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While Poonam lies in hospital in a vegetative state, the family has blamed the hospital for her condition. They are also faced with a bill over Rs 6 crore.

Leprosy, also known as Hansen’s, is an infectious disease caused by a bacillus Mycobacterium leprae and is named after Gerhard Henrik Armauer Hansen.

The Development Finance Institution has been envisaged as a government-backed specialized institution to offer funds for infrastructure projects.

Police had asked nine farmer leaders to join the investigation in the case on Friday, but no one turned up.

The SEC also in a letter to Governor Biswabhusan Harichandan sought the removal of the state Governments Advisor S Ramakrishna Reddy from his post for allegedly criticising him sitting in the ruling YSRCP's office.

The "legislature has to keep pace with changing societal needs" and bring amendments to the Act, the Madras High Court said while quashing criminal proceedings against an autorickshaw driver facing charges under the stringent law.

Both sides noted with appreciation the close cooperation on the coronavirus-related issues, including India's gift of two million doses of Covishield vaccine to Bangladesh in keeping with its 'Neighbourhood First' policy.

Dues amounting to Rs 92.18 crore from MMTC, Rs 6.64 crore from State Trading Corporation of India (STC) and Rs 6.65 crore from PEC Ltd are pending despite regular persuasion, it said.

Novavax vaccine had higher efficacy against the original coronavirus strain, 95.6 per cent, and 85.6 per cent against the more deadly and easily transmissible UK variant.

The accused flashed a 21-year-old woman on the pretext of asking for an address and was arrested after the woman lodged a complaint with police.

The Israeli foreign ministry said all its diplomats and embassy staff are "safe and sound". However, an Israeli official on condition of anonymity said the country is treating the blast as a terrorist incident.

The 30-share Sensex closed 588.59 points or 1.26 per cent lower at 46,285.77 — taking the six-session aggregate loss to 3,506.35 points or 7.04 per cent. Intra-day, the index swung 1,263.20 points.

Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pralhad Joshi said the issues cited by the opposition parties for boycotting the President's address can be raised during the debate on the motion of thanks.

The probe is being conducted under various sections of the Foreign Exchange Management Act after ED recently received a communication from the Commerce Ministry seeking action against e-commerce players pertaining to certain multi-brand retail businesses.

Scientists at the CSIR Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology have found prominently a different variant of SARS-CoV-2 that appears to be milder than the existing one.

Referring to the internet shutdown in some areas of Delhi on January 26 when the tractor parade by farmers protesting against three new farm laws had turned violent, the apex court stressed upon the need for fair and truthful reporting and said that probl...