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Four Quakes Jolt Several Northeast States, No Report Of Damage
Moderate to mild four separate quakes with magnitude ranging from 2.8 to 4.5 on the Richter scale hit several parts of Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura, Assam and adjoining areas of northeast region bordering Myanmar on Thursday, officials said. ....
Thackeray Urges PM Modi To Cancel Professional Exams
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to direct various national level apex bodies to endorse the state government's decision to cancel various professional examinations in the state in view of the Covid-19 pandemic. ....
Covid-19 Vaccine Could Come Within 1 Year: WHO Chief
Scientists predict the world may have a Covid-19 vaccine within one year or even a few months earlier, said the Director-General of the World Health Organisation even as he underlined the importance of global cooperation to develop, manufacture and distribute vaccines. ....
Gurugram Malls Likely To Open In Few Days, No Lockdown Again
If all goes well, the shopping malls in Gurugram could reopen in the next few days as the district authorities are mulling the issue, even as Deputy Commissioner Amit Khatri on Friday clarified there was no plan to reimpose a lockdown in the city. ....
7.97 Lakh Students Fail In Hindi In UP Board Exams
Nearly 7.97 lakh students in the Uttar Pradesh - known as the Hindi heartland - have failed in Hindi in the UP Secondary Board examinations for class 10 and 12, the results of which were announced on Saturday. ....
Not Wearing Mask May Yield Prison Term: Goa CM
The Goa government is mulling imprisonment for persons not wearing masks and for not following social distancing norms, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday. ....
Bharat Biotech Covid Vaccine Candidate's Human Trials From July
Leading vaccine maker Bharat Biotech on Monday announced that it has successfully developed Covaxin, India's first vaccine candidate for Covid-19, in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology (NIV) and will begin its human trials next month. ....
PM Modi Expresses Concern Over Corona Negligence
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his 16-minute address to the nation on Tuesday expressed concern over rising negligence of the coronavirus risk and said rules should be followed with the same seriousness as during the lockdown. ....
Maharashtra Sees New High Of 5,537 Corona Cases, Deaths Cross 8k
On the first day of a new phase of lockdown till July 31, Maharashtra's Covid-19 cases rose to a new high of 5,537 - up from the previous high of 5,493 on June 28, while there were 198 more deaths with Thane district fatalities shooting above the 1,000 mark, health officials said here on Wednesday.....
SpiceJet Brings Back 30K Indians On 200 Charter Flights
Airline major SpiceJet has operated 200 charter flights since May till now to fly 30,000 Indian nationals back home. ....
