Month: October 2021

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI,OCT 23: 101.30 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 16,326 new cases in the last 24 hours Recovery Rate currently at 98.16%; Highest since March 2020 17,677 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,35,32,126 Active cases account for […]

J-K records 72 new Covid cases

Srinagar, Oct 23: Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday recorded 72 fresh coronavirus cases, raising its tally to 3,31,566, officials said. No death due to the pandemic was reported in the union territory in the past 24 hours, they added. Of the72 cases, nine were recorded from the Jammu division […]

Actor Ananya Panday appears before NCB for second day

Mumbai, Oct 22:  Bollywood actor Ananya Panday appeared before the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) here on Friday to record statement in connection with her alleged WhatsApp chats with Aryan Khan, son of superstar Shah Rukh Khan, arrested in a drugs case, sources said on Friday. This is for […]

PM misleading country on vaccinations: Congress

New Delhi, Oct 22: The Congress on Friday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi accusing him of misleading the country on vaccinations when only 21 per cent of the country’s population was fully vaccinated. The opposition party asked the prime minister to bring out a white paper on […]

Amid the Capitol riot, Facebook faced its own insurrection

WASHINGTON — As supporters of Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6th, battling police and forcing lawmakers into hiding, an insurrection of a different kind was taking place inside the world’s largest social media company. Thousands of miles away, in California, Facebook engineers were racing to […]

COVID-19 UPDATE

DELHI, OCT 22: 100.59 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive 15,786 new cases in the last 24 hours Recovery Rate currently at 98.16%; Highest since March 2020 18,641 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,35,14,449 Active cases account […]

Queen Elizabeth II back at castle following hospital visit

LONDON — Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II was back at Windsor Castle on Friday and in good spirits after revelations that she spent the night in a London hospital earlier this week. Buckingham Palace said the 95-year-old British monarch went to the private King Edward VII’s Hospital in London […]

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine more than 90% effective in kids

Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the U.S. considers opening vaccinations to that age group. The shots could begin in early November — with the first children […]

Many Indians unlikely to be fully vaccinated by year-end despite ample COVID shots

NEW DELHI, Oct 22 – Tens of millions of Indian adults are unlikely to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of 2021, despite ample supplies, due to an unusually large gap between the doses of the most widely-used vaccine and growing complacency as cases fall. The […]

PoK refugees observe October 22 as ‘black day’ in Jammu

Jammu, Oct 22:  Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK) refugees on Friday observed October 22 as a “black day” here and paid tributes to members of Hindu and Sikh communities who were killed during the Pakistani invasion of Jammu and Kashmir in 1947. The community members said at least one-third […]

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