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Pfizer to be first Indian pharmacy company to apply for emergency use approval for Covid-19 vaccine candidate

Pfizer India, will become the first Indian pharmaceutical company to seek emergency use approval from Drugs Controller General of India’s (DGCI) authorization for its Covid-19 vaccine candidate. Meanwhile, Pfizer’s parent company, has already received an approval for emergency usage in the United Kingdom and Bahrain. As per an official source, “Pfizer India has sought permission…

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A penalty of Rs 1 lakh for hotels, and establishments infringing the Covid-19 rules

The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagere Palike (BBMP) has implemented a fine of Rs. 1 lakh for infringement of Covid-19 protocols of social distancing and utilization of masks by hotels, theaters, marriage halls, and event organizers and any other commercial establishments. BBMP Commissioner N Manjunatha Prasad iterated on the news order issued which clearly directs the commercial…

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Srinagar’s cultural academy conducts shows to favor folk music, motivate young artists

The Jammu and Kashmir Academy of Art, Culture, and Languages (JKAACL) has been organizing exclusive folk music shows in Tagore Hall with the intent to encourage the budding youth artists and to promote the archaic and traditional folk music. The Academy is a renowned institution, which gives students the platform to learn and promote different…

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Karnataka Bandh: Regular life mostly unaffected, Pro-Kannada activist groups arrested in Bengaluru

Pro-Kannada associations have triggered a bandh all over the state of Karnataka to protest against the state government’s decision for formation of Maratha Development Corporation. The bandh partially affected the normal life and received a very terpid response, particularly in Davanagere. At the Jayadeva circle, the activists of Karnataka Rakshana Vedike protested and further set…

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Haryana minister, on Covaxin trials, tested positive for Covid-19

Haryana minister, Anil Vij tests positive for Coronavirus, sometime after he was administered Covaxin. The minister shared the news on Saturday via Twitter about his condition and that he has been hospitalized. The minister now affected with Covid-19 has been hospitalized to Civil Hospital Ambala Cantt Hospital. He tweeted, “I have been tested Corona positive….

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MEA: Comments over farmers’ protest will damage India-Canada ties

Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) called High Commissioner from Canada on Friday and stated about the comments by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau along with Cabinet Ministers and Members of Parliament over farmers protest in India and iterated the protest will have “seriously damaging impact on ties between India and Canada.” In an official statement,…

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