More batches of farmers from Punjab on Sunday set out for Delhi to participate in the proposed tractor parade on January 26. Farmer unions protesting the Centre‘s three farm laws had said they would go ahead with their tractor parade in Delhi on Republic Day. They had announced to take out the tractor parade on … Read more
Seven new mass vaccination centres have opened up across England to help deliver the Coronavirus vaccine, as the Prime Minister says we are facing a “perilous moment” in the fight against the virus. The Centre of Life in Newcastle is home to one of them, with others in Bristol, Epsom, London, Manchester, Stevenage and Birmingham. … Read more
The government has paid Rs 1,364 crore to 20.48 lakh undeserving beneficiaries under its ambitious PM-KISAN scheme, a reply to a Right to Information (RTI) query by the Union Agriculture Ministry reveals. Pradhan Mantri Kisan Sammann Nidhi (PM-KISAN) was launched by the Centre in 2019 and under the scheme, an income support of Rs 6,000 … Read more
New Delhi: The Union health ministry on Wednesday warned people about fake mobile applications that sound similar to the upcoming official application, Co-WIN, and asked them not to download or share personal information on these apps. When the Covid vaccine is made available, people in priority categories will have to first get themselves registered on … Read more
Thiruvananthapuram: As India’s drugs regulator approved restricted use of Bharat Biotech’s COVID-19 vaccine and Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, the Kerala government on Sunday said the state was ready to distribute it once the Centre gave the nod. Meanwhile, senior Congress leader and Thiruvananthapuram MP Shashi Tharoor criticised the approval for Covaxin and said it was … Read more
NEW DELHI: A day after breaking bread and arriving at a consensus on the draft electricity bill and air pollution ordinance, officials of the agriculture ministry are busy framing strategies to convince protesting farmers on the three farm laws and MSP in their next meeting on January 4. A ministry official said: “The electricity bill … Read more
The Centre has approved funding support of Rs 1702 crore to Karnataka to develop Tumakuru node as the next big industrial hub in what top officials described as a New Year gift to the state. Vasantha Narasapura industrial hub and its extensions under development form part of the Tumakuru industrial node. The area is about … Read more
New Delhi: Narayana Health in association with Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation today announced the launch of a physical incubator called Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation (MSMF) MedTech Innovation Centre – BIRAC BIONEST. A centre with a dedicated space of around 8000 sqft Mazumdar Shaw Medical Foundation (MSMF) MedTech Innovation Centre – BIRAC BIONEST will help MedTech … Read more
MIDNAPORE: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday contended that the BJP government at the Centre should immediately withdraw the “anti-people” farm laws or step down. Addressing a rally in West Midnapore district, Banerjee asserted that she would rather stay in jail than “remain silent or put up with BJP‘s misrule”. “The BJP government … Read more
The government decided to freeze the hike in dearness allowance (DA) for employees of central public sector enterprises (CPSEs) drawing salaries as per the industrial dearness allowance (IDA) pay guidelines from October 1 till June 30, next year. “In the view of the crisis arising out of COVID-19, it has been decided that the additional … Read more