INDIA
Delhi police nab key member of illegal arms ring, seize 35 pistols
The accused was identified as Ashish Kumar Pandey (24), a resident of Uttar Pradesh's Allahabad. Police said that acting on a tip-off the accused was arrested from Pitampura area on Thursday. "During a search of his car, which was earlier stolen from the Pandav Nagar area, 35 illegal semi-automatic pistols and 60 live bullets hidden in a secret cavity in the vehicle were recovered.
Bharat Biotech seeks DCGI's nod to conduct nasal Covid vaccine trials
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech has applied to the DGCI for permission to start Phase 1 and 2 trials of their nasal coronavirus vaccine, top sources privy to the development told IANS. Clinical trials of the 'BBV154' - a novel adenovirus vectored, intranasal vaccine for coronavirus -- will be conducted at various locations. The vaccine will be a single-dose one.
No breakthrough in govt-farmers talks, next meeting on Jan 15
Ahead of the talks, the government had expressed hope of positive results from the meeting while the farmers threatened to intensify the stir if their demand to repeal three contentious farm laws is not fulfilled. Farmer leader Gurbaksa Singh Barnala said that the farmers will intensify the stir and enter Delhi on Republic Day if their demands are not met. "There is no way forward but to repeal the three laws," he said.
SC seeks Centre's reply on plea for appointment in SC/ST panels
A bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian after hearing submissions from advocate Rajesh Inamdar, representing NGO People's Charioteer Organisation, sought response from the Centre and others.
Did not allow China to play ‘procedural games’ against India on Kashmir issue at UNSC: France
"When China breaks the rules, we have to be very robust and very clear and this is the sense of our naval presence in the Indian Ocean," Emmanuel Bonne, advisor to Macron said while delivering a talk on "France and India: Partners for a Stable and Prosperous Indo-Pacific", organised by the Vivekananda International Foundation (VIF), on his visit to India for the annual strategic dialogue between France and India.
Indian Army rescues pregnant woman stuck in snowbound Kashmir to hospital
Late on Tuesday, the Company Operating Base at Karalpura in Kupwara received a distress call from Manzoor Ahmed Sheikh saying that informed that his wife Shabnam Begum is undergoing labour pain and needs to be evacuated to the hospital immediately.
Vikas Dubey's mother apologises to massacre victims
"I really regret giving birth to a crook and I apologise to each and every one who have lost their near and dear ones because of Vikas. However, I have nothing to do with Vikas and his deeds," she said with folded hands, when a group of women complained to her that her son had ruined several families in the village.
Nepal stops importing all poultry items from India
Nepal's Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock Development has directed all its offices to halt the import of poultry items from India, which is the primary market for the Himalayan nation's multi-billion poultry industry.
Mutant Covid-19: 82 infected people detected in India
Earlier on the day, a flight from the US landed in Delhi with 246 passengers on board amid concerns about the mutant strain that emerged in Britain. The flights from the UK resumed on Friday after the government suspended services between on December 23.
Air India ferries over 250 as UK-India flights resume
An AI-112 flight landed at Delhi's IGI Airport from the UK. The special flights would be operated under strict supervision. As per the latest government guidelines, all passengers arriving from the UK would have to undergo mandatory RT-PCR test in the UK as well as in India.
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