The 87-year-old Indian-born Hari Shukla from the North East of England will become one of the first people in the world to undergo a COVID-19 vaccine when he gets his Pfizer/BioNTech Jab at a hospital in Newcastle on Tuesday. Hari Shukla said he thought it was his responsibility to get his first two-dose vaccine at a time when Prime Minister Boris Johnson of the United Kingdom hailed as a big move forward as he called Tuesday’s V-Day or Vaccine Day in the United Kingdom. Having been in contact with the NHS (National Health Service), I know how hard they all…
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India is the seventh-most-affected country by active cases, third by fatalities, and second by total cases, India has added 245,512 cases in the past seven days. India on Monday reported another net reduction of 6,519 in its active coronavirus caseload, bringing it down to 396,729, lower than the 400,000 mark for the first time since July 20. This is 2.09 per cent of all active cases globally (one in 49). Overall, the country has added 32,981 cases in a day to take its tally to 9,677,203. The count of recovered coronavirus cases across India now stands at 9,139,901 – or…
Several Hindu organisations and BJP have come together demanding the arrest of the accused in the killing of a Hindu man in Malakheda in Alwar, Rajasthan. The victim’s family said they did not obtain the body until the arrests of the suspects had taken place. Hindu groups have also called for the arrest of the accused in the murder of the man. They protested at the local thana in Malakheda and called for the removal of SHO and CO and accused the police of shielding the accused. BJP State Chief Satish Puniya has said there have been innumerable cases where…
Gulf countries such as Qatar, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia are involved in buying an Indo-Russian Brahmos supersonic cruise missile, says Financial Express. “The talks are in the nascent stage and further discussions are stalled due to the global lockdown of COVID-19,” sources reported. Negotiations on this agreement may likely be made on a four-day visit by Chief General MM Naravane to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the UAE by the Indian Army. Earlier, it emerged that India would supply the BrahMos to the Philippines as Manila became the first user of the missile weapon. The…
https://twitter.com/Tejasvi_Surya/status/1335897654912380929?s=20 https://twitter.com/iakshaysinghel/status/1335869400793026561?s=20 https://twitter.com/Tejasvi_Surya/status/1335894130744983558?s=20 West Bengal turned into a war zone when BJP employees were assaulted by the police in protest against the WB government in Tinbatti. BJP leader Tejasvi Surya, highlighting police violence against peaceful demonstrators, said “Many BJP employees were injured in their peaceful protests. #Democracy is assassinated in the WB.” https://twitter.com/iakshaysinghel/status/1335888182693392388?s=20 https://twitter.com/KailashOnline/status/1335882548543557633?s=20 In another tweet, Surya called on the media to investigate the incident. He said If you don’t speak out about these crimes now you’re going to fail in your duties. It’s above party politics. This is the issue of democracy in India. Oh look at this.…
Jail inmates in Odisha will soon get a chance to observe patriotic and motivational movies on Sundays besides enjoying soothing music in their cells a day, officials said. The facilities are being provided to prisoners as a part of the implementation of the “Odisha Model Jail Manual-2020” said DG (Prisons) S K Upadhyay. Inmates of the special jail here were the primary to urge the facilities from Sunday. These schemes are going to be extended to other prisons of the state gradually, a politician said. Odisha features a total of 91 jails currently housing around 8,000 inmates. “A projector along…
Four people are killed and three others injured in an attack by a wild bear at a forest in Chhattisgarh’s Korea district, officials said on Monday. The incident happened on Sunday evening near Angwahi village under Devgarh forest range when the victims were returning after collecting some forest produce, a forest official said. But, the bodies might be retrieved within the early hours of Monday after a protracted operation because the bear was sitting on the brink of the deceased, he said. Among the three injured people, two received critical injuries and that they were admitted to a hospital, while…
Vaccine manufacturing major Serum Institute of India (SII) on Monday said it’s applied to Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) for emergency use authorisation for its COVID-19 vaccine Covishield. The Pune-based company has collaborated with Oxford University and drug company Astra Zeneca for creating the vaccine and is conducting trials in India. “As promised, before the top of 2020, @SerumInstIndia has applied for emergency use authorisation for the primary made-in-India vaccine, Covishield,” SII CEO Adar Poonawala said during a tweet. He further said: “This will save countless lives, and that i thank the govt of India and Sri @narendramodi ji…
https://twitter.com/swapan55/status/1335791650870865923?s=20 TMC’s belligerent attitude is growing as violently as ever. Every other day, TMC indulges in attacking BJP workers in soe way or the other. Political violence has been on the rise in West Bengal since Mamata Banerjee and the ruling TMC took office. Bolstered by government bribery, the goons have become a nightmare for the state’s political enemies. With TMC-led government’s support, the Goons have become a nightmare for the state’s political enemies. On Monday, Rajya Sabha’s Member of Parliament, P Swapan Dasgupta posted on Twitter that BJP spokesperson Kabir Shankar Bose had been under house arrest and that…
Senior congress leader Gudur Narayan Reddy who also holds the post of Telangana Congress Treasurer has quit the party by sending a letter to Sonia Gandhi. Though Reddy has been involved in Congress for over four decades, sources said the senior Congress leader has plans to join the Bhartiya Janata Party. In a letter addressed to Congress chief Sonia Gandhi on Monday, Gudur Narayan Reddy said he has served the Congress party since his student days in 1981 till date. Thanking the Congress leadership, Reddy said in his letter that he is now resigning from his posts as the TPCC…