Dengue vaccine rollout (representative image) NEW DELHI: As India moves towards introducing a dengue vaccine by next year, the country’s first nationwide mapping of dengue virus strains has found all four serotypes circulating simultaneously in eight states and UTs, a development researchers say could influence vaccine strategy as infections with multiple strains are associated with…
An SC bench said that if depiction of gods and goddesses is prevented, then movies on the Ramayana and Mahabharata would not be made at all NEW DELHI: Rejecting a plea seeking a ban on release of an animated film on Mahaprabhu Jagannath, Supreme Court on Wednesday said artists must enjoy the liberty of creative…
NEW DELHI: In a move aimed at reducing the compliance burden and improving ease of doing business for vehicle manufacturers, the road transport ministry has proposed changes to the conformity of production (CoP) regime for emission compliance for new and existing vehicle models.Under the draft proposal, the CoP test for emission compliance of new models…
Protesters clash with law enforcement authorities over rigged elections in PoK SRINAGAR: Political parties in J&K urged Centre and international human rights organisations to intervene after more than 2 dozen people were allegedly killed in firing by Pakistani security forces in PoK over the past 2 days, where unrest has spiralled into deadly clashes.National Conference…
File photo: JKNC President Farooq Abdullah SRINAGAR: Two days after J&K LG Manoj Sinha hailed hotels in the valley as “stakeholders in peace… even though 90% of 5,000 hotels constructed between 2021 and 2024 flouted regulations”, National Conference president Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said the hotels allowed people to create self-employment.“I have seen the time…
File photo: A vendor protects artificial flowers from the rain at a roadside stall during heavy rainfall in Jammu JAMMU: District authorities in J&K’s Doda and Kishtwar on Wednesday ordered the closure of all govt and private schools in view of inclement weather. Meanwhile, the Amarnath pilgrimage continued only on the Baltal route, with a…
NEW DELHI: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday demanded that home minister Amit Shah be sacked from the govt and a Supreme Court monitored probe be ordered into the use of lethal force against young protesters — raising the stakes in the battle of wits with the Modi govt over the police crackdown on students.Rahul said…
NEW DELHI: While the use of rice, maize and damaged food grain for ethanol manufacturing has increased manifold in the past six years, maize has surpassed rice sold by Food Corporation of India (FCI) to distilleries under govt’s ethanol blended petrol (EBP) programme.Food ministry’s data submitted to Lok Sabha on Wednesday show that till June…
NEW DELHI: Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday urged the Election Commission to conclude its inquiry into the rival claims over the party, alleging that the Ritabrata Banerjee-led faction had failed to submit its response despite being granted two extensions.In a fresh letter to the poll panel, Mamata said her faction had submitted its…
BJP counters Rahul’s ‘not allowed to speak’ claim in Lok Sabha NEW DELHI: BJP MP Sambit Patra on Wednesday hit back at Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi over his claim that he was not allowed to speak in the House, saying the Congress leader was given an opportunity to speak and that the…
