Twenty more persons have tested positive for the mutant coronavirus variant detected in the United Kingdom, the Hindustan Times reported on Tuesday, citing the health ministry. With this, the total number of people infected with the new virus strain has reached 58. The results are based on the genome sequencing of positive samples released by the […]

Covaxin, the indigenous vaccine developed by Bharat Biotech against COVID-19 in collaboration with ICMR, is 200 percent safe, company’s Chairman and Managing Director Dr Krishna Ella has said and noted that it has shown less than 10 percent adverse reaction in trials so far. “Covaxin has shown less than 10 percent adverse reactions, while others […]

Indian Air Force (IAF) helicopters continued operations to douse the wildfire in Dzukou valley near Kohima on Monday. As many as four Mi-17 choppers were deployed to carry out Bambi Bucket operations as fire-fighting operations entered Day 7 in the valley. A combined team consisting of 59 NDRF personnel, 35 SDRF personnel, 32 personnel of […]

Bharat Biotech, which has been accorded Emergency Use Authorisation from the drug regulator for its COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, on Monday said they are setting up four vaccine manufacturing facilities with a combined capacity of 700 million doses per annum. Denying allegations that the city-based vaccine maker lacks data of Covaxin, Krishna Ella, chairman of Bharat […]

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju on Monday inaugurated the Assam Rifles Public School as a Khelo India Sports School in Laitkor, Shillong. Rijiju also unveiled the synthetic football ground at SAI training centre at NEHU campus Shillong. 100 students, 50 boys and an equal number of girls will be selected by […]

Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly is stable and the angioplasty on the two other coronary blockages will be done at an ‘immediate later stage’, the nine-member medical board of the Woodlands Hospital said on Monday. “The medical records and clinical condition of Sourav Ganguly were reviewed by the board […]

In a joint operation with police the security forces unearthed a large cache of weapons and ammunition from Nungnag village located in Nungba Sub Division of Tamenglong district in Manipur on Sunday, Ministry of Defence, Shillong informed. The recoveries were handed over to Imphal West police station for investigation. “In a Jt Ops with Police, […]

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Monday that the world’s biggest inoculation drive against coronavirus is set to begin in the country, a day after the drugs regulator approved two vaccines for restricted emergency use. Lauding the scientists and technicians for the ”Made in India” vaccines, he said the country is proud of them. “World’s […]

In the 50th year of India’s victory over Pakistan in the 1971 war, a Bangladesh Army delegation would be taking part in this year’s Republic Day parade on January 26, said Defence officials. In one of the fastest and shortest campaigns of military history, a new nation was born as a result of the swift […]

In the ongoing effort to douse the wildfire in Dzukou valley on the Nagaland-Manipur border, Spear Corps is lending a hand with various central and state governments organizations. As per an official release, the Indian Army and Assam Rifles are providing all possible assistance to the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) teams in terms of […]