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The programme will be launched this July and will be open to IIT and IISc graduates from India during its initial phase.

Born on September 3, 1920, Kamla Das was administered the vaccine at BLK Hospital in Delhi.

Polls to the 234-seat Tamil Nadu assembly will be held in a single phase on April 6.

Many districts in the state observed lockdown due to rising cases of coronavirus.

Covid-19 negative certificate is mandatory for devotees who want to visit the temple.

Registering an increase for the ninth day in a row, the total active caseload has reached 2,71,282, which now comprises 2.36 per cent of the total infections.

Punjab reported 2,387 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, informed the state health department on Thursday.

The fire was reported at 2:45 am and nine fire tenders were pressed into action, police said. 

He also accused the Banerjee government of patronising underground Maoist rebels.

According to a survey conducted by job site Indeed, 67 per cent large and 70 per cent mid-size Indian firms as opposed to their global counterparts (60 per cent large and 34 per cent mid-size) are not in favour of a post-pandemi

A total of 3,71,43,255 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered through 6,15,267 sessions, as per the provisional report till Thursday 7 am.

I just want to say a big, big, big thank you to Prime Minister Modi and the India High Commission. The vaccines are here and we are excited. I would love to see the world going back to normal.

The authorities issued a challan against the truck driver for not wearing a helmet, although a helmet is not needed for driving a truck.

FASTags, which facilitate electronic payment of fee at toll plazas, was introduced in 2016.

The lasting impact of Covid-19 shows that Indians are playing a lot more games on their smartphones throughout the day.

The chief minister said these days youngsters go to the market to buy ripped jeans. If they can't find one, then they cut their jeans using scissors.

The curfew was imposed from 10 pm to 6 am in Indore district. The police announced the closure of the market and people were asked to go home.

Registering an increase for the eighth consecutive day, the active caseload reached 2,52,364, which accounts for 2.20 per cent of the total infections.

India recorded 28,903 new infections--the highest so far this year-- taking the total COVID-19 tally to 1,14,38,734, according to the Union Health ministry

Prima facie, it appears to be a case of suicide, the police said, adding that no suicide note was found from the spot.

Registering an increase for the seventh day in a row, the total active caseload has increased to 2,34,406 which now comprises 2.05 per cent of the total infections.

Waze, arrested for his alleged role in the Mukesh Ambani bomb scare case on March 13, was attached to the Crime Intelligence Unit (CIU) of Mumbai police's crime branch till recently.

“It is our duty to get vaccinated in order to strengthen the globe fight against Covid-19,” he said

The Medical Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) Bill, 2020 to amend the Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971 was passed by voice vote.