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Exported 137,500 doses of Covovax to Indonesia

Number of vehicles sold in November 2021 fell 10% to 3,79,276 units

To utilise the proceeds to expand the team, accelerate product development and penetrate further in the existing markets.

East and north east India fails to measure up with the rest

Discussion on the pandemic will be held under Rule 193

Brazil had reported over 6 lakh Covid deaths, and much remains unknown about the new variant, including whether it is more contagious.

The Centre had issued new guidelines for international travellers to report Omicron, classified as a 'variant of concern' by the World Health Organization.

The drug, molnupiravir, could provide a much-needed weapon against the virus as colder weather pushes case counts higher.

An overwhelming majority of documented dreamers are kids of Indian-Americans who came to the US lawfully mainly on H-1B visas

List of ‘at risk’ countries is announced by the Union government

Health experts have called to reimpose stricter social distancing rules as the spread threatens the capacities of hospitals.

Dhruv Bhalla calls the allegations as baseless, ill-founded

The company says it is currently working with 200 schools, out of which close to 50 schools have taken its annual paid subscription

Broadcasters have been fighting a legal battle with the TRAI against NTO 2.0 for over a year

It has 110 dedicated teachers providing 1-on-1 live classes, interactive sessions

Bengaluru : Close on the heels of Legislative Council elections on December 10, the ruling BJP in Karnataka and Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will face another challenge of winning elections to the 58 local bodies scheduled to be held on December 27. The elections to 58 local bodies whose tenure ended in 2019 and 2021 were declared on Monday. The elections will be held for five city corporations, 19 municipalities, and 34 town municipalities. The by-elections will also be held for 19 posts. The results will be out on December 30. The elections to 1,264 gram panchayat seats which are vacated for various reasons would also be held and code of conduct will be implemented from December 13. Chief Minister Bommai is under tremendous pressure to win a majority in Legislative Council elections for 25 seats after the defeat in Hangal bypoll held recently. When the party is gearing up to council elections, Bommai is expected to sweep local body elections at the grassroots level to prove a

Bengaluru : Reassuring the people that there is no proposal to impose lockdown in the state, Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Tuesday again appealed to people not to heed to rumours in this regard. Speaking to reporters, he reiterated that “there is no question of imposing the lockdown now. Normal life should go on”. However, he wanted the people to strictly follow the Covid norms in public places. Institutions too need to function responsibly by adhering to the norms at programmes conducted by them, he added. The Chief Minister said that the state government is keeping strict vigil against Omicron, the new variant of Covid virus. Meanwhile precautions against the Delta variant too are being tightened. “Government is tackling the issue on two fronts. Test swab samples in suspicious cases had been sent to NCBS for genome sequencing to ascertain the exact variant. International passengers are being strictly screened at the airports. Those who were in contact with them ar

Praveen Rao has handled 13 research and six consultancy projects in micro irrigation in India

Too early to predict landfall details, says the private forecaster

The estimated cost of the project is pegged at ₹7,000 crore

The buyback was part of the recent investment by Blackstone earlier this year.

The scheme is being implemented in 23 States and Union Territories

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No hard evidence this is indeed the case, says First Minister

It aims to drive automation literacy among teachers, administrative staff, and the students of partner institutions

Kids entertainment channel is already available in Tamil and Hindi.

It will assist future pulmonologists in staying abreast of the latest medical advances relevant to their speciality

This comes even as cost of cement and other construction materials shot up substantially

Over 123 crore total doses of the vaccine have been administered in the country so far

US retailers are estimated to generate online sales of up to $11.3 billion

The homebuyers in their petition claimed the process as illegal as the constitution of CoC

To detect the Omicron Covid variant, 100 travellers were tested out of the 466 whose list was received so far, says BMC

Resident doctors continue their protest against repeated postponement of the NEET-PG 2021 counselling

The traveller, along with six others, had disembarked from SIA's SQ481 which departed from Johannesburg on November 27

Thackeray on Sunday held a review meeting with all the divisional commissioners and district collectors of the State regarding the new Covid variant situation

Urges people to be cautious of the new Covid variant ‘Omicron’

Jewish people around the world are celebrating the 8-day festival of lights

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The daily positivity rate was at 1.09 per cent

Chandrashekar Rao criticises Union Government for its “unclear and often confusing policies” with regard to paddy procurement

The IT department has already embarked on major initiatives like focus on data-centric governance, developing a ‘deep tech’ ecosystem among others

Global Study Partners has an institution network of 600+, predominantly in Australia, the UK, Canada and the US.

