Rains likely in several parts of flood-hit Maharashtra
Pune, Jul 30 : During next 24 hours, heavy to very heavy rainfall very likely at isolated places over Konkan and Goa, the IMD predicted Today.It further said that rain is likely at most places…
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COVID: Kolhapur reports 26 fatilities, over 700 cases
Kolhapur, Jul 30 :Kolhapur on Friday reported 711 new COVID cases while 26 people lost their lives, the authorities said in a health bulletin.The fresh addition took the district tally to 1,93,299 while the death…
COVID: Maharashtra reports 231 deaths, over 6k cases
Mumbai, Jul 30 : Maharashtra on Friday reported 6,600 new COVID cases and 231 virus-related fatalities, informed the official health bulletin.With the new additions, the state’s cumulative case tally has now surged to 62,96,756 while…
Deadlock over Pegasus snooping row continues, LS adjourned for day; 2 Bills introduced
New Delhi, Jul 30 : After the introduction of two Bills--The Commission for Air Quality Management in National Capital Region and Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021 and The General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Amendment Bill, 2021, proceedings…
India plans to launch in 2023 satellite to map land surface changes
New Delhi, July 30 :India is planning to launch in early 2023 the NISER (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) satellite to measure land surface changes across the globe using advanced radar imaging.NISAR is a joint Earth-Observation…
Rajya Sabha passes Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Bill 2021
New Delhi, Jul 30 (UNI) The Rajya Sabha on Friday cleared the Coconut Development Board (Amendment) Bill 2021 making the post of Chairman non-executive.The amendment also seeks to raise the number of members of the…
Pfizer says third COVID-19 vaccine dose strongly boosts protection against Delta variant
Washington, Jul 28 : American biopharmaceutical company Pfizer said Wednesday a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine can "strongly" boost protection against the Delta variant.Antibody levels against the Delta variant in people aged 18 to…
Israelis need to show vaccine certificate to attend events: health ministry
Jerusalem, Jul 29 : The Israeli health ministry said it has reimposed its Green Pass system Today amid a new wave of COVID-19 infections.Under the outline of the Green Pass, any person above the age…
COVID-19: India records 43,509 cases in past 24 hrs
New Delhi, Jul 29 : India recorded 43,509 new cases of COVID-19 during the past 24 hours at a positivity rate of 2.52 per cent, the Union Health Ministry said Today.According to the Ministry, the…
FS discussed the issue of extradition of Nirav Modi, Vijay Mallya during UK visit
New Delhi, Jul 29 : Foreign Secretary Harsh Vardhan Shringla during his two-day visit to the UK last week had discussed the issue of the return of economic offenders among other matters, the MEA said…