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Department of Biotechnology Secretary Renu Swarup said Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield have robustly undergone immunoassay lab tests.

Germany is set to extend its nationwide lockdown until the end of the month and introduce new tougher restrictions in a bid to get control of surging coronavirus infections, sources said on Tuesday.

As the world races to contain rising COVID19 infections fuelled by new coronavirus variants, some countries are seeking to counter low vaccine supplies with dosing patterns or volumes that stray from how the shots were tested in clinical trials.

Full text of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi's LinkedIn post on Atmanirbhar Bharat.

Taking into consideration the risk of the outbreak of pandemic on campus, limited facilities for quarantine/isolation of students, and UGC guidelines on hostel accommodation, the Task Force has planned for a gradual/phased return of students to the campus...

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.

OPEC+ resumes debate on Tuesday after talks stumbled over February policy, with Russia leading calls for higher output and others suggesting holding or even cutting production due to new coronavirus lockdowns.

France is stepping up its COVID19 vaccine rollout by widening further its first target group to include more health workers and simplifying a cumbersome process to deliver jabs more quickly, Health Minister Olivier Veran said on Tuesday.

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.

R Madhavan gave it back to a Twitter user who commented that the actor is ruining his health and career by consuming drugs and alcohol.

The supplementary or compartment exams are conducted for the students who have failed in one or two subjects in their mainboard exam.

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.