Union Government

January 17, 2021

COVID-19: India records 15,144 new cases

There are 2,08,826 active cases of coronavirus infection in the country which comprises 1.98 per cent of the total caseload.

January 14, 2021
Govt examining WhatsApp's user policy changes amid privacy debate

Internal discussions are on within the IT Ministry over the implications of the recent move by the Facebook-owned messaging platform
January 13, 2021
Vaccine drive accelerates, doses reach far corners of India

While SII moved about 56 lakh doses of Covishield to 13 cities, Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech said it had successfully transported the indigenous Covaxin, developed in collaboration with the ICMR and the National Institute of Virology, to 11 cities.
January 13, 2021
Bharat Biotech air-ships Covaxin to 11 cities on Tuesday

The Hyderabad-based vaccine major said it has donated 16.5 lakh doses to the Government of India.
January 12, 2021
Vaccine drive set in motion as planes ferry consignments to 13 cities on Day 1

The Delhi flight was followed by multiple flights to different cities with the airline transporting close to four million Covishield vaccine doses weighing around 11 tonnes on the very first day of shipment, the Gurugram-based airline said in a statement.
January 12, 2021
Bird deaths reported in Jharkhand, UP; Centre issues advisories on testing, culling operations

Till Monday, bird flu outbreak was confirmed in Delhi, Maharashtra, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana and Gujarat.
January 12, 2021
Members of SC panel on agri laws pro-govt, won't appear before it, says farmer unions

While staying the implementation of the three new farm laws, enacted in September last year, till further orders, the apex court announced the panel.

Union Government

COVID-19: India records 15,144 new cases

Govt examining WhatsApp's user policy changes amid privacy debate

Vaccine drive accelerates, doses reach far corners of India

Bharat Biotech air-ships Covaxin to 11 cities on Tuesday

Vaccine drive set in motion as planes ferry consignments to 13 cities on Day 1

Bird deaths reported in Jharkhand, UP; Centre issues advisories on testing, culling operations

Members of SC panel on agri laws pro-govt, won't appear before it, says farmer unions

Union Minister Shripad Naik injured in accident, wife and close aide killed

Centre places order with SII for 11 million doses of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine

No breakthrough in govt-farmers talks, next meeting on Jan 15