Deputy Chief Minister of the state, Dr CN Ashwath Narayan stated on Sunday that the BJP-led state government will shortly make a decision on whether to provide free Covid-19 vaccine to the state. He said, “A meeting has been convened here after Dasara to decide on the free distribution of the vaccine to treat the…
Nigeria’s police chief issued an order to immediately gear up and mobilize the force resources on Saturday to contain the worst kind of unrest incident in Africa’s most populous country over the past twenty years. The street violence was triggered by the protests which are against the police brutality. The street violence, which is extremely…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation for the 70th edition of the monthly radio programme on Sunday. In his address, he reemphasized on digressing to domestic goods by saying, “we must not forget to be vocal for local during this festive season.” Talking about the recognition of the Indian goods worldwide, Modi spoke about…
Dharmasthala Dharmadhikari, D Veerendra Heggade, while addressing the 53rd Vardhanthi celebrations revealed the further plan based on the Dharamsthala Rural Development Project (SKDRDP), said that 20,000 tabs and 10,000 laptops at an estimation of Rs. 21 crore will be provided to the students. Also, as per the Yantrasri Yojana, farm equipment at a budget of…
Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha blatantly neglected the demands of the civilians to resign by Saturday, which has been anticipated to trigger a fresh wave of protests invoked by pro-democracy activists. The two major protest groups, Free Youth and the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration have pledged to process mass gatherings till the total…
The Centre had passed an approval on Friday regarding the scheme of ex-gratia payment based on the differences between the compound interest and simple interest for a period of six months of loans up with amount ranging up to Rs. 2 crore. According to the official order from the government, “The ex gratia payment under…
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa declared a compensation of Rs. 25,000 for the families severely hit by the torrential downpour and floods in Bengaluru, which stranded the families and their houses. This comes after an emergency meeting held to discuss the present condition of the city. The meeting was attended by Revenue Minister R…
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finished the second phase clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine candidate led by Oxford-AstraZeneca. BMC further plans to commence third phase clinical trials once the first batch of volunteers have finished 28 days post consuming the vaccine. The vaccine candidate, termed as COVSHIELD, was administered on total count of…
The Karnataka state government is adopting the technique of pooling sampling, with the objective of cost-cutting. So, the process would not just be one sample in a test-tube but five. Pooling sampling technique can be only be advantageous when there is higher probability of the samples being negative. As, if a sample tests positive, all…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three new projects in Gujarat on Saturday which includes the Kisan Suryodaya Yojana. Modi will also be inaugurating the Paediatric Heart Hospital in collaboration with UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad, a mobile application for telecardiology which will be based in Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, and a…
