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Modi most preferred for PM, way ahead of Rahul: Survey
According to the survey, in a two-horse race, Modi is most preferred for being the Prime Minister, way ahead of Rahul Gandhi. More than 80 percent of the people in Orissa and Himachal Pradesh prefer Modi as the Prime Minister. Surprisingly, a high percentage of people in the northeastern states -- 75.68 percent -- echo similar sentiment.
India to begin world's largest immunisation exercise today
The world's biggest vaccination drives comes almost a year after the first coronavirus case was detected in India, which then claimed over 1.5 lakh lives and infected one crore people. The first case came to the fore on January 30, 2020 in Kerala. The vaccination drive will mark the beginning of the end of the pandemic.
This year's edition of IFFI is special: Union Minister Javadekar
"As many as 224 films from 60 countries will feature in the festival. The event is really important from the art and culture perspective. For the first time, owing to Covid-19, this year's edition is being organised in a hybrid format. So, people will also be able to watch it online," he explained.
Bengaluru air show to be first hybrid aerospace expo
The biennial event will be held at the Yellahanka airbase of the Indian Air Force (IAF) on the city's northern outskirts for three days instead of five days in the past due to Covid-induced restrictions on a large gathering of people in public places to contain the virus spread.
Dr Reddy's receives approval for Phase 3 clinical trial of Sputnik vaccine
The Phase 3 study of Sputnik V will be conducted on 1500 subjects as part of the randomised, double-blind, parallel-group, placebo-controlled study in India, the Hyderabad-based company said in a statement.
Amid profit booking, valuation concerns, market end deep in red
Sensex closed at 49,034.67, lower by 549.49 points, or 1.11 per cent, from its previous close of 49,584.16. It had opened at 49,656.71 and recorded an intra-day high of 49,656.71 and a low of 48,795.79 points.
PIB slams NDTV for 'erroneous' reporting on paddy procurement
In a letter to NDTV's Editorial Director and President Sonia Singh, Alpana Pant Sharma, Additional Director General of the PIB said, "In a shocking display of poor journalism and sheer disregard of actual facts, Ravish Kumar of NDTV has resorted to incorrectly portraying paddy procurement by the government."
10 RFQ applications come for CSMT Railway Station redevelopment
The ten companies are GMR Enterprises Pvt Ltd, ISQ Asia Infrastructure Investments, Kalpataru Power Transmission Ltd, Anchorage Infrastructure Investments Holdings Ltd, Adani Railways Transport Ltd, Brookfield Infrastructure Fund IV, Moribus Holdings Pte Ltd, Godrej Properties Ltd, Keystone Realtors Pvt Ltd, and Oberoi Realty Ltd.
MCD employees continue stir, threaten to boycott vaccine duty
To continue their protest, scores of MCD employees on Friday held a protest at Civic Centre, the head office of North and South MCD. Protesters also tried to lead a march to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's residence. However, their march was stopped mid-way by the Delhi Police.
Nitish loses cool after being asked about rising crime graph in Bihar
While inaugurating the 6.7 km long elevated road between R-block and Digha in Patna, Kumar was asked about the rise in criminal activities in the state, especially the recent murder of Indigo airlines state head Rupesh Singh, a case which is yet to be cracked.
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