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The polling to the civic bodies in 20 districts of the state started at 8 am and will continue till 5 pm, A spokesperson of the State Election Commission said 48.89 per cent polling was recorded till 1 pm.

"While these findings do not indicate the need for a new vaccine to address the emerging variants, the companies are prepared to respond if a variant of SARS-CoV-2 demonstrates evidence of escaping immunity by the Covid-19 vaccine," Pfizer and BioNTech said in a statement on Wednesday.

The new facility will serve as a premier hub for driving engineering and innovation, Microsoft said, adding that the new facility is Microsoft's third Development Centre in India after Bengaluru and Hyderabad.

Leader of Opposition Ghulam Nabi Azad on Thursday said, "The only issue of the boycott is farm laws and 16 parties have decided to jointly boycott the Address".

Sidhu was present at the Red Fort when a religious flag and a farmer flag were put at the flagpole at the historic monument, triggering massive outrage.

All these persons have been kept in single room isolation in designated Health Care facilities by respective state governments.

Total jewellery demand in India for 2020 was down by 42 per cent at 315.9 tonnes as compared to 544.6 tonnes in 2019. The value of jewellery demand in 2020 was Rs 1,33,260 crores, down by 22 per cent from 2019

For the past 21 days, the country has been recording less than 20,000 daily new infections.

Justice Rohit Arya of the Indore bench of the high court on Monday had reserved the order on their bail pleas.

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray's media advisor Harshal Pradhan cajoled Fadnavis to "feel proud of Maharashtra first" before lavishing praise on others.

Nearly 400 policemen were injured during the tractor parade of the farmers who have been protesting against three central farm laws at Delhi's borders since November.

Born on January 28, 1865, Lala Lajpat Rai was popularly known as 'Punjab Kesari'.

He made the announcement at the ninth National Council meeting of the Aam Aadmi Party.

He said whoever is responsible for the violence on Tuesday should be acted against.

Apple is increasing iPhone production in India "with plans to start producing the latest iPhone 12 series locally as early as this quarter".

The premises of the historic monument was vandalized as the protesters went on a rampage destroying checking machines, ticket counters, furniture, and everything that came in their way.

The WhatsApp policy has now been put on hold till May 15. It aims to share commercial user data with parent Facebook. The Indian government has also written a letter to WhatsApp CEO Will Cathcart to withdraw the policy.

The incident happened in Kharnaidisa village near Dhansiri on Wednesday night when the villagers were celebrating Bushu Dima festival.

There are 1,73,740 active coronavirus infections in the country which comprises 1.62 per cent of the total caseload.

Bahrain had earlier approved Covishield to support its efforts towards vaccinating members at risk of developing complications from COVID-19.

The Union Minister said that sometimes in a way it seems that these people who have been defeated in the elections are all gathering and trying to spoil the atmosphere in the country.

The WEF annual meeting in Davos engages the world's top leaders to shape global, regional and industry agendas at the beginning of the year.

Condemning the violent incidents during the tractor rally on Republic Day that left a farmer dead and many others injured, the organisations appealed to the farmers to "stay at the protest venues and continue a peaceful protest".

"His (Rao's) medical reports, his present health condition is stable, and the state's statement takes care of all the prayers made in these pleas," said Additional Solicitor General