Mon, 24 May 2021 19:55:50
At the opening of the World Health Organization's main annual assembly on Monday, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus hailed the sacrifices made by health workers around the world to battle the pandemic.
At least 115,000 health and care workers have died from Covid-19 since the beginning of the pandemic, the WHO chief said Monday, calling for a dramatic scale-up of vaccination in all co
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:50:18
The Northern Railway is set to suspend wrestler Sushil Kumar following his arrest by the Delhi Police in a murder case, a spokesperson said on Monday.
A senior commercial manager with the Northern Railway, Olympic medallist Kumar had been on deputation with the Delhi government since 2015 and was posted as an Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at Chhatrasal Stadium for development of sports at schoo
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:46:19
Bharath Biotech may start clinical trials of its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin on children from June, a senior official of the vaccine-maker has said.
Raches Ella, Head-Business Development and International Advocacy of Bharath Biotech, recently in a virtual conversation with members of FICCI Ladies Organisation (FLO), Hyderabad, on "All About Vaccines", said no vaccine offers 100 per cent protectio
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:42:38
The Supreme Court on Monday sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking compensation of Rs 4 lakh to the families of those who have died from coronavirus.
A vacation bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan and M R Shah also asked the Centre to place before it the ICMR guidelines on issuance of death certificates for COVID-19 victims, saying there should be uniform policy for issuing such document
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:40:04
The Supreme Court Monday said the process of registration of migrant workers is "very slow" and it must be expedited so that benefit of various schemes can be extended to them amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
The apex court observed it is "not happy" with the efforts of the Centre as well as the states on the issue of registration of unorganised workers.
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:29:20
In a shocking incident, a Dalit youth from the Mudigere area of Chikmagalur district of Karnataka was allegedly forced to drink urine inside a police station.
The incident occurred earlier this month in Gonibeedu Police Station near Mudigere where a sub-inspector allegedly abused a Dalit youth and forced him to drink urine of another man during interrogation.
The matter came to light after
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:22:45
A fire service personnel attached to the fire station at Kadri here died of coronavirus on Monday.
Six other personnel at the fire service station also turned out positive for Covid-19, fire service sources said.
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:17:35
A deep depression over the Bay of Bengal has intensified into cyclonic storm 'Yaas' and is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts on May 26 after turning into a very severe cyclonic storm, the MeT Department said on Monday.
'Yaas' is likely to cross the Odisha-West Bengal coasts between Paradip and Sagar Islands around noon on May 26 as a very severe cyclonic storm with wind speeds of 15
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Mon, 24 May 2021 19:15:15
The Calcutta High Court on Monday took up hearing in the Narada sting tapes case -- in which two Bengal ministers, a TMC MLA and a former mayor of Kolkata have been arrested -- refusing a prayer by the CBI to adjourn the matter.
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