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#Uttarakhand Uttarakhand glacier burst: Officials to declare 136 missing as dead #Uttarakhand Uttarakhand glacier burst: 5 more bodies recovered from hydel project site, toll rises to 67 #Uttarakhand Haridwar Kumbh Mela 2021 limited to 30 days, to begin on April 1 #Uttarakhand Uttarakhand glacier burst: Two more bodies recovered from Tapovan tunnel, toll rises to 58 #Uttarakhand Inside Tapovan tunnel: Rescue workers keep at it as hopes recede #Uttarakhand Device that monitors China movement, is missing since glacier burst: Uttarakhand minister For Quick Alerts Subscribe Now India - 11,156,923 | World - 115,754,544 View Sample For Quick Alerts ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS For Daily Alerts Just In 10 min ago PM Modi to hold virtual summit with Swedish counterpart on Friday 17 min ago PM Modi to receive CERAWeek Global Energy and Environment ... » Learn More about Uttarakhand govt presents Rs 57,400 crore budget for 2021-22 in assembly

The US strike in eastern Syria on Friday shows the new US administration under Joe Biden, for all its stated willingness to amend its predecessor's foreign policy woes, has no intention of changing the US policy in the Middle East. This is certainly not good news for either the region or the world at large. In what was intended, and widely perceived to be a strike with limited scope and time frame, the United States struck the positions of Iran-backed militia groups in Syria's eastern province of Deir al-Zour near the Iraqi border, killing 22 fighters. The US claimed it was responding to the recent rocket attacks launched by the militia groups on US forces in the region. But the strike serves multiple purposes, not least sending the message that the US is willing to again flex its military muscles to advance its interests in international settings. Being locked in a proxy war in Syria, the US throwing its weight behind the rebels which are in a defensive position against the ... » Learn More about US military action not a good omen: China Daily editorial

March 04, 2021 13:41 Two Koreans have died after being injected with AstraZeneca's vaccine. Jeong Eun-kyeong, the chief of the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency, in an emergency briefing on Wednesday said, "Fatalities have been reported following coronavirus vaccine injections and we are investigating the relationship between the injections and their deaths." According to the KDCA, the first person to die was a man in his 50s who received the injection at a hospital in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province on Tuesday morning. He complained of chest pain, nausea and breathing difficulties 11 hours after receiving the vaccine and died on Wednesday morning. The second victim was a man in his 60s who received the vaccine in a hospital in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province last Saturday. He developed a fever, muscle aches and other symptoms 33 hours after being vaccinated and also died on Wednesday morning. Both had been hospitalized, one due to a heart problem and the other with ... » Learn More about 2 People Die After AstraZeneca Vaccination

DUBAI/MOSCOW: OPEC and its allies in will decide on Thursday whether to freeze oil output or raise it slightly from April as a recent price rally is clouded by concern over the fragility of economic recovery during the COVID-19 pandemic. The market has been expecting the OPEC+ group of producers to ease supply cuts by about 500,000 barrels per day (bpd) from April. OPEC's de facto leader Saudi Arabia has also been expected to partially or fully end its voluntary production cut of an additional 1 million bpd. But three OPEC+ sources said on Wednesday that some key members of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) had suggested that output across the OPEC+ group should be kept unchanged. It was not immediately clear whether Saudi Arabia would end its voluntary cuts or extend them, they said. Russia has been insisting on raising output to avoid prices spiking any further and lending support to shale oil output from the United States , which is not ... » Learn More about OPEC+ debates whether to raise or freeze oil output as price recovers

'We are passing through a very historical moment. The UP election next year and the Lok Sabha election of 2019 will decide the course of India.' 'Maybe the unlettered will save India again because they have inherited a different India and a different idea of India,' says eminent social scientist Achyut Yagnik. After a historic mandate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi completed two years in office on May 26. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters A chyut Yagnik , the honorary secretary of the Ahmedabad-based NGO, SETU, Centre for Social Knowledge and Action, is a leading social activist and political thinker. At his quiet office in Ahmedabad, he spoke to Archana Masih/ Rediff.com about Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Congress, and his faith in the people of India. Two years into Prime Minister Modi's tenure, what are the changes you notice? There is a contest between the liberal and authoritarian idea of India. There is a controversy about these two ideas. ... » Learn More about ‘Modi thinks “I’m number 1 and up to number 10 there’s no one”‘

