INDIA
Amid 'insane' cold, rain likely in northern India from January 3-5
The weather department has predicted cold wave to severe cold wave conditions over Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and West Madhya Pradesh during next 24 hours on Friday. New Year revellers have to be aware that there will be dense to very dense fog with visibility under 50 metres in some parts of northern India till January 1.
Covid vaccine dry run across India on January 2
The activity is proposed to be conducted in all state capitals in at least three session sites. Some states will also include districts that are situated in difficult terrain or have poor logistical support. Maharashtra and Kerala are likely to schedule the dry-run in major cities other than their capital.
Centre releases guidelines for Covid-19 vaccination plan, 300 million people to get vaccine shot in first round
The Union Health Ministry and the National Expert Group on Vaccine Administration have sent a document of 148 pages to State governments, district officials, and municipal commissioners asking them to get ground staff, logistics, and IT systems ready for carrying out the vaccination drive in India.
India will have happy New Year with something in hand: DCGI on Covid vaccine
The drug regulator is currently analysing the data submitted by Serum Institute of India, which is manufacturing Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and Bharat Biotech, which is making indigenous vaccine in collaboration with ICMR. The expert panel will convene a meeting on January 1 on this.
Union Budget 2021-22: Manufacturing, Atmanirbhar Bharat & healthcare can be main themes
Besides, manufacturing, other sectors including healthcare, agriculture, infrastructure and housing would also be the focus in the coming Budget, to be announced in less than 35 days by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman. Sources said that the Production-Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme to boost manufacturing will get a further push to attract investments, both foreign and domestic.
No contacts of UK strain infectees tested positive: Satyendar Jain
Jain told IANS that all contacts of Covid-19 patients infected with the mutant strain of novel coronavirus had been tested by the government but none was found infected. IANS had reported that the number of persons suspected to be infected with the new strain had risen to 38 in Delhi after three more persons, including returnees from the UK and a contact, were found corona positive during a surveillance drive on Wednesday.
All domestic calls from Jio to be free from January 1
A Jio statement noted that as per the directions of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), 'Bill and Keep' regime is being implemented in the country from January 1, 2021, thereby ending interconnect usage charges (IUC) for all domestic voice calls.
Government directs ED, RBI to act against Amazon, Flipkart for violation of FDI, FEMA
The Centre has taken strong cognizance of various complaints made by the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) for blatant violation of FDI Policy and Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) by these companies.
Preparations in full swing to vaccinate all against corona: PM Modi
After laying the foundation stone of a new All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Gujarat's Rajkot via videoconference, Modi said: "In 2020, there was a question mark from all sides due to Covid-19 pandemic. But 2021 is coming with the hope of treatment of Covid-19."
ISI-linked gangster deported from UAE for killing Shaurya Chakra awardee
He was wanted by the Indian law enforcement agencies -- the Punjab Police and Delhi Police -- for his involvement in the alleged killing of a 62-year-old Shaurya Chakra awardee, 'Comrade' Balwinder Singh Sandhu, a former CPI(M) member, who had taken on militants at the height of the insurgency in Punjab in the 1990s
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