Russia’s Covid-19 vaccine trials to commence this week in India on humans

Russia’s potential Covid-19 vaccine candidate, Sputnik V, will be subjected to human clinical trials in India to test its efficacy against preventing the novel Covid-19 viral infection, in the mid of the following week, revealed the government officials. An official revealed, “All necessary requirements are in place, especially the mandatory regulatory approvals, for human trials…

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India, Singapore and Thailand commence trilateral SITMEX-2020

India, Singapore, and Thailand have began with the trilateral naval exercise in the Andaman sea from Saturday. The naval exercise, scheduled for two-days known as SITMEX-2020, is planned with “non-contact, at sea only format” considering the Covid-19 restrictions. The elementary objective of the naval exercise is to support consolidated interoperability between the three countries Navy…

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BMTC women employees to get self-defence training

The Bangalore Metropolitan Transport Corporation (BMTC) has initiated a special training on gender sensitization for all the staff employees and a self-defence training for the female employees to make them strong and resilient for tackling any form of sexual harassment at work. According to an official release, BMTC stated its objective to make meaningful intervention…

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Trivendra Singh Rawat launches the debut of Uttarakhand’s Nayar Valley Adventure Sports festival

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat initiated on Thursday the inauguration ceremony of the debut of the Nayar Valley Adventure festival and also the National Paragliding Accurcay Competition based in Pauri. The sports festival was organized in Uttarakhand with the intent of attracting more adventure tourism for the state. The first ever festival of its…

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Jal Shakti Minister: India accomplished goal of toilets in every household 11 years prior to the target

Union Minister of Jal Shakti, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on World Toilet Day that India has already accomplished the United nations Sustainable Development Goal of having toilets in every household by 2030, being 11 years ahead in time for the target. Gajendra Singh addressed the reporters right after a virtual meeting held which consisted of…

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