Govt Issues Order For Permanent Commission Of Women Officers In Army
The Army on Thursday said the government has issued an order for grant of permanent commission of women officers in the force. Army Spokesperson Col Aman Anand said the government order paved the way for empowering of women officers to shoulder larger roles in the Army. “The order specifies grant of permanent commission to Short […]
Nearly 46k cases take India’s COVID-19 tally over 12-lakh mark
With the highest-ever single-day spike of 45,720 cases, India’s COVID-19 tally crossed the 12-lakh mark on Thursday, while the death-toll mounted to 29,861 with a record 1,129 fatalities in a day, according to the Union Health Ministry data. The country crossed the 12-lakh mark just three days after it crossed the 11-lakh milestone. The coronavirus […]
Security agencies red-flag Chinese fronts in education, not just power and telecom
An exercise to minimise the role of power and telecom companies believed to be linked to the Chinese government could be expanded to cover other critical sectors such as higher education as well, people familiar with the development said after a July 15 review of the penetration of such companies and institutions in the Indian […]
SC Initiates Contempt Proceedings Against Advocate Prashant Bhushan, Twitter India
The Supreme Court Tuesday initiated suo motu (on its own) contempt proceedings against activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan for his alleged derogatory tweets against the judiciary. The apex court has also initiated contempt proceedings against Twitter India on which Bhushan had posted some alleged derogatory comments. The matter is scheduled to be heard on Wednesday by a […]
India, US are close to quick trade deal: Piyush Goyal
India and the US are close to inking a “quick” trade deal, Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said Tuesday, adding that the pact aims to get issues that have been pending over the past couple of years “out of the way”. Following this, Goyal said, India wants to negotiate with its top trading partner for a preferential trade […]
Covaxin trial process has begun, can get results in 2-3 months if all goes well, says AIIMS
New Delhi: The human trial for the indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin has begun at AIIMS Delhi, institute director Randeep Guleria announced Monday. The All India Institute Of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) was given the go-ahead by its Ethics Committee and has begun the recruitment process for the trial, Guleria said, which will include a total of 100 healthy volunteers between […]
Explained: Why community transmission no longer matters at this stage
More than 1.1 million people have so far been infected with the novel coronavirus in India now. Covid-19 disease is present in every state and Union Territory, except Lakshadweep. Twenty-seven of these have seen more than 1,000 people getting infected till now. Even Andaman and Nicobar Islands, which is the lowest number of cases in the country, has more than 150. […]
7 Indian firms in race to develop Covid-19 vaccine: Who stands where
The coronavirus disease has wreaked havoc around the world. It has so far infected over 14 million people and killed more than six lakh. India is the third worst-affected country, with the Covid-19 tally over a million. Along with other countries, India too is engaged in developing the vaccine for the disease which started from Wuhan […]
Glenmark’s favipiravir under govt scanner for ‘false claims’, cost, DCGI seeks clarification
New Delhi: The Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), the apex body to approve and regulate drugs in India, has sent a letter to the Mumbai-based pharmaceutical giant Glenmark, accusing the company of selling its newly-approved Covid-19 drug, favipiravir, at an “unreasonable price” through “false claims”. The DCGI, who heads the Central Drug Standard Control Organisation […]
How to deal with dengue during Covid-19? States come up with new protocols
The state governments across the country are preparing protocols and finding ways to strengthen an already stretched healthcare infrastructure due to Covid-19, in the wake of the onset of dengue season. Aedes aegypti, the mosquito that spreads dengue, is most prevalent in cities, and experts have warned in the past that increased urbanisation and warming […]
