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Covaxin safe for children aged 2-18 years: Bharat Biotech
Hyderabad: Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) on Thursday announced that Covaxin, its whole-virion inactivated COVID-19 vaccine has proven to be safe, well-tolerated, and highly immunogenic in paediatric subjects in phase II/III study,…
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Abu Dhabi: Fire breaks out in 30-storey building, 19 injured
Abu Dhabi: A fire broke out in a 30-storey building in Al Zahiyah area of Abu Dhabi on Friday afternoon. The Abu Dhabi Police said on Twitter, “Teams of Abu Dhabi Police…
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1.52 lakh cr spent on irrigation projects in 8 years: Telangana govt
Hyderabad: Telangana government has spent over Rs 1.52 lakh crore during the past eight years on various irrigation projects, providing water to lakhs of acres. Keeping the exigencies in mind, Telangana Chief…
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Siddaramaiah urges PM to drop Agnipath military recruitment scheme
Bengaluru: Former Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah on Friday urged the BJP-ruled Centre to drop the Agnipath scheme of recruiting military personnel as ‘Agniveers’ for a term of four years in the wake…
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Saudi Arabia calls for ensuring safety, security of Rohingya Muslims
Riyadh: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has affirmed its supportive stance to protect civilians and minorities in Myanmar, especially the Rohingya Muslims, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported. The statement came in a…
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Haj 2022: Saudi hires company linked to BJP to process applications
Riyadh: Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has reportedly hired a company that has close links with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), to facilitate and process Haj applications.…
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Protests proof that country’s youth will never accept Agnipath scheme: Sisodia
New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said the protests across the country are proof that the youth of country will never accept the Agnipath defence recruitment scheme. Earlier…
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KTR demands BJP govt to reconsider and review Agnipath scheme
Hyderabad: Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) working president KT Rama Rao (KTR) on Friday has demanded the central government to reconsider the controversial Agnipath scheme for recruitment into the Indian Army. His demand…
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Agnipath row: Increase in age limit shows sensitivity, says Karnataka CM
Bengaluru: Welcoming the Centre’s decision to increase the age limit for recruitment into defence forces in India under the Agnipath Scheme, Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said that the decision…
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‘Agnipath’ protests at 17 places in UP, Aligarh police station set ablaze
Lucknow: Protests against the ‘Agnipath’ scheme of recruitment in armed forces grew more virulent across Uttar Pradesh on Friday as the protestors set ablaze the Jattari police station building and a police…
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Telangana: Aasara pension of 13L beneficiaries removed, alleges Bandi Sanjay
Hyderabad: Telangana Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) unit president Bandi Sanjay on Thursday sought a white paper on the Aasara pension scheme from the Telangana government. In a letter to the chief minister,…
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Scientists discover ‘super Jupiter’ orbiting white dwarf
Washington: Space scientists have discovered a ‘super Jupiter’ orbiting a white dwarf, detected using direct observations of the European Space Agency (ESA)’s Gaia mission. The discovery forms part of a treasure trove…
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Photos: Secunderabad railway station post-Agnipath protests
Hyderabad: As the protests against the Agnipath scheme continue across India, the protestors are drawing flack for damaging public property. In the protest against the Union government scheme at Secunderabad railway station,…
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36.5mn kids displaced worldwide, highest since WWII: Unicef
Geneva: An unprecedented 36.5 million children were displaced by conflict, violence and other crises by the end of 2021, the highest number since World War II, the Unicef said in a report published…
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West Bank: 3 Palestinians shot dead, 10 injured in Israeli raid
Three Palestinians were killed and ten others were wounded, at dawn on Friday, in an assassination carried out by the Israeli occupation forces as they stormed Jenin in the occupied West Bank,…
