Day: April 13, 2021

US recommends ‘pause’ for J&J vaccine over clot reports

10:24 pm April 13, 2021

WASHINGTON: The U.S. on Tuesday recommended a “pause” in using the single-dose Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine to investigate reports of rare but potentially dangerous blood clots, a development that could jeopardize the rollout of vaccines around the world. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration announced that they […]

Mamata stages dharna to protest EC’s move to ban her campaign for 24 hrs

10:24 pm April 13, 2021

Kolkata: West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC supremo Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday sat on a dharna in the heart of the city to protest against the Election Commission’s “unconstitutional” decision to ban her from campaigning for 24 hours. Banerjee, still confined to a wheelchair owing to the injuries she sustained last month, arrived at Mayo […]

Delhi-based Kashmiri scribes, over 25 people from Valley were potential spying targets: Report

Rajasthan reports 5,528 new COVID-19 cases, 28 deaths

10:19 pm April 13, 2021

Jaipur: Rajasthan reported 5,528 new COVID-19 cases and 28 fatalities on Tuesday, pushing the state’s infection tally to 3,75,092 and the death toll to 2,979. Four deaths each were reported from Kota, Jodhpur and Udaipur, three each in Jaipur and Pali, two each in Barmer and Nagaur, and one death each was reported from Ajmer, […]

COVID-19 vaccines in India: in a nutshell

10:14 pm April 13, 2021

New Delhi: The Drugs Control General of India has permitted emergency use of Covid vaccine Sputnik V with certain conditions, clearing the way for a third vaccine in addition to Covishield and Covaxin. Besides, the government on Tuesday also fast-tracked emergency approval for other jabs. Here is what the vaccines are all about: COVAXIN Manufactured […]

T’gana CM pays tributes to Ambedkar

10:08 pm April 13, 2021

Hyderabad: Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao on Tuesday paid rich tributes to B R Ambedkar on the eve of his 130th birth anniversary (on April 14). Rao said the efforts put in by Ambedkar to make the country secular (with no caste bias) and a democratic republic are highly laudable, an official release said. […]