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DELHI POLICE INTENSIFIES SECURITY ARRANGEMENTS AHEAD OF INDEPENDENCE DAY

August 14, 2021

The Delhi Police has intensified security arrangements in the national capital ahead of the Independence Day celebrations. It has deployed police forces and commandos across the city according to a security plan chalked out with the coordination of state governments and security agencies. While speaking to ANI, Delhi Police spokesperson...

Twitter ‘biased platform’, follows what govt says: Rahul Gandhi

August 14, 2021

Days after Twitter blocked his account and several other party leaders, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday alleged that the microblogging site is a “biased platform” and follows the government’s directions. In a video statement, the Congress leader questioned if India would let a company define the politics of the...

TWITTER NOT TO HAVE COUNTRY DIRECTOR IN INDIA; MAHESHWARI GETS NEW ROLE IN US

August 14, 2021

Twitter on Friday decided not to appoint any country director for its operations in India. Twitter India’s current Managing Director Manish Maheshwari has been given a new role in the US. Twitter India also said that it will now be guided by a ‘leadership council’ with its key executives reporting...

DELTA PLUS VARIANT CLAIMS THIRD LIFE IN MAHARASHTRA, VICTIM FULLY VACCINATED

August 14, 2021

At a time Maharashtra is trying to ease Covid-19 restrictions, three deaths from the Delta Plus variant have been reported from the state, including one in Mumbai. A 63-year-old woman who died on 27 July is reported to be Mumbai’s first Delta Plus death. A 69-year-old man died in Raigad...

SERUM INSTITUTE CHIEF NOT IN FAVOUR OF MIXING COVID VACCINES

August 14, 2021

Serum Institute of India (SII) Chairperson Cyrus Poonawalla on Friday said that he was opposed to the idea of mixing Covid vaccines as it might lead to a blame game between the drug manufacturers. Poonawalla said this while talking to reporters after receiving the Lokmanya Tilak National Award in Pune....

TALIBAN NOW ONLY 90 KM FROM KABUL, INDIA HOPES FOR ‘COMPREHENSIVE CEASEFIRE’

August 14, 2021

The Taliban on Friday captured four provincial capitals in Afghanistan, the Logar province, which is about 90 km from Afghanistan’s capital Kabul. Earlier in the day, they had captured two of the biggest Afghan cities Kandahar and Herat. According to the Associated Press, the insurgents have taken half of the...

INDIA CAME THROUGH ‘TEST OF FIRE’ IN SECOND COVID WAVE: JAISHANKAR

August 13, 2021

NEW DELHI: Noting that the world appreciates the resolve shown by India in dealing with the surge of cases in the second wave of Covid-19, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Thursday that demand for medical oxygen went up eight-nine times and “we have come through test of fire”....

AFGHAN GOVT OFFERS POWER-SHARING DEAL WITH TALIBAN TO END VIOLENCE: REPORT

August 13, 2021

The Ashraf Ghani-led Afghanistan government on Thursday offered to share power with the Taliban in a bid to stop the escalating violence in the war-torn country where the insurgent group has captured 11 provincial capitals so far, local media reported. ARY News reported that the government had offered a power-sharing...

GOVT SAYS DISENGAGEMENT WITH CHINA COMPLETE IN EASTERN LADAKH’S GOGRA HEIGHTS

August 13, 2021

The disengagement between India and China in the Gogra Heights area of eastern Ladakh has been completed and both sides are back to their permanent bases, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. During the 12th round of military talks, India and China had agreed to disengage troops...

Union Health Minister Mandaviya meets WHO Chief Scientist on Covaxin approval

August 13, 2021

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday met World Health Organization (WHO) Chief Scientist Dr Soumya Swaminathan and held a discussion over the world body’s approval of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. The Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech manufactured COVID-19 vaccine earlier this month received a certificate of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) compliance from...

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