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Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin for 45-plus age group: Atishi

6:51 pm May 17, 2021

New Delhi: AAP MLA Atishi said on Monday that Delhi has less than a day’s stock of Covaxin left for the 45 plus age group and they will have to temporarily shut down centres administering it. The centres administering Covaxin to the 18-44 age group have been closed. While issuing the vaccination bulletin, Atishi said […]

India’s Tests against England, Australia were not fixed: ICC

6:40 pm May 17, 2021

Dubai: The ICC on Monday dismissed claims made by news channel Al Jazeera that India’s Test matches against England (2016) and Australia (2017) were fixed, saying the passages of play identified as fixed were entirely predictable, and therefore ”implausible as a fix”. Al Jazeera in a documentary — ‘Cricket’s Match Fixers’ — released in 2018 […]

17.14 lakh more doses given; 18.22 cr jabs so far

11:55 pm May 15, 2021

New Delhi: A total of 17.14 lakh coronavirus vaccine doses were administered on Saturday and the number of jabs given in the country so far rose to 18.22 crore, the Health Ministry said. According to the ministry, 5.58 lakh beneficiaries in the 18-44 age group received their first dose and 48.22 lakh such people got the shot across the […]

3 arrested for cow slaughter in UP

11:46 pm May 15, 2021

Bareilly: Three men were arrested for alleged cow slaughter and one quintal beef was seized from them in Bareilly district in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday, police said. Superintendent of Police (City) Ravindra Kumar said the arrests were made in the Bithari Chainpur police station area following a tip-off. Those arrested have been identified as Yameen (30), Qasim (26) and Aasif (27), the police officer said. […]

Ex-IAS officer booked for spreading misinformation: Police

11:32 pm May 15, 2021

Unnao: A former IAS officer has been booked for spreading misinformation by tweeting a seven-year-old photograph of dead bodies floating in the Ganga in Unnao and claiming them to be recent ones spotted in the river in Ballia, police said on Saturday. Police said the 1982-batch, UP-cadre officer Surya Pratap Singh was booked on May 13 after […]