The phase 3 human trials of Bharat&nbsp;Biotech's indigenously&nbsp;developed Covid-19 vaccine have begun in Kolkata. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep&nbsp;Dhankar&nbsp;and

Kolkata: phase 3 trial of Covaxin begins, Governor offers to volunteer

The phase 3 human trials of Bharat&nbsp;Biotech's indigenously&nbsp;developed Covid-19 vaccine candidate&nbsp;have begun in Kolkata. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep&nbsp;Dhankar&nbsp;and TMC minister Firhad&nbsp;Hakim have offered to volunteer for the trials.&nbsp;National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases in Kolkata is conducting the trials and is looking for 1000 volunteers - 350 people have applied so far.&nbsp;
Covaxin&nbsp;is being developed in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research and third phase trials will be conducted in 25 cities across 10 states. The trial has already begun&nbsp;in some places.&nbsp;

The phase 3 human trials of Bharat Biotech's indigenously developed Covid-19 vaccine candidate have begun in Kolkata. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankar and TMC minister Firhad Hakim have offered to volunteer for the trials. National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases in Kolkata is conducting the trials and is looking for 1000 volunteers - 350 people have applied so far. Covaxin is being developed in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research and third phase trials will be conducted in 25 cities across 10 states. The trial has already begun in some places.

A group of people, allegedly the supporters of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MP Hanuman Beniwal, misbehaved with employees of Shahjahanpur Toll Plaza and vandalise a toll 

A group of people, allegedly the supporters of Rashtriya Loktantrik Party MP Hanuman Beniwal, misbehaved with employees of Shahjahanpur Toll Plaza and vandalise a toll booth when asked to pay toll. The MP's cavalcade crossed the toll plaza without paying the toll. The CCTV footage from the Shahjahanpur toll plaza in Rajasthan a bunch of men breaking the boom barrier and threatening the booth workers. The toll plaza staff let the MP car through, but a couple of cars tailing him were asked to pay the toll which led to the chaos.

With the budget session of Parliament set to start on January 29, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said both Houses will have five-hour sessions each with Question Hour and Z

With the budget session of Parliament set to start on January 29, Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said both Houses will have five-hour sessions each with Question Hour and Zero Hour. Rajya Sabha will sit from 9 am to 2 pm, and Lok Sabha from 4 pm to 9 pm. The Union Budget will be presented at 11 am on February 1 in Lok Sabha. During the monsoon session held during the Covid pandemic, which was cut short, each house sat for four hours and had no question hour. Private Members&rsquo; business, which usually takes place on Friday afternoons, was not taken up during the monsoon session and has made a comeback in the budget session.
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A team of Uttar Pradesh Police reached Mumbai on Wednesday to question the makers of web series 'Tandav', Livehindustan has reported. Multiple complaints have been file

A team of Uttar Pradesh Police reached Mumbai on Wednesday to question the makers of web series 'Tandav', Livehindustan has reported. Multiple complaints have been filed against director Ali Abbas Zafar, Amazon Prime's India head Aparna Purohit, producer Himanshu Kishan Mehra, writer Gaurav Solanki and actors for allegedly hurting religious sentiments. The cast and crew of 'Tandav' have apologised twice in two days and have also offered to make changes to the show after outrage by a section of people and multiple FIRs.

Representatives of protesting farmers and the central govt will today meet for the 10th time to overcome the deadlock over three contentious farm laws. In the previous 

Representatives of protesting farmers and the central govt will today meet for the 10th time to overcome the deadlock over three contentious farm laws. In the previous meeting on January 15, the farmers remained adamant on the demand to repeal the legislations. Agriculture minister Narendra Singh Tomar had urged them to be flexible and asserted that the government has already accepted several demands. On Tuesday, a committee appointed by the Supreme Court to scrutinise three agricultural laws held its first and finalised its roadmap for wide consultations.

India will start supplies of millions of Covid vaccine doses to neighbouring from Wednesday. Bhutan, the Maldives and Bangladesh are set to get first batch of 'made in 

India will start supplies of millions of Covid vaccine doses to neighbouring from Wednesday. Bhutan, the Maldives and Bangladesh are set to get first batch of 'made in India' vaccine on Wednesday as grant assistance. The Hindustan Times has reported that 1.5 lakh doses of vaccine will reach Bhutan and another 1 lakh will be sent to the Maldives. Bangladesh is set to get 2 million doses of the Bharat Biotech vaccine as a gift from India. The external affairs ministry said supplies under grant assistance to Bhutan, the Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles will begin from Wednesday in line with India&rsquo;s commitment to use its vaccine production and delivery capacity to help the world fight Covid-19.

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has rushed a multi-disciplinary team to assist the Lakshadweep administration in Covid-19 management after the Union Territ

The Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry has rushed a multi-disciplinary team to assist the Lakshadweep administration in Covid-19 management after the Union Territory reported its first case of infection.
The case was reported on January 18. The index case is a traveller who had come to Lakshadweep from Kerala's Kochi on January 4 by a ship.
The patient had reported to hospital with symptoms suggestive of Covid-19 and tested positive.

Keeping in mind the requirement of the domestic need, the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday issued a statement stating India would be supplying the &lsquo;Made in

Keeping in mind the requirement of the domestic need, the Ministry of External Affairs on Tuesday said India would be supplying the &lsquo;Made in India&rsquo; vaccine to partner countries in the coming few weeks and months. Bhutan, Maldives, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar and Seychelles will be supplied the two Covid-19 vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, under grant assistance. Regulatory clearances are awaited from Sri Lanka, Afghanistan and Mauritius.
India, which started&nbsp;vaccination drive from January 16 for health workers, said its committed to help all humanity to fight the pandemic.

