Day: January 21, 2021

COVID-19 vaccination: 5,942 people receive shots on day 4 in Delhi; 24 cases of AEFI

10:45 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: Over 5,900 healthcare workers received the COVID-19 vaccine shots in Delhi on Thursday, the fourth scheduled day of the immunisation exercise in the national capital, according to data shared by officials. The number of people vaccinated on Thursday accounted for 73 per cent of the targeted figure of 8,100, according to the data, a marked […]

Woman accused of helping steal Pelosi laptop freed from jail

10:42 pm January 21, 2021

Harrisburg: A Pennsylvania woman facing charges that she helped steal a laptop from the office of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi during the attack on the US Capitol will be released from jail, a federal judge decided Thursday. US Magistrate Judge Martin Carlson released Riley June Williams into the custody of her mother, with travel restrictions, and instructed her to […]

CMS holds Global Interfaith Convention to promote communal harmony

No fall in COVID infections despite lockdown, finds UK study

10:35 pm January 21, 2021

London: A large number of people remain infected with the coronavirus in England and the rate of new infections was not dropping even 10 days into the latest stay-at-home lockdown, an ongoing government-backed study said on Thursday. The Imperial College London and Ipsos MORI Real-time Assessment of Community Transmission (REACT) study into the country’s COVID-19 infections, show that infections increased […]

5 dead in Serum Institute fire; Covishield facility unaffected

10:13 pm January 21, 2021

Pune: Five persons died and nine were evacuated from a building in the Serum Institute of India’s Manjari premises here after a fire broke out at the facility on Thursday, police said. Covishield vaccine production won’t be hit due to the fire, Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla said. The Manjari facility is where […]

SC dismisses UP government’s plea against bail granted to SP leader Azam Khan, wife and son

8:25 pm January 21, 2021

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed three separate pleas of Uttar Pradesh government challenging the bail granted to Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan, his wife and son in a case of alleged forgery of birth certificate. A bench of Justices Ashok Bhushan, R Subhash Reddy and M R Shah dismissed the appeal filed by the state government against the October 13, […]