NEW DELHI: The Indian drug regulator has urged Pfizer twice in writing to apply for emergency use authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine so that the application is processed well in time but Pfizer has not applied for the license yet, said sources on Tuesday. According to the sources, the governmentRead More

New Delhi : Emphasising the importance of technology in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced that India’s COVID vaccination platform CoWIN is being prepared to be made open source.   Addressing the CoWIN Global Conclave, PM Modi said, “Indian civilisation considers the wholeRead More

Sonam Kapoor thanked her stars that she didn’t end up with someone from the film industry. The actor is married to businessman Anand Ahuja, with whom she divides time between their houses in New Delhi and London.   Sonam Kapoor and Anand Ahuja tied the knot in 2018. She saidRead More

Dehradun: Uttarakhand’s new Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Sunday said that he wanted to help those who had been affected economically by the coronavirus crisis by creating jobs and filling vacant positions. “I have been working among youngsters and I understand the issues very well. Covid has impacted their livelihood.Read More

Information and Technology Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad on Saturday said major social media platforms such as Google, Facebook and Instagram publishing their first compliance report on voluntary removal of offensive posts is a “big step towards transparency”. Under the new IT rules, digital platforms with over five million users haveRead More

New Delhi, June 16 A single-day rise of 62,224 new coronavirus infections were reported taking India’s total tally of Covid-19 cases to 2,96,33,105, while the active cases were recorded below nine lakh after 70 days, according to the Union Health Ministry data updated on Wednesday. The Covid-19 death toll climbedRead More

New Delhi, June 15 Over the past week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been holding in-person meetings with Union ministers to take stock of the work done by the government in the past two years and discuss various issues, setting abuzz speculations about the reshuffle of his Cabinet. He alsoRead More

New Delhi, June 15 In Delhi, thousands of commuters crowded into underground train stations and shopping malls on Tuesday, prompting some doctors to warn it could lead to a resurgence in Covid-19 infections. Major Indian cities have begun lifting strict lockdowns as the nationwide tally of new infections has droppedRead More

New Delhi, June 14 A year after the deadly clashes between Indian and Chinese armies in the Galwan Valley in eastern Ladakh, India is better prepared to deal with any eventualities along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) as the trust deficit between the two sides persists, people in theRead More