Rival US companies UPS and FedEx are collaborating with Pfizer-BioNTech side-by-side to distribute the Covid-19 vaccines, post its approval for emergency use authorization by US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday. According to New York Times, the two shipping companies revealed that they had curated the action plan for months and presented it as…
Karnataka has performed better pertaining to all elements of women’s reproductive health and child health, according to the National Family Health Survey-5 (2019-20), which was presented by the Government of India on Saturday. The sex ration in Karnataka has also improved, with 979 females to 1,000 males in 2015-16 to 1,034. Alongside, the neonatal mortality…
Haryana Deputy Chief Minister, Dushyant Chautela on Saturday stated that the Centre is taking it positively to resolve on a common ground pertaining to the demands of the protesting farmers and expressed hope about reaching a conclusive result with the final round of discussion to be conducted between the Centre and the farmer unions in…
The Mexican Federal Commission for the Protection against Sanitary Risk (Cofepris) has given the approval for the Covid-19 vaccine emergency use authorization, developed by Pfizer-BioNTech, according to a statement given on Saturday by Deputy Health Minister, Hugo Lopez Gatell. At a press conference, broadcast on Twitter, Gatell stated, “Cofepris gave an emergency use authorization to…
As the transport staff continued the strike for the second consecutive day on Saturday, which has affected the transport services throughout the state, Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa appealed to the staff to restart the work and further urged them to have a discussion with the transport minister Laxman Savadi. Yediyurappa stated in an official…
The strike initiated by the transport corporation employees has continued to affect the bus services for the second day in a row. The KSRTC and the BMTC, which normally have seen thousands of departures by as early as 10 am in the morning, have recorded a meagre of 100 services. As the strike continues for…
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat launched the trial operations of Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) on Friday at the Secretariat for assessing the people living in isolation citing the Covid-19 virus infection for the Haridwar district. The IVRS system is a novel approach which will help in regular monitoring of people living in isolation…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the opening of the virtual summit with Uzbekistan, spoke about the Afghanistan issues, saying in order to revive peace in Afghanistan, the negotiations managed with the Taliban should be Afghan-led, Afghan owned and Afghan controlled. Amid his opening address, PM Modi said, “Both the countries are on the same…
The Time Magazine’s 2020 ‘Person of the Year’ was named as US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, as declared by the publication on Thursday. The pair of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris was finalized from three other finalists which includes frontline health workers and Anthony Fauci, the racial justice movement, and also…
Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat emphasized on the India-Pacific region, stating there are more than 120 warships of extra-regional forces deployed in the Indian Ocean Region for supporting several missions. While speaking on a keynote address at the Global Dialogue Security Summit, Rawat stated, “Most of the countries in the region are seeking…