This provision will help cover employment, health, safety issues of women. Govt plans to form 1L groups of women, give them loans for business The government announced in the Budget that women innovators will be given Rs 20,000 a month under the start-up innovation scheme . The government has allocated Rs8,692.63 crore for ‘gender budget’ in its 2021-22 State Budget . Under this budget head, provision is made for women-related schemes. education of women, besides employment and safety issues. Various ongoing schemes have been listed in the budget, which include free education for girls, scholarships, hostel facilities and other schemes related to reproductive and child health programmes. To encourage women to work as trainers and coaches, a special scheme has been planned for these courses. A high level committee will be formed to run the scheme, finance minister Nitin Patel said. The government gives a loan of Rs1 lakh to women groups. It now plans to form 1 ... » Learn More about Rs 8,692 CRORE: THAT’S THE BUDGET FOR WOMEN

Vaccine efficacy of 80.6% for Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin at the first interim analysis of phase-3 trials in India is indeed promising, though it took two months for the data to become available after the vaccine was approved for ‘restricted emergency use’ by the Indian drug regulator. The vaccine efficacy was measured based on symptomatic COVID-19 disease — mild, moderate or severe — two weeks after the second dose. The interim analysis undertaken at the first endpoint of 43 COVID-19 cases in the phase-3 trial carried out across 26 sites in India found 36 cases in the placebo group while only seven COVID-19 cases in the arm that received two doses of the vaccine given 28 days apart. The phase-3 trial that began last November recruited 25,800 participants, with one half receiving the vaccine and the other, a placebo. While the phase-3 trial will continue till 130 participants in both groups put together develop COVID-19 disease, another interim analysis will be carried out when there are ... » Learn More about Efficacious too: On Covaxin

Video Player Close PARIS, March 4 (Xinhua) -- To contain the spread of new coronavirus variants in France, Prime Minister Jean Castex on Thursday announced weekend lockdown in more areas, tougher rules against social mixing in high-risk regions and faster vaccination rollout. The northern department of Pas-de-Calais will move into lockdown starting this weekend. The incidence rate there hit 400 cases per 100,000 inhabitants, double the national average. The number of new infections surged by 23 percent in the last five days. As in Alpes-Maritimes and Dunkirk, people in Pas-de-Calais have to stay at home from 6 a.m. Saturday to 6 p.m. Sunday, announced Castex at the weekly press conference on the sanitary situation. He said that three departments -- Hautes-Alpes, Aisne and Aube -- are added to the list of high-alert zones, where large malls will close and mask-wearing will be reinforced in all urban areas starting from Friday midnight. Local authorities will have the ... » Learn More about Roundup: France tightens COVID-19 restrictions, steps up vaccine rollout

Bharat Biotech's vaccine, whose emergency use approval before finishing final stage testing had triggered a row, has shown an 81 per cent efficacy in preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in an interim analysis of the advanced clinical trial, the company said on Wednesday, boosting prospects of its usage. IMAGE: A vial of Bharat Biotech Covaxin. Photograph: ANI Photo Covaxin, which was shunned by some health workers due to lack of final trial data, showed efficacy better than the company's previous guidance of around 60 per cent. In a statement, Bharat Biotech Chairman Krishna Ella said Covaxin has 'demonstrated high clinical efficacy' as also shown 'significant immunogenicity' against rapidly emerging variants. In a separate video address, he added that 'many people criticised us'. The results come as a shot in the arm for India's immunisation drive against coronavirus. The drug regulator in January had allowed Covaxin as well as the vaccine made by AstraZeneca's local ... » Learn More about Bharat Biotech finds Covaxin 81% efficient in Phase 3 trials

Las Vegas Sands , founded by late billionaire and casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, said on Wednesday it would sell its Vegas properties for about $6.25 billion to focus on Asia, home to the world's largest gambling hub, Macau . The sale comes just two months after the death of Adelson, who transformed Las Vegas Sands into the world's largest casino and filled his gambling hubs with trendy restaurants and shops, making them luxury destinations for business travelers and tourists alike. The gambling industry, which thrives on air travel and large groups of people in close proximity, has been one of the hardest hit amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Las Vegas Sands said the deal underscores its strategy of reinvesting in its Asian operations, with a focus on Macau and Singapore. Macau and Singapore accounted for 48% and 35% of total revenue in 2020, respectively, according to Refinitiv Eikon data. Las Vegas Sands in January named long-time company executive Robert Goldstein ... » Learn More about Las Vegas Sands to sell properties for about $6.25 billion