INDIA
Dry run for Covid-19 vax conducted successfully in 4 states
The end-to-end dry run was conducted in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, Rajkot and Gandhinagar districts in Gujarat, Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar in Punjab and Sonitpur and Nalbari districts in Assam on December 28 and 29.
89 start-ups pitch innovations to Army; 13 proposals shortlisted
The Army has conducted an outreach webinar for these start-ups in emerging technologies in collaboration with the Society of Indian Defence Manufacturers (SIDM), during which the start-ups pitched their proposals through virtual presentations from December 17 to 28.
United Kingdom returnees in Rajasthan difficult to track due to wrong contact details
Many of the visitors' addresses and phone numbers furnished in their contact details are wrong. Official orders may be put in to ascertain that those hiding their contact details shall be penalised, said health officials.
Infrastructure development should be above politics: Narendra Modi
Modi was speaking after inaugurating the 351-km New Bhaupur-New Khurja section of the Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) and Operation Control Centre (OCC) at Prayagraj in Uttar Pradesh through videoconference.
Nitish plays another political gamble by appointing new JD-U chief
By appointing Ram Chandra Prasad Singh as JD-U national President, Nitish has sent out a clear message to other regional parties that his party does not promote dynastic or family rule politics. BJP spokesperson and former party MLA Manoj Sharma said that Singh's appointment was an internal matter of the JD-U, adding that even the saffron party had always been against promoting family and dynastic rule from the very start.
COVID-19: India to get most of SII’s 40-50 million vaccine shots
The Pune-based vaccine manufacturer SII is expecting the government to approve the vaccine for emergency use so it can roll out the stock. Its chief executive Adar Poonawalla said that the stockpiled doses of Covishield are being augmented every week
Modi launches 351km-long eastern dedicated freight corridor
Speaking on the occasion, Modi said, "After Independence we are witnessing the inauguration of the most advanced rail section in the country. The first goods train that will run on the New Bhaupur-Khurja section will give a message of the new 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat'
Rajinikanth decides not to enter politics, cites health conditions as reason
In a three-page letter posted on his Twitter handle, Rajinikanth said despite severe precautions taken at the shooting of "Annatthe" movie four persons tested positive for coronavirus. The actor said while he tested negative for coronavirus, his blood pressure fluctuated and hence was hospitalised in Hyderabad.
After 5 months, Delhi reports lowest tally of new Covid-19 cases
Meanwhile, the deaths due to Covid also saw a significant drop with only 21 fatalities in the same duration, the Delhi government's health bulletin said. Meanwhile, 959 patients recovered from the disease and 57,463 tests were conducted in the last 24 hours, the bulletin showed.
6 UK returnees' samples carry mutant Covid-19 variant
Over the last few weeks, the UK has faced a rapid increase in Covid-19 cases in South East England, leading to enhanced epidemiological and virological investigations. Analysis of viral genome sequence data identified that a large proportion of cases belonged to a new single phylogenetic cluster.
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