Tamil Nadu government seeks Rs 3,758 crore as ‘Nivar’ relief from Narendra Modi government
CHENNAI:The Tamil Nadu government has asked the Narendra Modi government (Centre) to provide a financial assistance of Rs 3,758 crore for relief and restoration work in the cyclone ‘Nivar’-ravaged districts of the state. The sum is the estimated loss to human lives in terms of compensation, property, cattle and installations and infrastructure of various government […]
Opposition parties in several states extend support to farmers’ Bharat Bandh call
NEW DELHI: Several opposition parties on Saturday announced support to the Bharat Bandh’ called on December 8 by farmer unions against the new agri-marketing laws and held protests in various parts of the country to express solidarity with the agitators who have stayed put on Delhi borders for 10 days. It will be an emphatic […]
Mizoram’s first solar power plant commissioned
AIZAWL: Mizoram’s first solar power plant has been commissioned at Tlungvel about 58 km from here, an official said on Saturday. The grid connected 2 megawatt solar photovoltaic (SPV) solar power plant was opened by state Power minister R Lalzirliana on Friday, he said. Speaking on the occasion, Lalzirliana said that Mizoram has made its […]
Puducherry government opposed to privatising power distribution
PUDUCHERRY: Chief Minister of Puducherry, V Narayanasamy on Saturday said the territorial government was against the Centre’s move to privatise power distribution. “The Centre’s current proposal to privatise power distribution in Puducherry is not acceptable. We will move the court to prevent the Centre from going ahead with its move,” he told reporters here. He […]
Moscow starts mass COVID-19 vaccination with its Sputnik V shot
MOSCOW:Moscow began distributing the Sputnik V COVID-19 shot via 70 clinics on Saturday, marking Russia’s first mass vaccination against the disease, the city’s coronavirus task force said. The task force said the Russian-made vaccine would first be made available to doctors and other medical workers, teachers and social workers because they ran the highest risk […]
Mumbai’s BEST gets 26 swank electric AC buses
MUMBAI: With a view to curb pollution, Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday dedicated 26 air conditioned electric buses built by Tata Motors to Mumbai’s public transport system, BEST. In order to verify the comforts from the passengers’ viewpoint, Thackeray hopped onto one of the electric buses and went on a short ride accompanied […]
Joe Biden officially secures enough electors to become president
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD and NICHOLAS RICCARDI California certified its presidential election Friday and appointed 55 electors pledged to vote for Democrat Joe Biden, officially handing him the Electoral College majority needed to win the White House. Secretary of State Alex Padilla’s formal approval of Biden’s win in the state brought his tally of pledged […]
GHMC polls: TRS emerges as single largest party, but BJP makes electoral inroads with a ‘saffron strike’
HYDERABAD: Backed by a high-octane campaign involving its top guns, the BJP on Friday made significant electoral inroads here in the fiercely contested GHMC polls, almost giving a scare to the ruling TRS, which just managed to retain control of the civic body it won four years ago. BJP’s resurgent performance prompted the state leadership […]
Zydus receives approval from DCGI to commence Phase III clinical trials with Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b in India
NEW DELHI: Zydus Cadila has announced that it had received an approval from the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to start the Phase 3 clinical trial in CoVID-19 patients with its biological therapy, Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b, ‘PegiHepTM’. The trials which will commence in December will be conducted on 250 patients across 20-25 centres in […]
RLDA to redevelop Panipat Railway Station
NEW DELHI: Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), a statutory organization under the Ministry of Railways, will undertake the redevelopment of the Panipat Railway Station of Northern Railway. The objective of the re-development is to upgrade it in line with global standards and offer state-of-art amenities for the convenience of commuters. The re-development entails two components: […]