January

MP doctor infected with COVID-19 after 2nd vaccine dose

11:59 pm March 13, 2021

Jabalpur: A senior doctor with the state-run Gandhi Medical College in Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh has contracted COVID-19 despite taking both vaccine doses, officials said on Saturday. People close to the 48-year-old doctor said she believed not wearing a mask after getting the second dose and a general lowering of guard may have caused the […]

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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 […]

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Donald Trump set to return to the spotlight with CPAC speech

US House impeaches President Donald Trump for ‘incitement of insurrection’ at Capitol

1:24 pm January 14, 2021

Washington: US President Donald Trump has been impeached for a historic second time, just days before leaving office by the House of Representatives for inciting last week’s deadly Capitol Hill riot. The House on Wednesday impeached Trump by 232 to 197 votes. Ten Republican Congressmen also joined the Democrats to vote in favour of an article of impeachment that charged Trump with a count of ”incitement of insurrection” for his actions […]

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Kerala waives entertainment tax for cinema theatres

7:15 pm January 11, 2021

Thiruvananthapuram: In a move to help the film industry in the state, the Kerala government on Monday decided to waive entertainment tax for cinemas from January to March 2021 along with 50 per cent reduction in the fixed charges on electricity during the lockdown period since March last year. The decision was taken after Kerala […]

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Biden admin rolls back Trump-era citizenship test, reverts to 2008 version

Trump decides not to attend President-elect Biden’s inauguration on Jan 20

11:09 pm January 8, 2021

Washington : President Donald Trump said Friday he won’t attend President-elect Joe Biden’s Inauguration on January 20. He will be the first incumbent president since Andrew Johnson to skip his successors inauguration. “To all of those who have asked, I will not be going to the Inauguration on January 20th,” Trump tweeted. Trump offered no clues for how he would spent […]

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