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Covid-19: Russian, Chinese vaccines come ‘under cloud’

October 12, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: The Covid-19 vaccines developed by Russia and China have come a fresh ‘under a cloud’: while makers of Russian-made vaccines have been accused of ‘theft’ of AstraZeneca’s research, the WHO has recommended an extra dose of jabs for those who got shots of the Chinese-made vaccines, indirectly hinting that these […]

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Coal shortage: Centre asks CIL to augment supplies to states

October 12, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: With many coal-fired power plants across India facing fuel shortage, the Centre on Wednesday directed the state-owned Coal India Ltd (CIL) to augment the supplies to power producers to 1.55-1.6 million tonnes (MT) per day around the Durga Puja period, and to further scale it up to 1.7 MT daily […]

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Tennis: Pliskova loses to Haddad Maia 0-2 at the Indian Wells 2021

October 12, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Czech tennis player Karolina Pliskova lost straight sets to Brazilian unseeded player Beatriz Haddad Maia 3-6, 5-7 in the Women’s Singles 3rd round match of the BNP Paribas Open 2021 at the Indian Wells, California, on Tuesday. Haddad Maia took a 3-1 lead in the opening set, despite windy conditions at the Indian […]

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Mishap: Aircraft crashes near US school; two killed

October 12, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Two persons died and two others suffered burns when an aircraft crashed in the town of Santee, about 30 km northeast of San Diego, California, USA, late Monday evening. The Federal Aviation Administration said the plane was a twin-engine Cessna C340 that crashed some 3 blocks from Santana High School. According to Justin […]

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Nobel in Economics: Three US-based economists win the 2021 Prize

October 11, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Three US-based economists were on Monday declared winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics, 2021, for their work on drawing conclusions from unintended experiments, or the so-called “natural experiments.” The winners were David Card of the University of California at Berkeley; Joshua Angrist from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Guido Imbens from […]

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India to mentor Bhutanese entrepreneurs in a virtual start-up programme

October 11, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: India is hosting Ignite, a virtual start-up mentorship for Bhutanese entrepreneurs for three months, from October 2021 to January 2022. This programme aims at engagement between Indian and Bhutanese entrepreneurial ecosystems. It will include an interaction between Bhutanese participants from 200 start-ups and Indian scale-ups and unicorns, offering unique insights by top Indian […]

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Tennis: Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeats Grand Slam champion Simona Halep 2-0

October 11, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Belarus tennis player Aliaksandra Sasnovich crushed World No.11 Romanian Simona Halep by 2-0 in the Women’s Singles category of the BNP Paribas Open 2021 at the Indian Wells, California, on Monday. Sasnovich had an aggressive start as she won back-to-back serve points and aces as her opponent Halep dropped a serve at 3-3, […]

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Durga Pooja pandals: VHP bans entry of non-Hindus in MP

October 11, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Ahmedabad: The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has displayed posters outside Durga Pooja pandals across Ratlam town and other cities in Madhya Pradesh, banning entry of non-Hindus in these venues. The pandal organizers in Ratlam welcomed the VHP’s move to “avoid harassment of Hindu women.” The VHP Dharma Prasar wing-in-charge, Chandan Sharma, said, “We are putting […]

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Roving Periscope: As China tries to expand footprint, Xi Jinping shrinks!

October 9, 2021 virendra pandit 0

Virendra Pandit New Delhi: As its President-for-Life, Xi Jinping revived China’s thousand-year-old dream to fly like a Dragon across the planet and beyond. He masterminded the USD 200 billion Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) as the world’s largest-ever chain of around 1,700 infrastructure projects to expand Beijing’s footprints across a hundred countries in Asia, […]

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Tennis: Grand Slam Champion Emma Raducanu defeated at the Indian Wells

October 9, 2021 virendra pandit 0

New Delhi: Belarus player Aliaksandra Sasnovich defeated Emma Raducanu in straight sets at the BNP Paribas Open Tennis Tournament at the Indian Wells, California, on Saturday. It was Raducanu’s first match after becoming the first British woman to win the Grand Slam title since Virginia Wade in 1977. Raducanu started strong as Sasnovich tried to […]