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Nurses' strike: AIIMS may curtail its emergency services
A high-level meeting between top officials of the premier medical institute of the country, including its Director Randeep Guleria was underway at the time of this report. The emergency services at the premier hospital have taken a hit and critical care patients have been abandoned in view of the ongoing strike.
Covid-19 vaccination: Pre-registration, photo ID must | All you need to know
Serum Institute of India, Pfizer and Bharat Biotech have applied for the market authorisation to roll out their respective vaccines. The vaccination process will start once the central government approves these vaccines.
Andhra CM to visit Delhi on Tuesday, likely to meet Shah
Reddy is likely to discuss the Polavaram project, which he visited for the third time on Monday, along with other issues, sources said. Reddy is scheduled to take a flight to the national capital from the Gannavaram airport at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, and after landing in Delhi, he will arrive at his official residence at 1-Janpath.
Behmai massacre witness and plaintiff dies at 85 waiting for justice
In the Behmai massacre, 20 men, including 17 Thakurs, one Muslim, one Dalit and one OBC, were killed on February 14, 1981 by bandit queen Phoolan Devi and her gang as revenge for the sexual violence perpetrated on her by men of the Thakur caste. Rajaram's two younger brothers, Banwari Singh and Himmat Singh, cousin Naresh Singh, nephews Dev Singh, Hukum Singh and Dashrath Singh were among those killed by the Phoolan Devi gang.
Eminent aerospace scientist Narasimha passes away in Bengaluru
Narasimha was awarded country's second-highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan, in 2013 for his immense contribution to science and technology. He was also a member of the Indian Space Commission and closely associated with the space programmes of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
Jaishankar defends his Rajya Sabha election, SC to hear case in Jan
After a brief hearing in the matter on Monday, a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde adjourned the case for a detailed hearing in the third week of January 2021. The apex court had earlier observed that it would like to settle the issue of the Election Commission's power on the issuance of separate notifications for holding by-polls for regular and casual elections to fill vacancies to the Upper House.
'Not saying Navy does not need its air wing': CDS on aircraft carrier vs submarine debate
“Submarines and aircraft carriers both have separate place in naval warfare and in domination of the seas. Maintaining that Navy needs an air wing”, he said."Yes, it needs an Air wing. But how to manage it and how to ensure the security and sanctity of our sea lines of communication we are thinking about," he added.
SC seeks Centre, Syrian Church's response on forced confession charge
The plea was filed by Mathew. T. Mathachan, Shaji P.J. and Jose C.V., through advocate Sanand Ramakrishnan. After a brief hearing in the matter, a bench headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde and comprising Justices A. S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian issued a notice on the plea.
Farmers protest may impact economic recovery: CII
Due to the situation, around two-third consignment in transit are taking 50 percent extra time to reach destination in states of Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Delhi-NCR. In addition, the transport vehicles are forced to travel up to 50 per cent longer to reach Delhi from the warehouses in Haryana, Uttarakhand and Punjab. The industry confederation said that this may push logistics cost by upto 8 to 10 per cent.
Govt releases detailed guidelines for mass vaccination drive
The Health Ministry had recently marked thirty crores Indian population for phase one of the large-scale immunisation of the Covid-19 vaccine. It includes one crore healthcare workers, two crore frontline workers, and 27 crores general population falling in priority groups set by the expert group.
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