deteriorating Coronavirus situation notwithstanding, the mega Kumbh Mela at Haridwar will continue till its original schedule up to April 30. Official sources said there was no move to curtail the Kumbh Mela by a fortnight and end it by Thursday as reported earlier in view of the surging Covid infections. […]

An Ex-Soldier Dies Waiting for Admission Outside Hospital

NEW DELHI, Apr 14: A retired army man suffering from COVID died outside a government hospital in Bihar reportedly because the hospital authorities kept him waiting as they were “busy” with the visit of the health minister Mangal Pandey. The ex-soldier Vinod Singh died in the vehicle in which he was brought to the Nalanda […]

CBSE Board Examinations: Class XII Deferred, Class X Cancelled

NEW DELHI, Apr 14: The class 12 examinations of the CBSE board scheduled to start from next month has been postponed at least till the middle of June while the class 10 examinations cancelled in view of the prevailing Corona situation in the country. The decision was taken at a high-level meeting on Wednesday presided […]

Covid-19 Situation in the Country is Worrying,” Centre

NEW DELHI, Apr 13: The Centre on Tuesday said the second wave of Covid-19 has crossed the previous highest surge and the upward trend of the infections was a cause of concern. Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan pointed out that the trend in India’s Covid-19 cases trajectory in the second wave was “worrying.” “We have […]

Russian Vaccine: Price Factor Unresolved

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 13: Even as the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given conditional clearance for emergency use of the Russia-made Sputnik V and its roll-out is planned by end of the current month, the price factor remains a contentious issue before India can hope to add the third vaccine in […]

SAARC Diary: Run up to India’s 75 Years of Independence: Painting Competition in Sri Lanka

NEW DELHI, Apr 13: Sri Lankan children from care homes converged in Colombo from all over Sri Lanka on Sunday for the final round of the nationwide painting competition organised by Colombo Expatriates Cultural Association (CECA), a voluntary organisation of expatriates consisting primarily of Indians – with support from the High Commission of India, as […]

COVID – 19: India Approves Sputnik V for Emergency Use, Other Foreign Vaccines to be Fast-Tracked for Approval: Centre

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 13: India will have the third option in its basket of Coronavirus vaccines with the Indian regulator the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) approving the restricted emergency use of the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine late on Monday night. With this, India will now have three vaccines against COVID-19, including Covishield […]

SC Rejects Petition to Scrap 26 “Terror Promoting” Verses from Holy Quran

NEW DELHI, Apr 12: The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a writ petition filed by former chief of Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board Waseem Rizvi to scrap 26 verses from the Quran, saying they “promoted terror”. A Bench led by Justice Rohinton Nariman declared the writ petition as “absolutely frivolous”. The court imposed […]

Expert Panel Recommended Sputnik V for Emergency Use as India Overtakes Brazil in Number of Covid Cases

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Apr 12: While India jumped to second spot as the worst-hit country after the United States overtaking Brazil in the total number of Coronavirus cases on Monday, an expert committee recommended the Russia-made Sputnik V vaccine for emergency use to boost up the vaccination drive in the country. Reporting yet another […]

Sri Lankan Roshan Abeysundara Creates New Asian Record in Swimming

NEW DELHI, Apr 11: Roshan Abeysundara, an Airman of the Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF), set a new Asian record by swimming 59.3 kilometres (Km) across the Palk Strait from Talaimannar in Sri Lanka to Dhanuskodi in India in 28 hours, 19 minutes, and 43 seconds on Saturday. With this feat, he enters the Guinness […]
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