Uttar Pradesh

First lot of COVID vaccines arrive in Ghaziabad

11:59 pm January 15, 2021

Ghaziabad: Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh has received the first lot of coronavirus vaccines containing 2,710 vials. The vaccines have been stored in the deep freezers kept in the building of integrated disease surveillance project located inside the premises of the MMG district government. One vial is having doses for 10 people. The vaccines would […]

Civil Aviation Min asked to allow uninterrupted transportation of samples for bird flu testing

9:40 pm January 14, 2021

New Delhi: Amid bird flu outbreak in 10 states, the Union Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying on Thursday said it has asked its civil aviation counterpart to allow uninterrupted transportation of samples for expeditious testing in designated laboratories. This comes in the wake of some states banning the supply of poultry and poultry products without testing […]

Centre should immediately repeal farm laws, no committee can do it: AAP

10:49 pm January 13, 2021

New Delhi: A day after the Supreme Court set up a four-member committee to end the impasse over new farm laws, the AAP on Wednesday demanded that the Centre immediately repeal the legislations as no panel can do it. Addressing a press conference, AAP spokesperson and MLA Raghav Chadha said all the four members of the Supreme […]

Allahabad HC stays arrest of 'Mirzapur' web series directors, writers

Mandate of 30 days’ notice under Special Marriage Act optional: Allahabad HC

10:41 pm January 13, 2021

Lucknow: In a judgement that is likely to bring relief to inter-faith couples, the Allahabad High Court Wednesday declared as optional the mandatory publication of notice of intended marriages under the Special Marriage Act, saying it violated the Right To Privacy. Making such publication mandatory would invade in the fundamental rights of liberty and privacy, the Lucknow bench of the Allahabad […]

Bird flu: FSSAI advises consumers not to eat undercooked chicken; says no need to panic

Delhi bans sale of poultry products as bird flu cases reported in UP

8:16 pm January 13, 2021

New Delhi: Fresh bird deaths and avian influenza cases were reported in Uttar Pradesh on Wednesday, while in neighbouring Delhi, civic bodies banned the sale of poultry products, even as the city government asked people not to panic and eat completely cooked eggs and chicken. Unusual mortality among birds has also been reported in some districts of Jharkhand and Jammu and Kashmir, as per a […]