Will showcase the best of India’s achievements in the digital space and also lay down the roadmap for the future

According to National Centre for Seismology, an earthquake of 3.6 magnitudes occurred at 4.17 am near Vellore.

May take a course away from Tamil Nadu coast

Bengaluru : The Karnataka government announced fresh guidelines for international arrivals on Monday. As per the circular released by the Department of Health, travelers coming from at-risk 12 countries will undergo RT-PCR tests on arrival. Home isolation is being made mandatory for seven days and the travelers will also have to undergo retesting on the eighth day. Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Monday stated that international passengers can step out from Airports only with a negative test report. The World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines will be followed in connection with the new strain. The Prime Minister and Union Health Minister have also recommended precautionary measures which will be followed. Karnataka has initiated precautionary measures much earlier, he said. According to guidelines, on international arrivals, if tested positive, the sample will be sent to genomic sequencing and they will be admitted to a separate isolation facility. They will be discharged at

Uttar Pradesh has administered the highest number of doses across the board among States

A statement from Abloh’s family said Abloh was diagnosed two years ago with cardiac angiosarcoma

The Opposition parties move adjournment motions demanding a debate on the protests, compensation.

Even though some of the genetic changes in omicron appear worrying, it's still unclear if they will pose a public health threat

In-app purchases, virtual gifting, etc have become mainstream spend categories among paid gamers

Singapore had on Sunday reported a two-month low of 747 new coronavirus infections

Telangana government is “well prepared'' to tackle any eventuality in the wake of concerns over Omicron, a new variant of Covid-19 pandemic.It will be

Corticosteroids and receptor blockers will still be effective for managing patients with severe Covid-19, it says

Risk-conscious land use planning is need of hour

The travel ban may not be effective in the current contest, argue some experts

India declared their second innings at 234 for seven,extended their overall lead to 283 runs

Bengaluru : Karnataka on Sunday reported 315 fresh COVID-19 cases and two deaths, taking the caseload to 29,95,600 and the toll to 38,198. Discharges numbered 236, taking the total number of recoveries to 29,50,542, leaving 6,831 cases, a health department bulletin said. Bengaluru Urban remained the major contributor of coronavirus cases with 152 fresh infections. Both the deaths were from the city. Other districts too reported fresh cases, including Dharwad 49, Mysuru 26, Dakshina Kannada 19, Tumakuru 11 and 10 each in Shivamogga and Udupi. There were zero fatalities in 30 districts. While 12 districts reported zero infections and nil fatalities, 14 had cases in single digits. The positivity rate for the day was 0.42 per cent and the Case Fatality Rate was 0.63 per cent, the bulletin said. A total of 77,818 samples were tested in the state, taking the cumulative number of specimens examined so far to 5.31 crore. The number of vaccinations administered till date rose to 7.32 c

Antidote capable of stopping virus transmission, says CMD Krishna Ella

Over 10,500 cusecs of surplus water have released from reservoirs, including Poondi and Chembarambakkam

CM Bommai requests the Centre to bar entry of visitors from Omicron affected countries

Total savings till March 31, 2021 have crossed ₹2.22 lakh crore

Eighty per cent of its offshore development centre will be handled by the Kochi centre

Britain has announced new measures on November 27 to try to slow the spread of the Omicron variant

In meeting ahead of winter session, all parties demand passage of law guaranteeing MSP

71 per cent of Indian leaders whose companies offer hybrid work options said their organisation has significantly adapted DE&I initiatives for a hybrid workforce

Will reach out to TMC, poll strategists a threat to democracy, says leader of the Congress in Parliament

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India has seen the rise of a unicorn is being every 10 days in the past 10 months

Farm Laws Repeal Bill slated to be introduced in Lok Sabha

Both vaccinated and non-vaccinated must be included, says the molecular immunologist

MPs to raise the issue of the National Food Security Act & its `irrational' selection of beneficiaries

Says role of government is limited to building right ecosystem for excellence, encouraging professionalism, ensuring ease of doing business

He will be taking over from Mini Shaji Thomas

Aditi had one birdie and one bogey on the front nine and a bogey on 10th

Uttar Pradesh leads in terms of the highest number of total doses

A few steps that governments shouldn’t be taking

Wealthier nations can do their part to share early alerts of potentially serious communicable disease threats, and help mitigate these threats

Chennai reports 105 new cases

Bengaluru: Two South African nationals have tested Covid-19 positive at the Kempegowda International Airport here, creating panic among the health authorities over the new Omicron variant of the lethal virus. Bengaluru Rural Deputy Commissioner K. Srinivas on Saturday said further test reports would ascertain whether the South African nationals are infected with the Omicron variant. Also Read 48 nursing students test positive for Covid-19 in Karnataka The test results will take another 48 hours to arrive, the Health Department said. Both have been sent to quarantine centres, and they will stay there till their test results confirm the new variant. Srinivas said that as many as 584 people, so far, have arrived here from 10 “high-risk” nations, and as many as 94 individuals have come from South Africa alone so far. Also Read Rahul raises concern, says new Covid variant is a serious threat He also visited the Bengaluru airport to inspect the security and precautionary mea

He asks the Centre to ramp up the Covid vaccination drive

There is a need to find a balance between fundamental rights and fundamental duties, the Union Law Minister said.

