LONDON: A magnificent long-range strike from Youri Tielemans gave Leicester City their first FA Cup triumph with a 1-0 victory over Chelsea at Wembley on Saturday, in front of the biggest crowd in England since March 2020. Leicester had been beaten in all their three previous FA Cup final appearances, most recently in 1969, and … Read more
Image Source : PTI Vaccines ‘almost certainly less effective’ against B1.617.2 transmission: UK expert The vaccines being administered to protect against COVID-19 are “almost certainly less effective” against preventing the transmission of the B1.617.2 variant first identified in India, a leading UK scientist who advises the country’s vaccination programme said on Saturday. Professor Anthony Harnden, … Read more
The Arunachal Pradesh government on Saturday extended the lockdown in the capital complex for 14 days till 5 am on May 31 in view of the spurt in COVID-19 cases in the region. The capital complex region, comprising Itanagar, Naharlagun and Banderdewa areas, is currently under a seven- day lockdown from May 10. Capital Deputy … Read more
File photo of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The UP government also announced to provide a maintenance allowance of Rs 1,000 for one month to the poor and economically weaker sections of the society. News18 Last Updated:May 15, 2021, 23:27 IST FOLLOW US ON: The Uttar Pradesh government on Saturday announced to provide 3kgs … Read more
Ebrahim Raisi, head of Iran’s judiciary shows his identification document while registering his name as a candidate for the June 18 presidential elections DUBAI: The hard-line cleric in charge of Iran’s judiciary who also took part in a panel involved in the mass execution of thousands of prisoners in 1988 registered Saturday to run against … Read more
Sunil Jain (Image: Twitter/@Piyush Goyal) Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other leaders condoled the demise of Sunil Jain. Managing Editor of Financial Express Sunil Jain passed away on Saturday after battling COVID-19 for weeks. He was admitted to AIIMS in Delhi on May 3. His sister Sandhya Jain took to Twitter to inform about the … Read more
Kerala, which had been sending surplus medical oxygen to neighbouring states, including Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, is facing severe crisis and pleading for life-saving gas due to the surge in covid-19 cases. The halt had a chain effect on the districts in neighbouring states that fall off from the glare of both the media and … Read more
Assam government on Saturday announced further restrictions in urban and its adjacent areas, upto five km of its periphery, banning movement of people and vehicles from 12 noon to 5 am to contain the surge in Covid-19 positive cases. Assam Chief Secretary Jishnu Baruah, in his capacity as Chairperson of the State Disaster Management Authority, … Read more
New Delhi: The Centre has asked states and union territories to refrain from approving additional categories as frontline workers for vaccination, and recommended doing so using only vaccines procured directly by them. The missive from Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan came after states like Odisha included railway staff, forest guards, oxygen plant employees and other … Read more
Baricitinib earlier received restricted emergency use approval by y the Central Drugs Standard Control Organization. Image Credits: PTI Baricitinib is generally used to treat rheumatoid arthritis in adults. PTI Panaji Last Updated:May 15, 2021, 22:53 IST FOLLOW US ON: Panaji: The health department in Goa is working on an additional treatment protocol with the introduction … Read more