The Karnataka Government has taken the decision announced on Friday to resume the engineering, degree and diploma colleges from November 17, which were closed from March to stop the spread of Covid-19 infection. Regarding the update, Deputy Chief Minister C N Ashwath Narayan stated, “In a meeting that took place under the chairmanship of the…
The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) revealed the landmark of 10 crore figure for Covid-19 testing has been completed on Thursday, amounting to nearly 10 lakh samples daily in the last 17 days. The present record confirms 74,000 tests per million population were conducted. Lokesh Sharma, scientist and media coordinator at ICMR stated India…
The Drugs Controller General (DGCI) from the Indian Central Drugs Standard Control Organization announced on Thursday regarding Russia’s potential Covid-19 vaccine candidate Sputnik V to be clinically tested on 100 Indian volunteers. The DGCI has given the necessary permit to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories for commencing the tests. Though, Dr Reddy’s Laboratories is yet to give…
The Indian Navy released a video which displayed the successful launch of an anti-ship missile on Friday by the Mission Corvette INS Prabal which depicted utmost precision at the most range and at drowning the target ship. Indian Navy spokesperson posted the missile launch video on Twitter. The launch of the missile took place somewhere…
The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) commenced another trial run of electric buses on Thursday, which has been prolonged enough with the objective of instituting the eco-friendly vehicles for transport. BMTC has made a third attempt for executing trial run of the e-buses, which has been delayed, tracing back to its initiation in 2014. The…
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has declared relaxations on Thursday pertaining to international travel, which will be immediately effective regarding all existential visas apart from the electronic, tourist and medical categories. MHA has also given the allowance for Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) and Person of Indian Origin (PIO) card holders and any foreign…
The Indian Government has written a letter to the Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey, criticizing Twitter regarding the location settings of the site, which displayed regions of Leh as a part of China, which happened on Sunday. The letter questions the credibility and neutrality of the social media site, officials revealed on Thursday. An official who…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the people of West Bengal on Thursday, on the festivity eve of Durga Puja, which is the biggest festival of West Bengal. Addressing the Durga puja on the sixth day of Navaratri festival or Durga Shasthi, PM delivered the address via video-conferencing, expressing his joy for the festivities, and inaugurating…
Thailand lifted the emergency order on Thursday with an attempt to put an end to the months impending protests of the civilians against the monarchy and the government, which only further aggravated the situation. Tens of thousands of people were hovering on the streets of Bangkok after the ban was lifted. The official Royal Gazette…
The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) has revealed the draft for the new Spacecom Policy 2020 for regulation of the commercial utilization of orbital slots, satellites, and ground stations for communication requirements. This comes as a move to following the mandate protocol of letting in the private companies in the space sector. The last date…
