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Covid vax trials on children in India to begin soon: Govt
Member (Health) in NITI Aayog and the chair of National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration for Covid-19 (NEGVAC), Dr Vinod K. Paul, made the announcement on behalf of the government while clearing several myths on India's Covid-19 vaccination programme doing the rounds.
Amend references to victim's identity in Tarun Tejpal judgement: HC to Goa Court
The High Court's single bench of Justice SC Gupte said that the alterations to the judgement should be made in three days, before the order is uploaded to the court's online portal for public viewing, after Solicitor General Tushar Mehta pointed out that the order by the Additional District and Sessions judge Kshama Joshi contained references to the victim's husband and her email id.
‘Right to privacy is not absolute’: Government responds to WhatsApp legal challenge
The central government had earlier notified social media platforms about new laws that would curtail some of the benefits enjoyed by these big social media players. One of the new IT rules on traceability was then contested in the Delhi High Court by WhatsApp who refused to comply with it.
Twitter asks IT Ministry for 3-month extension on new rules
Twitter, which witnessed a police raid on its offices in Delhi and Gurugram early this week related to the alleged Congress toolkit controversy, said that it reaffirms that Twitter continues to accept grievances from users and law enforcement via its existing grievance redressal channel available under the new IT Rules.
Rahul Gandhi pays tributes to Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary
"Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system. Remembering the wise words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on his death anniversary," he said in a tweet. Nehru was the first Prime Minister of independent India. He passed away on May 27, 1964 at the age of 74 in Delhi following a heart attack.
Fuel prices touch new highs after another hike today, Petrol nears Rs 100/litre in Mumbai
In the National Capital Region (NCR), petrol price is now Rs 93.68 per litre, an increase of 24 paise. Diesel prices were affected too as the new price soared up to Rs 84.61 per litre which is an increase of 29 paise. Fuel rates vary across the states in the country due to value-added tax or VAT. Notably, petrol and diesel rates have been hiked 14 times since May 4.
Cost of equity declined in India
The EY-NSE report encapsulates views of around 200 respondents from the corporate India, spread across different sectors and company sizes. The survey concludes that in line with the falling interest rates, the average cost of equity in India has decreased since EY's last cost of capital survey in 2017.
India to get four Israeli Heron Mark-II drones for surveillance along China border
Although the UAV is intended primarily for intelligence, surveillance, and target acquisition, the Heron Mark-II drones can stay airborne for around 45 hours at a stretch, providing a non-stop surveillance capability to the army. The first two UAVs will be received by the Indian army in the next two to three months, with the other two likely to arrive by the end of the year, the Times of India reported.
India logs 2.11 lakh new Covid-19 cases, 3,847 deaths
Tamil Nadu recorded the highest new cases with 33,764 people testing positive for the virus, while Kerala added 28,798 cases. Meanwhile Maharashtra saw most fatalities at 1,013, Karnataka added 530 and Tamil Nadu 475.Strict measures have been initiated by the M.K. Stalin government to bring down the Covid figures.
No dearth of medicine to treat black fungus, assures Union Minister
In a series of tweets, he said the 29,250 vials were allocated, based on the number of patients under treatment which is 11,717 across the country. Earlier, 19,420 vials of Amphotericin-B were allocated on May 24 and 23,680 vials of the drug were supplied across the country on May 21.
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