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SII partner Novavax's Covid-19 shot 90% effective
The vaccine NVX-CoV2373 is already being locally manufactured by the company's India partner Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) under the brand name Covovax. In the US-based Phase-3 trials, NVX-CoV2373 also demonstrated 100 per cent protection against moderate and severe disease.
Protest is not terror activity, HC grants bail to 3 in Delhi riots
A bench comprising of Justices Siddharth Mridul and Anup J. Bhambhani held that prima facie, no offence under sections 15, 17 or 18 of the UAPA is made-out on the basis of the material on record in the present case against the three. The court said bail to three was subject to personal bond of Rs 50,000 and two local sureties.
Mehul Choksi still an Indian citizen: Indian authorities
The Indian authorities have described fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, who is wanted in India in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case as an Indian citizen in its affidavit filed in Dominican High Court, saying that his application for renunciation of citizenship was "rejected".
India registers lowest Covid cases of over 60K since March 29
This is the eighth consecutive day when India has reported less than one lakh Covid cases. On June 14, India recorded 70,421 cases. India's overall tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 2,95,70,871. The active cases have come down below 10 lakh. The country has 9,13,378 active cases presently and has witnessed 3,77,031 deaths so far.
Don't celebrate Rahul's birthday, help poor, Congress workers told
Gandhi, who will turn 51, is currently the MP from Kerala's Wayanad, after being first elected three times from Amethi but losing in the 2019 polls. He resigned from the post of party President, which he held since 2017, following the party's second successive defeat in the general elections.
'Miscarriage of justice': HC sets aside bail to Shivender Singh in EOW case
The RFL had moved a plea in the High Court against the March 3 trial court order granting bail to Shivender Mohan Singh in the case registered against him by the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) for cheating, criminal conspiracy and criminal breach of trust. A bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait noted that Shivender Mohan Singh's detention was necessary to unearth the conspiracy hatched and trace the siphoned off money.
Forest cover in India enhanced up to one-fourth of country's area: Modi at UN
In his keynote virtual address on 'High-Level Dialogue on Desertification, Land Degradation and Drought' at the UN, the Prime Minister said the total combined forest cover of India has been raised to almost one-fourth of the country's total area. Modi spoke at the opening segment in his capacity as the President of the 14th Session of the Conference of Parties of United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD).
Chirag Paswan ousted as leader of LJP in Lok Sabha
The LJP was founded by Chirag Paswan's father Ram VIlas Paswan, who passed away in October last year. Five out of the six LJP MPs in the Lok Sabha went against Chirag Paswan, leaving him isolated in his own party, which was formed by his father 21 years ago. Chirag Paswan had taken over the reins of the party after the demise of his father ahead of the Bihar Assembly elections last year.
CISF takes over security of Bharat Biotech
The CISF deployed 64 personnel headed by an Inspector-rank officer as part of the security for Bharat Biotech, the developer and manufacturer of Covaxin, India's first indigenously-developed vaccine for Covid-19. The contingent of the paramilitary force was inducted at a ceremony held at the facility located in Genome Valley, the cluster of biotechnology companies.
AIADMK expels 17 leaders for having spoken to Sasikala
The meeting also passed a resolution against Sasikala, castigating her for "reaching out" to certain party leaders. The resolution also accused her of trying to capture the party and staging a drama by speaking to certain leaders and then selectively leaking parts of the conversations. Sasikala had tried to enter Tamil Nadu politics with a bang after she was released from Bangalore Central prison after serving four years' imprisonment.
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