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India will not send spent nuclear fuel to Russia: Govt
He also said there is a need to have a deep underground geological disposal facility for spent nuclear fuel in the near future. Singh, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday to a question raised by DMK's T.R. Baalu, said the India-Russia Inter-Governmental Agreement of 2010 facilitates storage and reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel generated at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP).
'Booster under consideration, priority on both doses of vaccines'
"Scientific reasoning for providing boosters at what timing, for which vaccine, is under examination," he said, adding "our priority is very clear to complete the task of vaccinating all adults with both doses". "Vaccination is the only most critical tool that we have to use despite the new challenges of Omicron," said Paul. Talking about the duration between two doses, he added that the decision on the duration for second dose is taken with the consideration.
Indian Army to don new combat uniform next year
For the first time in its history, the Army Day parade will witness uniform and weapons of different era, dating back to even pre-Independence times. The troops will also march sporting the new uniform during the Republic Day parade next year. The new uniform will be of digital pattern like the troopers of the US Army use. "The camouflage of the changed uniform is better than its previous one," said a senior Indian Army official.
Maharashtra suspends ex-Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh
The decision by the state government to suspend the 1988 batch IPS officer who was declared a ‘Proclaimed Offender’ by a Mumbai court in November follows a probe report submitted by Additional Chief Secretary Debashish Chakravarti. Among other things, the report had recommended action against Singh for defying the All India Civil Service Rules, sudden “unauthorised absence from duty” after which he became “untraceable” for nearly six months before he resurfaced a week ago in Mumbai.
India reports 11.7% hike in 2nd dose Covid vax coverage
The campaign has resulted into 5.9 per cent hike in the first dose of vaccination under the mass vaccination drive across the nation, said Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan while reviewing the status and progress under the 'Har GharDastak' campaign with the Health Secretaries and National Health Mission (NHM) MDs of States and union territories (UTs) on Thursday.
Maoists suspend ideologue Kobad Gandhy for anti-party views
In a statement issued on Wednesday night, CPI(Maoist) said it took action against Gandhy following his his book 'The Fractured Freedom' in which he expressed his support to the government. His book is a prison memoirs which is against the ideologies of Carl Marx, Lenin and Mao. The book was published after he came out of jail in October 2019. First edition of the book was published in March this year.
One Omicron patient already recovered, another in quarantine, says Karnataka
According to Health Department sources, one of the infected people has already recovered, while the other is in under hotel quarantine in Bengaluru. The BBMP has tracked primary contacts of the two infected persons. While 12 primary contacts of the first infected person tested negative, 212 primary contacts of second infected have been quarantined and their results are awaited. All are asymptomatic.
Omicron reaches India, two cases detected in Karnataka
Balram Bhargava said, "Two cases of Omircron have been detected in Karnataka so far through genome sequencing effort of INSACOG consortium of 37 laboratories established by the Ministry of Health. We need not panic, but awareness is absolutely essential. Covid appropriate behaviour is required,". The contacts of the duo who tested positive for the latest variant have been identified and are under monitoring, he said.
How long should youth of India have to be patient: Varun Gandhi
The BJP Lok Sabha member from Pilibhit, Varun Gandhi is regularly questioning his own party's government on issues like the farmers' protest, Lakhimpur Kheri incident. "First, there is no government job, if some opportunity comes then the paper gets leaked, if you give the exam there are no results for years, then it gets canceled in some scam. 1.25 crore youths are waiting for Railway Group D exams for two years. Same is with the Army recruitment. How long should the youth of India have to be patient," Gandhi tweeted.
Schools in Delhi shut down till further orders due to pollution
Earlier on November 13, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced to shut down physical classes in schools for a week, adding that education will continue in virtual mode. After a gap of almost two weeks, all schools in the national capital were reopening on November 29. This move of the Delhi government came after the Supreme Court of India gave a 24-hour ultimatum to the Centre, Delhi and its neighbouring states to act against rising air pollution.
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