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S.Africa dismisses the claim about its Covid strain being more dangerous than UK strain

South Africa’s Health Minister has dismissed the claim of the British counterpart that the new Covid-19 strain in the country is more dangerous and has higher transmission than a similar strain in spreading the UK. Zwelini Mkhize said in a statement released late Thursday stated, “At present, there is no evidence that the 501.V2 (variant)…

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Bharat Biotech chiefs have a discussion meeting with Vice President regarding the Covaxin status

Bharat Biotech Chairman and Managing Director Dr Krishna Ella and Joint managing Director Suchitra Ella had a discussion meeting with Vice President Venkaiah Naidu at his residence in Hyderabad on Friday evening. Amid their meeting, they had a discussion about the status of the vaccine which is being produced by Bharat Biotech which has collaborated…

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PM Modi to discuss with farmers on Dec 25, central ministers to be a part from parts of the country

On the occasion of the birth anniversary of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi to have an interaction with the farmers, which will be attended by several central ministers, MPs and MLAs and BJP office bearers among the other electorate on Friday. Under the Pradhan Mantri Kissan Samman Nidhi scheme, the Prime Minister is…

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Siddaramaiah urges Karnataka’s CM to resign after HC rejects his pleas

Opposition Party Leader, Siddaramaiah has urged Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa to resign from his post after the Karnataka High Court rejected his petition which wanted quashing of the investigation of the KIADB land denotification. Siddaramaiah tweeted, “High Court has dismissed @BSYBJP’s petition to quash the investigation of KIADB land denotification. BS Yediyurappa should immediately…

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India is the only major country all prepared to accomplish Paris Agreement environmental targets, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, while addressing the centenary celebrations of Visva-Bharati University in Shantiniketan, West Bengal virtually said that India is the only major country, which is all prepared and working towards accomplishing the set targets of the Paris Agreement. Modi further added that India is at the lead regarding the parameters of…

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Yediyurappa withdraws the order of night curfew in Karnataka right before its implementation

Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa has withdrawn the decision of imposing a night curfew in the state just six hours prior to its implementation on Thursday. In a statement, Yediyurappa stated, “Based on experts’ opinion, it was decided to impose a night curfew aimed at curbing the spread of the new Covid-19 strain detected in…

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