Thailand Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-Ocha blatantly neglected the demands of the civilians to resign by Saturday, which has been anticipated to trigger a fresh wave of protests invoked by pro-democracy activists. The two major protest groups, Free Youth and the United Front of Thammasat and Demonstration have pledged to process mass gatherings till the total…
The Centre had passed an approval on Friday regarding the scheme of ex-gratia payment based on the differences between the compound interest and simple interest for a period of six months of loans up with amount ranging up to Rs. 2 crore. According to the official order from the government, “The ex gratia payment under…
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa declared a compensation of Rs. 25,000 for the families severely hit by the torrential downpour and floods in Bengaluru, which stranded the families and their houses. This comes after an emergency meeting held to discuss the present condition of the city. The meeting was attended by Revenue Minister R…
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has finished the second phase clinical trials of the Covid-19 vaccine candidate led by Oxford-AstraZeneca. BMC further plans to commence third phase clinical trials once the first batch of volunteers have finished 28 days post consuming the vaccine. The vaccine candidate, termed as COVSHIELD, was administered on total count of…
The Karnataka state government is adopting the technique of pooling sampling, with the objective of cost-cutting. So, the process would not just be one sample in a test-tube but five. Pooling sampling technique can be only be advantageous when there is higher probability of the samples being negative. As, if a sample tests positive, all…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched three new projects in Gujarat on Saturday which includes the Kisan Suryodaya Yojana. Modi will also be inaugurating the Paediatric Heart Hospital in collaboration with UN Mehta Institute of Cardiology and Research Centre in Ahmedabad, a mobile application for telecardiology which will be based in Ahmedabad Civil Hospital, and a…
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…
