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Serum Institute of India to apply for emergency authorisation of COVID-19 vaccine in next two weeks

ION correspondentNovember 29, 2020

Serum Institute of India (SII) will apply for emergency authorisation of COVID-19 vaccine in next two weeks. This was stated by the chief executive of the Institute, Adar Poonawalla...

Nivar intensifies into severe cyclonic storm; 7 districts in TN, Puducherry on high alert

ION correspondentNovember 25, 2020

The cyclonic storm “Nivar” in the Bay of Bengal intensified into a SEVERE cyclonic storm early this morning. The MET Department in Chennai says it is set to further...

World

Pakistan Prime Minister approves chemical castration of rapists: report

ION correspondentNovember 25, 2020

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Tuesday approved in principle a law on chemical castration of rapists and fast tracking of sexual assault cases, a media report said on...

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel dies at 71 after battling COVID-19

ION correspondentNovember 25, 2020

Senior Congress leader Ahmed Patel, one of Sonia Gandhi’s closest political advisers, died at a Gurgaon hospital this morning. He was 71. The veteran politician had been at Medanta...

Health Top Stories

India’s COVID-19 recovery rate improves marginally to 93.76 percent

ION correspondentNovember 25, 2020November 25, 2020

With the recovery of more than 86 lakh people so far, the national recovery rate has reached at 93.76 percent, a marginal improvement from yesterday’s rate of 93.68. With...

Business and Commerce

Supreme Court asks for COVID-19 report from four states

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

Observing that “Worse things will happen in December if states aren’t well prepared,” the Supreme Court warned Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra and Assam and sought status reports in two days...

Business and Commerce

Submission of Life Certificate by Central Govt pensioners extended till Feb 28, 2021

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

The government has extended the period for submission of Life Certificate by Central Government pensioners till 28th February next year. Earlier, the government had extended the timeline for submission...

Business and Commerce

EAM Dr. S. Jaishankar to embark on 6-day Bahrain, UAE, Seychelles visit

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

External Affairs Minister, Dr. S. Jaishankar will be undertaking a visit to Bahrain, UAE and Seychelles from today. During the six day visit, he will be meeting his counterparts...

States

All educational institutions closed in Himachal Pradesh till December 31

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

Himachal Pradesh government has decided to shut all education institutions in the state till December 31 in view of rising cases of COVID-19 including imposition of night curfew from...

Foreign Secretary briefs ambassadors of various countries on Pakistani terrorists’ plot to carry out attack in J&K

ION correspondentNovember 24, 2020

Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla briefed a select group of Heads of Missions on the planned terrorist attack in Nagrota district in Jammu and the implications of the incident...

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