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Zydus Cadila announced on Thursday that its plasmid DNA vaccine to prevent COVID-19 - ZyCoV-D - was found to be safe, well tolerated and immunogenic in the phase I and II clinical trials. ....

Terming the three farm laws beneficial for the farmers, the Kisan Sena has requested the government not to repeal them and warned of a bigger protest if they are withdrawn. ....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday released a book titled 'Atal Bihari Vajpayee' here in Parliament -- a commemorative volume on the former Prime Minister on his 96th birth anniversary. ....

The Yogi government of Uttar Pradesh has filed a petition to withdraw "politically motivated cases" against three Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MLAs which has turned into a political slugfest since the decision was announced by the U.P government. ....

In what could be termed a "Christmas present" for the BMC, Asia's largest slum Dharavi notched zero cases on Friday - first time since the Covid-19 pandemic appeared in the congested settlement on April 1, health officials said. ....

Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale has termed the demand for withdrawal of the three agricultural laws as a threat to democracy. He has said that it is impossible to withdraw the laws. Athawale, in his familiar style, gave a punchline saying: "Kanoon wapas lena nahin aasan, phir kyo aandolan kar rahe ho kisan? (It isn't easy to withdraw the law, then why are you protesting farmer?) " ....

A 45-year-old man died in a mask-making factory in Delhi early Saturday while two others remained injured, police said. ....

The Shivraj Singh Chouhan cabinet on Saturday approved the "Madhya Pradesh Religious Freedom Bill-2020 to check the rising cases of "love jihad" in the state.....

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday indirectly targeted the Congress. He said: "Some people in Delhi teach me lessons in democracy morning and evening. These are the people whose government did not allow the Panchayat elections in Puducherry despite the Supreme Court's order while three-tier Panchayati Raj elections were conducted in Jammu and Kashmir within one year of it being made a Union Territory." ....

The Congress on Saturday slammed the Central and the West Bengal government for keeping the interests of 70 lakh farmers at bay by not including them in the 'Kisan Samaan Nidhi' scheme and demanded immediate release of funds to them. ....