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World Rose Day 2021: Dedicated to cancer patients

September 22, 2021 virendra pandit

Ahmedabad: The World Rose Day, annually observed across the world on September 22, aims at promoting awareness about early detection and prevention of cancer. The day is also dedicated to cancer patients worldwide and honors their strength, determination, and courage while battling the prolonged disease. It commemorates the 12-year-old Melinda Rose from Canada, who was […]

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The State Governments to Pay Rs 50,000 Compensation against Each Covid Deaths

September 22, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 22: The next of kin of those who die of Covid-19 will be paid Rs 50,000 each as ex-gratia by the concerned state governments, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The centre also clarified that the compensation would be paid not only to the families of those already dead but […]

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UK Adds “Covishield” on Approved List but Raise Doubts about India’s “Vaccine Certification”

September 22, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 22: A day after India threatened to retaliate against new British travel rules refusing to recognise Indian vaccines, the UK government put “Covishield” on its approved list but there is still no respite for travellers from India from “compulsory quarantine” as the UK authorities raised doubts over “vaccine certification” in […]

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India Threatens UK with “Reciprocal Measure” for not Recognising Indian Vaccines as Travel to US to Become easier from November

September 21, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 21: Even as US is opening its doors for travellers from India from November, the UK’s refusal to recognize Indian vaccines and compulsorily quarantining all Indian travellers has evoked sharp protests from the people and the government in the country. India has threatened to take “reciprocal measure” if the UK […]

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Gujarat: State Health Department reports 14 covid-19 cases

September 21, 2021 Vinayak Barot

Ahmedabad: Gujarat state health department on Monday recorded a jump in Covid-19 cases. After a 500-day low daily tally at eight on Sunday, the state again reported 14 new Covid cases on Monday which is a 75 percent rise in single-day cases. With the discharge of 17 patients, the active cases got reduced by 3 […]

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Vaccination of Children in US may Start Soon

September 20, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 20: A claim that could pave the way to begin vaccinating grade-school kids within months in the United States, Pfizer Inc. and its partner BioNTech SE said their Covid-19 vaccine was safe and produced strong antibody responses in children ages 5 to 11 in a large-scale trial. The long-awaited results offer one of […]

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UK Travel Advisory: All Indians to be Treated as “Unvaccinated and Compulsorily Quarantined”

September 20, 2021 Editor In Chief

Manas Dasgupta NEW DELHI, Sept 20: Even as the ruling BJP advised the opposition parties to maintain restrain in making “irresponsible” statements about the Central government’s Covid vaccination programme, two Congress Members of Parliament lambasted the United Kingdom government’s latest travel advisory to treat all Indians and some other nationals travelling to that country as […]

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SC Asks Govt to Give Detail in Two Weeks Steps Taken to Vaccinate at Home People with Disabilities

September 20, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 2:  The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to give details of the steps taken by it to facilitate persons with disabilities to gain easy access to COVID-19 vaccines in order to equally protect them against the virus. A Bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and BV Nagarathna issued notice on a […]

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Covid-19: As Modi heads to US, India to resume vaccine exports by Oct

September 20, 2021 virendra pandit

Virendra Pandit   New Delhi: As Prime Minister Narendra Modi heads to the United States to participate in the United Nations General Assembly meeting and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue Summit, India said on Monday it will resume export of surplus Covid-19 vaccines by October. India will resume exports by next month, said Union Health Minister […]

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Bharat Biotech Waiting for WHO Feedback

September 18, 2021 Editor In Chief

NEW DELHI, Sept 18: The day India added 35,662 new Coronavirus cases on Saturday, Bharat Biotech said it has submitted all the data pertaining to Covid-19 vaccine “Covaxin” to the World health organisation for Emergency Use Listing (EUL) and is awaiting feedback from the global health watchdog. The WHO is currently reviewing the data submitted […]

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