INDIA
2 low intensity blasts at Jammu Air Force Station, use of drones suspected
The explosions happened at 2 a.m. Bomb disposal and forensic teams were at the Airport and cordoned off the entire area. Indian Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, who is on his way to Ladakh to review operations preparedness of the force, spoke to Vice Air Chief, Air Marshal H.S. Arora regarding explosions at the Station.
Centre to SC: Revised vaccine policy on requests from CMs, health ministers
"The revised guidelines were announced by the Prime Minister on June 7 and has come into effect from June 21. The said decision to review the strategy was taken after receipt of letters from 13 Chief Ministers as well as Health Ministers of various states and after debating and deliberating the pros and cons of such a decision", said the Centre in its affidavit.
Mimi Chakraborty falls ill 4 days after taking jab at fake vax camp
Mimi felt dizzy following a round of profuse sweating and was later attended by doctors who diagnosed her with low blood pressure. However, the doctors are not yet sure if it is an effect of the fake vaccine that was administered to her. She has been kept under strict medical supervision.
PM reviews vax drive, says pace of testing shouldn't go down
The Prime Minister directed the officials to work with the states to ensure that the pace of testing does not go down, as testing remains a very important weapon to track and contain the spread of the virus in any region. The officials submitted a detailed presentation to the Prime Minister on the progress of the vaccination drive in the country.
June 26, the day India captured Quaid Post in Siachen 34 years ago
It was on June 26, 1987 that the 8 JAK LI captured the Quaid Post (named after Muhammad Ali Jinnah) in Siachen at an altitude of 21,153 feet, a virtually impregnable glacier fortress with ice walls as high as 1500 feet on both sides which was occupied by Pakistani forces to dominate the entire region.
ED attaches land parcel worth Rs 6 cr in illegal coal smuggling case
An ED official said that it has attached a land parcel worth Rs 6 crore jointly owned by the two companies in Kolkata under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The official said that during the probe, it was revealed that an advance of Rs 6 crore for the purchase of this property was transferred from the account of LTB Infraconsultants Pvt Ltd.
ED nabs aides of ex-Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh
Simultaneously, the ED summoned Deshmukh for a probe, but his lawyers have sought more time. The probe agency is likely to give him a fresh date. Deshmukh (71), a senior Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) politician, is facing an ED investigation as the fallout of the allegations made in a letter penned by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, who is now the Commandant-General of Home Guards.
Not allowed to meet LG, send us to jail: Rakesh Tikait
Farmer leader Yudhveer Singh and others who were sitting at Ghazipur border, had come to meet the LG. Singh said that the farmers will submit a memorandum to the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, but the farmers were not given time. However, the Delhi Police kept all the farmers with them.
Farooq Abdullah not sure if Centre is ready to remove mistrust
Talking to the media after his arrival back home, Abdullah said, "Let us not jump and see if the Centre is ready to remove the mistrust existing on the ground in Jammu and Kashmir. "I told them that the first Prime Minister had promised us plebiscite but went back on it. Narasimha Rao had promised autonomy and said sky was the limit. Where is that autonomy?
Covishield, Covaxin work against Alpha-Beta-Gamma-Delta variants: DG-ICMR
Bhargava mentioned that the reduction of neutralisation capabilities of vaccines with different variants is based on global literature, which shows that Covaxin does not change with the Alpha variant at all and so it is same as it is with the standard strain "Covishield reduces slightly with Alpha, by 2.5 times.
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