The Bill says NEET favours the rich and elite sections of society

Asks officials to review plans to ease international travel restrictions

States receives over 75% more rainfall during November 1 to November 27

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Cash and jewellery worth ₹4 crore seized

Very recently, routine sequencing by Network for Genomics Surveillance member laboratories detected a new virus lineage, called B.1.1.529, now referred to as Omicron, in South Africa

The President and CEO of MN Dastur & Co and Dastur Energy says the Centre must encourage large scale production to make clean hydrogen the fuel of the future

The new Covid-19 variant B.1.1.529, first detected in South Africa this week, was designated as a “Variant of Concern” by WHO

Farmers in Isfahan province have for years protested against the diversion of water from Zayandeh Rud to supply other areas

Political consensus is needed to implement it

Summit will bring together leaders from government, civil society and the private sector to set forth an affirmative agenda for democratic renewal

Moscow’s “large and unusual” troop build-up will top the agendas of next week’s NATO and OSCE meetings

25 students, 5 staff tested Covid-19 positive; online classes from November 29

The death toll has climbed to 4,67,933 with 465 daily fatalities

Also removes another Member Kotila Veetil Shankaran for five years and six months for alleged misconduct

Urges Union Government and the Supreme Court of India to expedite the NEET-PG 2021 counselling and admission process

US to ban travel from South Africa, 7 other African nations

General Council puts off meet after Switzerland announces travel bans, restrictions to check spread of new Covid-19 variant

There were 11 deaths registered and 1,03,258 samples tested

Now named Omicron, Countries asked to up surveillance and enhance genome sequencing

Hotels are seeing a big increase in bookings and this trend is expected to continue as the New Year approaches

A delegation of KSFPD, which met the Union Petroleum Minister Hardeep S Puri, in New Delhi on Thursday, discussed several points that are concerning the petroleum dealers

This portal is the only official platform of the central government that is used to register a new MSME or to re-register already registered one

PLI scheme for white goods gets ‘overwhelming’ response from industry; manufacturing units in 50 locations across India to benefit

Tamil Nadu government will provide power, land and connectivity infrastructure for Data Centres to boost investment in the sector

The Scheme is to be implemented from FY2021-22 to FY2028-29 and has an outlay of ₹6,238 crores

India now has 15 home-grown crypto currency exchange platforms, consisting of more than 10 crore investors

Dharawad: The Karnataka Health department is on high alert after the number of Covid positive students at the SDM Medical College in Dharwad city, increased to 182 on Friday. At least 66 students had tested positive on Thursday morning and 116 more were confirmed to have contracted the disease later in the day. College sources said the students were infected after attending a function at an auditorium in the premises on November 17. About 200 students and a few parents had participated in the programme. All of them have been directed to immediately get tested and to remain in isolation. All the Covid-19 infected students have been fully vaccinated and their symptoms are not serious. Until now, no positive Covid cases have been reported outside and in the surrounding areas of the campus. District Commissioner Nitesh Patil has appealed to people to immediately get tested at nearby health centres if they show any kind of Covid symptom. “Everyone should take precautions and follow

Bitcoin’s price had slightly gone up by 0.21%, Shiba Inu’s price increased by 4.2%, Tether was up by 2.45%, Ethereum was up by 6.1% and Basic Attention Token (BAT) jumped by 32.6%

Sony Sports channels will broadcast the Ashes series in four languages-English, Hindi, Tamil and Telugu

The winners of the Innovation Challenge as part of the Women Start-up Summit 3.0 will receive a grant of ₹5 lakh

Minister inaugurates 10th edition TiEcon Kerala 2021

Congress leaders had decided on Thursday to reach out to other political parties on boycotting Samvidhan Divas function

Seeks more consultations at TPF as India maintains that country did not allow GM food

ZyCov-D is a needle-free vaccine that is administered intradermally using an applicator, and has been developed by Zydus Cadila

The Andhra Pradesh Government has spent ₹4,000 crore in the last 29 months on its flagship health scheme Aarogyasri