The Chhattisgarh Health Minister T. S. Singh Deo had tweeted about the absence of an expiration date on the vials of the vaccine The Health Ministry on Thursday said that concerns regarding the absence of an expiry date on the Covaxin vial, one of the two approved-for-use COVID-19 vaccines in India, were “completely unfounded and without basis” as the expiry date was mentioned on the label of the vaccine.The clarification came after Chhattisgarh Health Minister T. S. Singh Deo wrote to the Ministry on various concerns over the supply of Covaxin. The State Health Minister also tweeted about the absence…
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Trump’s defense will take the floor on Friday, and the proceedings could finish with a vote this weekend House prosecutors concluded two days of emotional arguments in Donald Trump’s impeachment trial late Thursday, insisting the Capitol invaders believed they were acting on “the president’s orders” to stop Joe Biden’s election, the deadly culmination of Mr Trump’s pattern of spreading false and violent rhetoric that will continue to vex American politics if left unchecked.The Democratic prosecutors described in stark, personal terms the horror faced that January day, including in the very Senate chamber where Mr Trump’s trial is underway. They displayed…
Move comes a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked Chinese state television’s broadcast licence British television channel BBC World News has been barred from airing in China, the National Radio and Television Administration said on Friday, a week after Britain’s media regulator revoked Chinese state television’s broadcast licence.In a statement issued on the stroke of the Lunar New Year, the administration said an investigation found BBC World News’ China-related reports had “seriously violated” regulations, including that news should be “truthful and fair,” had harmed China’s national interests and undermined national unity.The channel therefore does not meet requirements for foreign channels…
Four years after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan assumed sweeping powers, he has wrong-footed his opponents once again by calling for a new Constitution, sparking accusations of trying to set up a diversion from the country’s woes.Taking seemingly everyone off guard, Mr. Erdogan mentioned early last week during one of his near-daily speeches that “it may be time for Turkey to reopen the debate about a new Constitution”.The timing aroused immediate suspicions over the intentions of a man who has been at the apex of Turkish political life since 2003, first as Prime Minister and as President since 2014.The 66-year-old…
People are deprived of basic amenities like proper roads, drinking water, it says. The Gujarat Congress on Thursday announced major sops in its manifesto for civic polls offering waiver of property tax and promising to create free Wi-Fi zones and parking places in six cities which are going for the local elections on February 21. The Opposition party has also announced to install purifiers on city roads to improve air quality amidst rising pollution, free education in English medium in civic-run schools and tax exemption to shopkeepers and traders hit by COVID-19 lockdown. It promised to provide free parking facilities…
A video on Indian Army’s specialist unit of canines, trained to detect COVID-19 among personnel Meet Casper and Jaya, the two ‘specialist’ military dogs trained to screen samples and detect COVID-19 cases. Casper is a two-year-old male Cocker Spaniel, and Jaya, a one-year-old female Chippiparai. They are the first two canines trained to detect COVID-19 cases from sweat and urine samples.Since November 2020, Casper and Jaya have been deployed in Chandigarh and Delhi. They have been screening samples of soldiers posted to forward areas of the Northern Command.A dog can screen approximately 100 samples in an hour with a rest…
The major news headlines of the day, and more. Both countries have reached an agreement, Defence Minister informs Rajya Sabha.“I have a message for all of you — come, work in India, earn money but you will have to follow India’s laws,” Minister for Information Technology and Communications says in Rajya Sabha.Parliament proceedings, February 11, 2021 | Follow the day’s updates here.There was a brief halt following reports of rising water level in the Dhauliganga river.The Supreme Court on February 11 refused to entertain a petition seeking a law to deter black marketing and supply of fake coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccines.…
Mr. Gandhi sparks furore in the Lok Sabha by raising farmers’ protests during the Budget debate Congress leader Rahul Gandhi raised a sharp attack on the Narendra Modi government on the three contentious farm laws in the Lok Sabha on Thursday, stating that these laws had been brought in just to benefit “two friends” of the Modi government to buy and hoard the majority of the agricultural produce in the country without legal recourse for farmers on pricing issues.“Though Prime Minister Narendra Modi had spoken of the laws as giving farmers options for markets, what it actually did was give…
Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Thursday took a ritual dip at the Sangam — the confluence of the rivers Ganga and Yamuna — at Prayagraj during her visit to the city on the occasion of Mauni Amavasya.Thousands of people throng the banks of the Sangam on this day each year as it is considered auspicious by devotees.After landing at the Prayagraj airport in Bamrauli, Ms. Vadra headed to the Anand Bhavan, the sprawling iconic residence of the Nehrus converted into a museum, which falls on the way to the Sangam. At the Anand Bhavan, Ms. Vadra interacted with…
Indian-American Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi had voted in favour of impeaching Mr. Trump in the House of Representatives, so did the three other Indian-American lawmakers – Ami Bera, Ro Khanna and Pramila Jayapal. Indian-American Democratic Party lawmakers have supported the impeachment of former President Donald Trump for inciting his supporters for the January 6 Capitol Hill riots.The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed the constitutionality of Mr. Trump’s impeachment trial by 56-44 votes following presentation from both sides – House impeachment managers and lawyers representing the former president – paving the way for the historic impeachment trial of the 45th President of…