Day: January 2, 2021

Thief shoots himself dead after opening fire at police

Seer kills self in UP’s Hamirpur district

11:50 pm January 2, 2021

Hamirpur: A 75-year-old seer allegedly committed suicide by shooting himself with a country-made gun in Akauna village here on Saturday, police said. Malkhan Pal allegedly shot himself in his hut on the banks of the Betwa river this afternoon, Station House Officer, Raath, K K Pandey said. According to villagers, he had been living in […]

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Man attacks 17-year-old girl with sword, arrested

11:48 pm January 2, 2021

Mumbai : A man has been arrested for allegedly attacking a 17-year-old girl, his friend, because she had stopped speaking to him in Beed city of Maharashtra, police said on Saturday. Popat Bobde (17) and the victim were friends, but she had stopped talking to him for the last few months, a police official said. […]

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UK hits record 57,725 daily virus cases

11:35 pm January 2, 2021

London: The UK has registered a record 57,725 daily coronavirus cases. Government figures show the UK has recorded five straight daily highs — all above 50,000 and nearly double the levels of two weeks ago. Also, hospitals in Britain have started receiving batches of the coronavirus vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, approved by British regulators […]

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Vatican likely to start administering COVID-19 vaccinations in mid-January

11:32 pm January 2, 2021

Vatican City: The Vatican says it expects to start administering COVID-19 vaccinations in mid-January. A statement on Saturday says vaccines, “enough to cover the needs of the Holy See and of Vatican City State.” The brief statement didn’t say if 84-year-old Pope Francis would be getting the vaccine. But it specified priority would go to Vatican health […]

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Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

Bharat Biotech on course to have 26,000 volunteers for Phase-3 clinical trials of Covaxin

11:28 pm January 2, 2021

New Delhi: Bharat Biotech on Saturday said it is moving towards achieving the target of having 26,000 volunteers across the country for Phase-3 trials of its Covid-19 vaccine ‘Covaxin’. The company has already roped in 23,000 volunteers for the trials, it said. The company statement has come after an expert panel of India’s central drug […]

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