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On Sunday, Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) approved Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for restricted emergency use.

Following this, the Greater Chennai Corporation has been instructed to carry out saturation testing of all the guests at the hotel, Health Secretary J Radhakrishnan said.

The move seems to be aimed at generating employment and accelerating economic growth which has taken a hit following the COVID-19 pandemic.

The expert panel of the drug regulator has recommended emergency use authorisations to two vaccines - Oxford AstraZeneca's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.

Besides the bar-headed goose, the other species were the shoveler, the river tern, the black-headed gull and the common teal.

Results of the 15 samples that had tested positive for coronavirus on arrival in Ahmedabad from the UK are currently pending with the National Institute of Virology (NIV) in Pune, the official added.

Interacting with reporters during his visit to a facility in Daryaganj as part of a dry run exercise held here to assess the preparations for the vaccine roll-out, Jain said the system "seems flawless" as of now.

If a second dose of the vaccine a patient originally received isn’t available, or if the manufacturer of the first shot isn’t known, another vaccine may be substituted, health officials have said.

According to the SBI complaint, the directors allegedly falsified accounts and forged documents to siphon off public funds.

According to the latest official information, a total of 5,068 people have come to Karnataka from the UK since November 25, out of which 4,238 people have come since December 9, and 810 were transit passengers traveling to other states.

The CCPA is empowered to conduct investigations into violation of consumer rights, order recall of unsafe goods and services as well take sue-motto complaints where a class of consumers is impacted due to a defective product or deficient services and also...

At the interbank forex market, the domestic unit was trading in a narrow range on Friday. It opened at 73.09 against the US dollar and fell to 73.11 against the greenback, registering a fall of 4 paise over its previous close.

The victim was identified as Neeraj, the brother-in-law of the MP’s private assistant Anup Kumar Singh, the official said, adding when the police reached the spot, the victim’s body was lying on the floor with an electric wire tied to his neck.

The searches were conducted under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the residential premises of K Subbaraj, chairman of Tiruchirappalli-based Cethar Ltd, its managing director K Pothiraj and director of NSK Builders Pvt Ltd N...

Earlie, the agency carried out searches at two premises of Binay Mishra, believed to be a confidante of TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee, in connection with the case but could not find him there.

While those in the hospitality industry scurried to understand what the fine print of the Delhi government's decision meant for establishments that had accepted bookings, some party goers cancelled their plans and others hastily tweaked them.