With the COVID vaccine supply shortages adversely affecting a large majority of countries, augmenting vaccine production, especially in developing countries that have proven production capabilities, has become extremely imperative. However, one of the major bottlenecks in realising this objective is the access to vaccine technologies.
The Centre in an affidavit submitted to the Supreme Court last night (June 19) has promised action against doctors if they fail to certify coronavirus deaths as COVID-deaths regardless of where it takes place. Until now, coronavirus patients who succumbed to the disease in hospitals were only being certified as COVID-deaths.
A chance interaction with a stranger on train gave this Jabalpur (Madhya Pradesh) farmer a special Japanese variety of mango, which now bears fruits and command a market value of Rs 21,000 apiece.
According to UNICEF, India has 2.6 million children who are orphaned or abandoned. According to a study done by the Ministry of Women and Child welfare in 2018, the number of ‘adoptable children’ in India was less than 50,000. These children largely remain on the streets or child care institutions (CCI)—registered or unregistered—and a majority of them never get an opportunity to have a family, parents, siblings, relatives or a better life. Several studies have corroborated the huge gap between the children abandoned and orphaned and those adopted. Click here.
The firm already has centres in Mumbai and Hyderabad. It chose the capital due to the strategic advantage it offers for scaling up in the post-pandemic work culture
DA cases are registered by taking suo moto cognisance by officials based on tip-offs or official inquiries on corrupt public servants, while trap cases are based on complaints from the public
Air India has time till mid-July to challenge the lawsuit by Britain's Cairn Energy that demands the airline to pay a USD 1.26 billion arbitration award.
The Central government recently announced a hike in subsidies on purchase of Electric Vehicles (EVs) in India. The decision has been taken to boost the purchase and use of eco-friendly EVs in the country. The Federal takes a deep look at the utilisation and effect of the subsidy over the last five years.
The economic growth of the country has contracted to 7.3% in 2020-21 and many people have either lost their jobs or have seen cuts in salary. But all this has not prevented Indians and Indian firms from parking their money in Swiss banks.
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The massive ongoing automation across industries, especially in the technology space, may lead to domestic software firms that employ over 16 million people slashing headcounts by a massive 3 million by 2022. This would enable companies to save ...
The Indian economy continues to wrestle with COVID’s second wave, though cautious optimism is returning, the RBI has said in its monthly bulletin for June 2021, stressing that by current assessment, the second wave has hit domestic demand.
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Milkha Singh, Indian’s sporting icon for half a century, who created a mythic macho hero image with qualities the Indian male never had, breathed his last in Chandigarh, a week after his wife, Nirmal Kaur, passed away, after a lengthy fight against COVID. He was 91.
With the New York area continuing to reopen, the US Open tennis tournament is set to allow 100 per cent spectator capacity throughout its two-week schedule beginning late August. Last year spectators were not allowed to attend the...
Had this match been played anywhere else —other than New Zealand — Virat Kohli’s men would have begun strong favourites to end their eight-year barren run in global competitions.
US President Joe Biden’s summit meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin began with a few minutes of unusually fierce shoving and shouting among journalists from both sides and the Russian security forces.
India has yet again backed freedom of navigation, over flight, and unimpeded commerce in the South China Sea (SCS) following Beijing’s increased military activities and disrupt...
We saw it coming and yet we decided to ignore it. A latest global study indicates that Indians have suffered maximum damage to vision because of increased screen time, courtesy COVID-induced lockdowns.
In a tweet the embassy said it was aware of the high demand for student visa appointments. “Please remember, do not refresh too often, as you may be locked out of your account. Appointments remain available at all posts, and we will continue to add appointments as conditions allow,” it said.
A worsening economic condition, the need for online classes and the lack of supply of mid-day meals are forcing students to drop out from Karnataka schools
Following the Centre’s decision, more states called off their board exams, a few others said they will take a call soon. Rajasthan, Goa, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Odisha and Uttarakhand have also cancelled the Class XII board exams
