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Germany Recognises Covaxin For Travel

NEW DELHI: Germany has decided to recognize WHO-listed Covaxin for travelling to Germany from June 1, German Ambassador to India Walter J Linder said on Thursday. The German Embassy in New Delhi has been pushing for this decision to Berlin for a long time as thousands of Indian travellers, inoculated by Covaxin, waited for the […]

CBI Grills Karti For 6.5 Hrs; He Denies Charges, Calls All Cases ‘Bogus’

NEW DELHI: Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader and former Union Minister P Chidambaram was on Thursday questioned by the CBI for more than six hours in connection with alleged visa for bribes. The Congress Member of Parliament denied the charges levelled against him and described all the cases against him as bogus. Karti, […]

UP’s Largest-Ever Budget Focuses On Youth, Employment & Infrastructure Development

  LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh finance minister Suresh Khanna on Thursday presented the state’s largest-ever budget of Rs 6.15 lakh crore, with a major thrust on employment, skill development and start-ups. In his 90-minute budget speech that was interspersed with chants of ‘Har Har Mahadev’, Khanna said that the unemployment rate had fallen to 2.9 per […]

Despite WFH In 2020, 1.3 Lakh Lost Lives On Road; 19% Decline: Govt

  NEW DELHI: With the general vehicles mostly off the roads during the pandemic induced lockdowns, there appeared to be a corresponding decline in road accidents during the period, according to a report by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways. Though road accidents claimed 1.3 lakh lives and injured over 3.4 lakh lives in […]

Rajat Patidar: MP’s ‘Hanuman’ Lifts RCB’s Spirits

PUNE: “Rajat Patidar is the name you will hear and listen to a lot more in the future,” Virat Kohli said after Royal Challengers Bangalore edged Lucknow Super Giants in an Eliminator on Wednesday. For a man who went unsold in the Indian Premier League 2022 auction in February, and was later called as a […]