Day: March 6, 2021

Biden urged not to accept India, South Africa’s proposal at WTO on COVID-19 vaccine

11:07 am March 6, 2021

Washington: Four top Republican senators have urged US President Joe Biden not to accept a proposal by India and South Africa to the WTO to waive anti-Covid vaccine patents, saying that waiving all rights to intellectual property would end the innovation pipeline and stop the development of new vaccines or boosters to address variants in the virus. Mike Lee, Tom Cotton, Joni Ernst, and Todd Young, in a […]

Fire destroys powerloom factory in Maha’s Bhiwandi town

11:03 am March 6, 2021

Thane: A powerloom factory was gutted in a major fire that broke out in Bhiwandi town of Maharashtra’s Thane district in the wee hours of Saturday, an official said. No casualty was reported in the incident, he said. The blaze erupted around 3 am at the factory located in Sonibai Compound of Dhamankar Naka area, […]

People’s welfare my goal, nationalism my religion: UP CM

10:59 am March 6, 2021

Gorakhpur (UP): Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday announced that the state government’s Abhyuaday free coaching centres for aspirants of competitive examinations will soon be available at the district level. The chief minister made the announcement here while interacting with students of the state’s coaching facility presently being run at the divisional level. […]

Kerala man found dead in Noida hotel

10:55 am March 6, 2021

Noida (UP): In a suspected case of suicide, a 40-year-old man from Kerala was found hanging from the ceiling fan in his room in a hotel here on Friday, police said. The body was found in a hotel located in Sector 12, under Sector 24 police station limits, they said. “The police were informed about […]

Two arrested on charges of cow slaughter in UP

10:50 am March 6, 2021

Sultanpur (UP): Two people were arrested on Friday on charges of cow slaughter in the area here and 65 kilograms of meat along with equipment used for slaughtering were seized from them, police said. Alim and Shehzad, residents of Chakmusi village, were arrested from near a pond next to a farm in Bhatpurwa Kamal village, […]