While helping out at Toronto pop-up vaccination clinics, Dr. Hemant Shah has seen first hand a growing concern about the Moderna vaccine. With their sleeves rolled up to receive their first shot, people find out they are about to get a dose of the Moderna vaccine and ask if theyRead More

Chandigarh, May 23 US-based manufacturer, Moderna has refused to deliver vaccines directly to Punjab citing policy that allows it to deal only with central government for such purpose. State nodal officer for vaccination, Vikas Garg said that all vaccine manufacturers were approached for direct purchase of various Covid vaccines, includingRead More

Chandigarh, May 23 With 172 more Covid-related fatalities, the toll in Punjab reached 13,281, while 5,094 fresh cases took the tally to 5,38,994 in the state on Sunday, according to a medical bulletin. The active cases have declined to 57,505 from 61,203 on Saturday, it said. The number of recoveriesRead More

London, May 23 UK Home Secretary Priti Patel is set to unveil a new US-style digital visa regime at the country’s borders to measure immigration levels in and out of the country, according to UK media reports on Sunday. The senior Indian-origin Cabinet minister is to confirm the so-called “sweepingRead More

New Delhi, May 23 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday called for timely evacuation of those involved in off-shore activities as he chaired a high-level meeting to review the preparedness of states and central government agencies to deal with the situation arising out of cyclone Yaas. He asked officials toRead More

Ottawa, May 22 Canada has extended the ban on direct flights from India and Pakistan by one more month until June 21 in a bid to arrest the spread of new variants of the Covid-19, according to an official announcement. The ban on flights from India and Pakistan was extendedRead More

Canadians looking to drive across the border to the United States for the sole purpose of getting a COVID-19 vaccine are not exempt from mandatory quarantine upon their return. In a statement late Wednesday, the Public Health Agency of Canada said quarantine exemptions now in place are not intended forRead More

Chandigarh, May 20 The Punjab and Haryana High court has granted protection to a couple who are in a live-in relationship, observing that social acceptance of such relationships is increasing. The order by Justice Sudhir Mittal, passed on Tuesday, comes days after another Bench of the high court observed inRead More

Chandigarh, May 20 The Punjab government on Thursday decided to provide Rs 1,500 per month as social security pension and free education up to graduation to all those children orphaned in the Covid pandemic, as well as families that have lost their breadwinning member, beginning July 1. Chief Minister AmarinderRead More

GAZA, May 20 A senior Hamas official predicted a ceasefire within days in the Israel-Gaza conflict, after US President Joe Biden urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to seek a “de-escalation” in the fighting. Rocket fire into Israel died down overnight, a lull that stretched into Thursday morning. Israel wasRead More