INDIA
Let's wait for WHO on Covaxin, SC on plea for re-vaccination by Covishield
A bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud observed that it has been reported that Bharat Biotech, manufacturer of Covaxin, has submitted the latest data to the WHO. The bench added that the decision is expected to come and told the petitioner's counsel to wait for some time, as there will not be any difficulty when the WHO recognises Covaxin.
JNU shuts down webinar on Kashmir over terminology, lack of permission
Vice Chancellor M. Jagadesh Kumar said: "As soon as it came to our notice that an online webinar titled 'Gender Resistance and Fresh Challenges in Post-2019 Kashmir' was being organised by the Centre for Women's Studies, at 8.30 p.m. on Friday, we immediately instructed the faculty members to stop the event."
No total ban on firecrackers, only those having banned substances: SC
A bench of Justices M.R. Shah and A.S. Bopanna said: "It is made clear that there is no total ban on use of firecrackers. Only those firecrackers are banned, as directed hereinabove, which are found to be injurious to health and affecting the health of the citizens, more particularly the senior citizens and the children."
Delhi logs 37 Covid cases, no death in seven days
The city's death toll stands at 25,091, as it recorded four deaths due to the infection in this month so far. The death rate stands at 1.74 per cent. The Covid infection rate in the national capital stands at 0.06 per cent, and the active cases tally at 334. With 48 patients recovering in the last 24 hours, the total number of recoveries are 14,14,363 so far, the health bulletin said.
PM Modi meets top EU leaders ahead of G20 meet
Modi reached Rome on Friday morning where he will join other G20 leaders in discussions on global economic and health recovery from the pandemic, sustainable development, and climate change in the first in-person summit of the G20 since the outbreak of the pandemic in 2020. His first official engagement was with the top leaders of the European Commission. Soon after the meeting was over.
India, France must promote flow of investment, says Jaishankar
Addressing the Ambition India Business Forum 2021 being held in France virtually, he said that he and his counterpart Le Drian often discuss the future of two countries and the world and both have agreed that commerce, ecological transition, finance and technology will shape the future. "But, we also recognise that we are entering a phase where politics will shape economic choices."
Kejriwal invokes Lord Ram ahead of assembly polls in 5 states
Post his return from Ayodhya and about a week ahead of Diwali, Kejriwal has asked people to join him in 'Diwali pooja' via their television sets. "I will perform Diwali Pooja with my cabinet ministers at 7 o'clock on November 4. I would like two crore people of the capital to join me," he said in an address with 'Om Jai Jagdish' tune playing in the background.
Leander Paes joins Trinamool Congress
The ceremony took place in the presence of party supremo and Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. The announcement of the big addition to the party was made just ahead of the 2022 state Assembly polls. Leander is born in Kolkata but has a connection to Goas as his father, Vece is of Goan origin.
Covid 19 update : India reports 14,348 new cases, 805 deaths
India's recovery rate stands at 98.19 per cent with 13,198 recovered patients in the same period of time. The cumulative tally of recovered patients increased to 3,36,27,632. A total of 805 new fatalities were reported, increasing the death toll to 4,57,191 in the country in the last 24 hours. The active case count is at 1,61,334 which constitutes 0.47 per cent of the country's total positive cases. This is the lowest since March 2020.
India extends ban on international commercial flights till Nov 30
In the notification, the Directorate General of Central Aviation (DGCA), however, said: "This restriction shall not apply to international all-cargo operations and flights specifically approved by the DGCA." It also said that scheduled international flights might be allowed on selected routes on a case to case basis. The Central government had banned the operation of international flights on March 23 last year to contain and control the spread of Covid-19.
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