Almost 2 million people aged between 60 and 63 years will be invited in the current phase, after those aged over 64 years were covered in the previous one. The U.K.’s vaccination programme against COVID-19 enters a new phase on February 28 as the National Health Service (NHS) will begin contacting all aged over 60 to book their jabs at the nearest vaccination centre or with a general practitioner (GP) or pharmacy.Almost 2 million people aged between 60 and 63 years will be invited in the current phase, after those aged over 64 years were covered in the previous one.…
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This pandemic edition will be broadcast from two scaled-down venues, with frontline and essential workers among the few in attendance Hollywood’s award season kicks off Sunday at a very different Golden Globes, with a mainly virtual ceremony set to boost or dash the Oscars hopes of early frontrunners like “Nomadland” and “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”Usually a star-packed, laid-back party that draws Tinseltown’s biggest names to a Beverly Hills hotel ballroom, this pandemic edition will be broadcast from two scaled-down venues, with frontline and essential workers among the few in attendance.Deprived of its usual glamour, the Globes — which…
India’s Ambassador to Madagascar added that more Malagasy nationals in need of treatment will be able to benefit from the advanced cancer treatment machine Underlining cooperation in the health sector, India has donated an advanced telecobalt machine for cancer treatment, developed by the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, to the island nation of Madagascar.The advanced digital cobalt therapy machine ‘Bhabhatron-II’ was inaugurated at the Joseph Ravoahangy Andrianavalona Hospital (HJRA) in Antananarivo, capital of Madagascar by President Andry Rajoelina this week.Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Rajoelina said cancer is a disease that affects more and more people in our society and is…
Not learning Tamil is a regret, says PM when asked if there is anything he has not been able to accomplish. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday said there was a need to start conserving water right away and that the Jal Shakti Ministry would be launching a 100-day “catch the rain” campaign soon. Mr. Modi was speaking during his monthly radio address, Mann Ki Baat, when he said there was a need to have collective responsibility with regard to water conservation. “In most parts of India, rainfall begins in May-June. Can we right away start a 100-day campaign for…
The 10-day-long budget session will have eight working days and the budget will be tabled on March 8. The Budget session of the Maharashtra Legislature will begin on Monday under the shadow of a surge in COVID-19 cases in the state, and is likely to be a stormy affair with the opposition BJP expected to corner the State government over various issues.The 10-day-long budget session will have eight working days and the budget will be tabled on March 8.Bills pertaining to departments such as revenue, higher education and home are likely to be taken up.A draft of the Shakti Act,…
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Sounds of gunfire could be heard and what appeared to be smoke grenades thrown into the crowds. Police fired tear gas and water cannons and there were reports of gunfire Sunday in Myanmar’s largest city where another anti-coup protest was underway with scores of students and other demonstrators hauled away in police trucks.The violence erupted early morning when medical students were marching in Yangon’s streets near the Hledan Center intersection, which has become the gathering point for protesters who then fan out to other parts of the city.Also read: Myanmar police fire rubber bullets on protesters as U.N. envoy breaks…
The Centre has preferred not to extend the tenure of Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey, who is superannuating on February 28. It has handed over the charge of the Department of Revenue to Tarun Bajaj, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs. Before moving as Secretary, Economic Affairs, Mr. Bajaj was in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) as Additional Secretary. The 1988 batch IAS officer of the Haryana cadre had served the Ministry of Finance as Joint Secretary in the Department of Financial Services. Mr. Bajaj and Expenditure Secretary TV Somnathan have emerged as the key officials in the Finance Ministry who…
The U.K.’s development finance institution CDC Group has pruned its stake in Equitas Holdings Ltd. by 2.61% through sale of more than 89 lakh shares in the open market earlier this week, according to a filing. “We have on February 25, 2021, sold (in open market) 89,30,410 equity shares of Equitas Holdings Ltd., constituting 2.61% of the paid-up share capital of Equitas Holdings Ltd.,” CDC Group plc said in the filing. The disclosures are required under SEBI’s regulation on substantial acquisition of shares and takeovers, it added. Before the sale of shares, CDC Group held 7.84% stake in Equitas Holdings,…
The story so far: Experts remain divided on the question of whether the slow yet steady rise in the number of COVID-19 cases in the country over the last week of February is indicative of the onset of a ‘second wave’. But the Centre and some State governments are on the alert against the rising numbers and are reinforcing aggressive testing and proper social and hygiene protocols. In several States, some restrictions have come back into play, though in a watered-down form.What is happening around the globe?Globally, nations in Europe that witnessed a spike in May 2020 have slowly started…