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Hyderabad: Hyderabad-based vaccine maker Biological E Limited (BE) has priced its Corbevax, which has got approval for administration to adolescents aged 12 to 14 years, at Rs 800 (excluding GST) per dose for the private market, and Rs 145 per dose for the government, making it the cheapest vaccine in India and also globally, the […]

Mumbai: Activists of Raj Thackeray”s Maharashtra Navnirman Sena smashed the windows of at least one of the luxury buses parked outside a five-star hotel to ferry players for the upcoming Indian Premier League (IPL) matches, officials said here early on Wednesday. Around half-a-dozen activists of the MNS-Vahatuk Sena (Transport Wing) sneaked near the bus before […]

Guwahati: A prime accused in the gang-rape of a minor girl was gunned down by police here while allegedly trying to escape from custody, an official said on Wednesday. He was being taken to the crime scene for further investigation when the accused reportedly attacked police personnel accompanying him and attempted to flee on Tuesday […]

A BJP insider said that after detailed discussion, the party central leadership has approved the names of Sawant and Singh for the post of chief minister of Goa and Manipur respectively.

The information was provided by Panchayat, Rural Housing, Rural Development department minister Arjunsinh Chauhan in reply to a series of questions by Congress members.

He ended the oath that he took in Hindi with slogan 'Inquilab Zindabad' or 'Long live the revolution'.

Senior advocate Sanjay Hedge, representing the petitioners, mentioned the plea before a bench headed by Chief Justice N.V. Ramana. Hedge said there is urgency in the matter, as several girls have to appear in exams.

Asked during her briefing on Tuesday about reports that India was planning to buy "discounted crude oil' from Russia, she said, "Our message to any country continues to be that obviously abide by the sanctions that we have put in place and recommended."

Panaji: Goa’s caretaker Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday welcomed the judgement of the Karnataka High Court on the hijab row, saying the verdict would usher in equality in educational institutions. “I welcome the judgement of the Hon’ble High Court of Karnataka verdict over Hijab row. It has upheld that the Constitution is supreme. “The […]

In a one-line resignation to party President Sonia Gandhi, Sidhu wrote, "I hereby resign as President (PPCC)."

At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 76.40 against the American dollar, then gained further ground to quote 76.32, registering a rise of 30 paise from the last close.

The children in the said age group will be administered Corbevax vaccine manufactured by Hyderabad-based Biological E. It is India's first indigenously developed Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) protein sub-unit vaccine against COVID-19.

"One terrorist killed. Operation in progress," the police said.

The death toll climbed to 5,16,072 with 98 fresh fatalities, the data updated at 8 am showed.

Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel has expressed deep condolences to the bereaved families and announced ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each for kin of deceased and Rs 50,000 each for the injured.

The 30-scrip BSE Sensex was up by 948.10 points or 1.70 per cent at 56724.95 at 9.30 am.

According to an official release, 100 officers and 300 staff of the ACB are conducting the raids today.

He also said the regulator for private space sector players Indian National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (INSPACe) having Ahmedabad as the headquarters has started hiring people for the top posts from ISRO.

Islamabad: Pakistans top military brass on Tuesday urged the relevant international fora to take a serious view of the “accidental firing” of a missile by India despite New Delhis public admission that it was a “mistake”, Express Tribune reported. The corps commanders, who met in Rawalpindi at the army’s General Headquarters, warned that such dangerous […]

New Delhi: Following the Congress’s poor performance in the Assembly elections in five states, Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday sought the resignations of state party chiefs of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur. According to Congress General Secretary Randeep Singh Surjewala, the move has been taken to facilitate the reorganization of the […]

Hyderabad: All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) president Asaduddin Owaisi disagreed with the Karnataka High Court which ruled that hijab was not an essential practice of Islam and stated that it has suspended fundamental rights to freedom of religion, culture, freedom of speech and expression. In a series of tweets on the micro-blogging site twitter Asaduddin […]

New Delhi: Former Congress president Rahul Gandhi hit out at the BJP-led Centre on Tuesday over high inflation and reduced rates of fixed deposits and provident fund, and said the common people are facing the consequences of its wrong policies. He also asked if it was not the responsibility of the government to provide relief […]

Bengaluru: Even as the special Bench of the Karnataka High Court dismissed petitions seeking permission to wear hijab in classrooms, the six petitioner college girls, who started the protest, claimed on Tuesday that to them hijab is as important as education. They maintained that they will not shun hijab at any cost and continue their […]

Hyderabad: The United States Consulate General in Hyderabad has illuminated the façade of the Paigah Palace in blue and yellow in solidarity with Ukraine. “President Putin may be counting on the United States and the international community to lose focus, to move on, but we we will not lose focus. We remain committed to and […]