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In a statement, the Progressive Medicos and Scientists Forum said India was quick to criticise China and Russia for granting emergency approvals to vaccines without efficacy data, but it 'failed to exercise diligence when its turn arrived'.

The woman has been in staying in Saudi Arabia for 11 months on a work visa. On November 15- 16 last year, she had posted a video online in which she alleged that she had been held captive and harassed by her employer.

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Yadgir (Karnataka), Gadchiroli (Maharashtra) have been placed at the second and third positions, respectively, Niti Aayog said in a tweet.

A joint team of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), its elite unit CoBRA (Commando Battalion for Resolute Action) and the district force was out on an anti-Naxal operation in the area, the official said.

To a query on a few teachers and students contracting coronavirus after the reopening of schools for grade 10 and PU-II year students, the minister said there was no need to panic.

A three-judge bench headed by Justice A M Khanwilkar, by 2:1 majority, held that the grant of environmental clearance and the notification for change in land use for the Central Vista project was valid.

The Central Vista revamp, announced in September, 2019 envisages a new triangular Parliament building, with seating capacity for 900 to 1,200 MPs.

The U.S. and other countries are facing logjams in using the scarce shots that already have been raced out. Still, there's ongoing debate about how to stretch supplies.

Slack, the messaging services used by millions of people for work and school, suffered a global outage on Monday, the first day back for most people returning from the New Year's holiday.

The court said the list of witnesses filed with the reply of the police to the bail pleas mentioned some witnesses but no such statements had been filed with the charge sheet in May last year.

A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde told senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Girish Chodankar, that it will take up the plea in the second week of February.

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Global stock markets and U.S. futures rose Monday on 2021s first trading day, boosted by optimism about coronavirus vaccines after Wall Street ended the year on a new high.

The pipeline will supply environment friendly and affordable fuel in the form of piped natural gas (PNG) to households and compressed natural gas (CNG) to the transportation sector.

AstraZeneca is also in discussions with the European Union's European Medicines Agency, which is conducting a rolling review of the vaccine.