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NEW DELHI: Attention is in the details, they say. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday sent over 100 pairs of jute footwear to the workers working at Kashi Vishwanth Dham who performed their duties barefooted in this cold. The workers who got footwear include priests, people performing seva, security guards and sanitation workers and others. […]

NEW DELHI: There is good news in the offing, and a matter of pride for India, as the trials for homegrown vaccine COVAXIN booster dose have shown ‘promising’ results. Six months after receipt of the second COVAXIN dose, participants received a third booster dose of COVAXIN which resulted in the following findings: The phase 2, […]

NEW DELHI: Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Monday asserted that startups are the key reason behind India’s meteoric rise in Global Innovation Index from 76 in 2014 to 46 in 2021 and said that it has created 6 lakh jobs from 2018 to 21. Addressing the virtual Startup India Innovation Week, […]

CHANDIGARH: The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Punjab, Dr S Karuna Raju tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday. A confirmation tweet regarding this was done on official twitter handle of Chief Electoral Officer, Punjab. The tweet says, “CEO Punjab Dr. S. Karuna Raju, IAS, Asymptomatic tested COVID positive. Under isolation at home taking all precautions […]

LUCKNOW: A day after the Election Commission announced poll schedule for Uttar Pradesh, the administration swung into action for poll preparations. Prashant Kumar, the additional director general of police (ADGP) (Law and Order) on Sunday said that the police have identified 29,138 critical polling stations across the state and will also use drones to keep […]