Social reformist Sonam Wangchuk does yoga during his five-day climate fast to “save Ladakh” in Phyang. | Photo Credit: PTI The story so far: Ladakhi innovator and engineer Sonam Wangchuk completed his five-day “climate fast”, in an effort to draw the attention of Indian leaders to the region’s fragile ecology and to secure its protection … Read more
The Election Commission of India is likely to announce the schedule for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls today. Also Read | Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls | BJP strives to repeat victory While Assembly elections in both States are due this year, it’s unclear whether the ECI will announce the schedule for both the States … Read more
The High Court ruled that the elections be held “only by re-notifying the seats reserved…..treating them as general category seats” The High Court ruled that the elections be held “only by re-notifying the seats reserved…..treating them as general category seats” The Patna High Court on Tuesday declared as “illegal” reservation of seats for Other Backward … Read more
The government has reconfigured the CoWin platform to reflect the new dosing schedule of 12-16 weeks for Covishield as against the previous scheme where vaccination bookings could be made six weeks after the first shot. The CoWin authorities said if an online appointment has already been made for a second dose of Covishield as per … Read more
New Delhi: RS Sharma, Chairman, Empowered Group on Covid vaccination informed that now CoWIN does not schedule second dose vaccination appointment automatically. This comes after the Centre wrote to States and UTs to increase the interval between two doses of Covishield to 4-8 weeks in view of the emerging scientific evidence of increased protection if … Read more
The health secretary has defended the decision to administer the two doses of the Pfizer vaccination up to 12 weeks apart. Matt Hancock said that the decision was backed by science. He added that the first vaccination gives protection against serious disease meaning this method of rollout could save more lives. Source link
New Delhi: The National Green Tribunal has directed the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) to submit a report on the issue whether Environment Impact Assessment is necessary for inland waterway projects in Ganga river in the stretch from Varanasi to Haldia also known as the National Waterway 1. The Jal Marg Vikas Project (JMVP) … Read more