The &lsquo;Tandav&rsquo; row may now finally come to a hault as the makers of the Amazon Prime series agreed to make changes to the content of the show which sparked an

The &lsquo;Tandav&rsquo; row may come to an end as the makers of the Amazon Prime series have agreed to make changes to the show which sparked anger amongst citizens and political leaders who accused the creators of&nbsp;hurting religious sentiments. A police complaint filed in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh alleged that some scenes &lsquo;insulted Hindu gods and goddesses&rsquo;. This move by the makers comes after the cast and crew offered an &ldquo;unconditional apology&rdquo;.

The Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors has demanded the state government to allow healthcare workers to make a decision regarding which vaccine out of the two th

The Karnataka Association of Resident Doctors has asked the government to allow&nbsp;healthcare workers to make a choice between the two available&nbsp;Covid-19 vaccines. A letter written to Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar mentions that resident doctors of six districts in the state feel they are being discriminated against. The resident doctors are concerned that they have been given Covaxin vaccine as the only choice, whereas other centres in Karnataka have been receiving Covishield. The concern has arisen because&nbsp;the clinical efficacy of Covaxin is yet to be established.&nbsp;

In a viral clip posted by the official Twitter account of the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), a man at the Delhi Metro Station in Delhi who collapsed at a met

In a viral clip posted by the official Twitter account of the Central Industrial Security Force, a man who collapsed at a metro station was saved by a CISF personnel. Satyanaran, a passenger at the Dabri More Metro Station fell unconscious and was revived by Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation or&nbsp;CPR&nbsp;performed by the CISF personnel stationed at the metro station. The CISF&nbsp;is being hailed on the internet&nbsp;for saving a life.

Nearly a month after winning a majority in the local body polls, the People&rsquo;s Alliance for&nbsp;Gupkar&nbsp;Declaration or PAGD in Jammu and Kashmir suffered a ma

Nearly a month after winning a majority in the local body polls, the People&rsquo;s Alliance for&nbsp;Gupkar&nbsp;Declaration or PAGD in Jammu and Kashmir suffered a major blow Tuesday after People&rsquo;s Conference chief Sajad Lone moved out of the multi-party amalgam.&nbsp;In a letter to PAGD head and National Conference president Farooq Abdullah Lone said PAGD won these elections having won the maximum number of seats&nbsp;and&nbsp;other important statistical variable in the context of Abrogation of&nbsp;Article 370&nbsp;is the number of votes polled against the&nbsp;PAGD.&nbsp;Lone was part of the alliance of Opposition parties in the Valley, which included the People&rsquo;s Democratic Party, National Conference and CPM with Congress giving outside support.&nbsp;He&nbsp;was the spokesperson for the alliance.&nbsp;

Doctors, nurses and other key workers who have been involved in fighting the coronavirus pandemic should not hesitate in getting the vaccine shot, the government said t

Amid multiple Doctor groups across the country expressing doubts over the&nbsp;indigenously&nbsp;made&nbsp;Covaxin, the Centre on Tuesday said&nbsp;health professionals&nbsp;who have been involved in fighting the coronavirus pandemic should not hesitate in getting the vaccine shot.&nbsp;NITI Aayog member on health Dr VK Paul, who is the head of government&rsquo;s Covid&nbsp;panel,&nbsp;said the reports of doctors and nurses refusing to take the jab is upsetting.&nbsp;Dr Paul said minor&nbsp;unfavourable&nbsp;effects are common after the jab and this should not discourage people from inoculation.

Maldives will become the first country to receive the Indian coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday. Maldives government has given all regulatory approvals and permission to 

Maldives will become the first country to receive India made&nbsp;coronavirus vaccine on Wednesday. Maldives government has given all regulatory approvals and permission to Oxford Astrazeneca's Covishield&nbsp;vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India.&nbsp; According to reports, the vaccine is being sent to cover frontline health workers and senior citizens. The consignment is to land in&nbsp;Mal&eacute; via an Air India flight.&nbsp;

Days after Bhupinder Singh Mann recused himself from the Supreme Court-appointed panel to resolve the impasse over the three farm laws, Chief Justice of India S A Bobde

Days after Bhupinder Singh Mann recused himself from the Supreme Court-appointed panel to resolve the impasse over the three farm laws, Chief Justice of India S A Bobde Tuesday was quoted by Bar and Bench as saying that panel members expressing their views on the farm laws before their selection is no ground for disqualification and that their opinion can change.&nbsp;Without taking any names, the CJI&nbsp;reportedly&nbsp;said&nbsp;that&nbsp;a&nbsp;person may have an opinion before being a part of the committee but his opinion can change.&nbsp;Mann, president of his faction of Bharti Kisan Union and chairman of All India Kisan Coordination Committee, had recused himself from the court-appointed panel two days after his induction. He allegedly pulled out of the committee following protests over his pro-farm laws stand in the past.&nbsp;

Subsidy in Parliament canteen will cease to exist and food for Parliamentarians and others will get costlier. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that the Lok Sabha Secreta

Subsidy in Parliament canteen will cease to exist and food for Parliamentarians and others will get costlier. Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla said that the Lok Sabha Secretariat will save more than ₹8 crore with the end of subsidy and canteens now will be run by ITDC instead of Northern Railways. The move comes before the start of the Budget session on January 29.

Even as uncertainty looms over their planned tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day, farmers protesting on Delhi's borders against the new agriculture&nbsp;laws on Tues

Even as uncertainty looms over their planned tractor rally in Delhi on Republic Day, farmers protesting on Delhi's borders against the new agriculture&nbsp;laws on Tuesday said their preparations for the "peaceful march" are in full gear and there is no question of going back.
Protesting unions, which have announced that thousands of farmers will take out the tractor rally on the Outer Ring Road in the national capital on January 26, claimed more farmers are likely to flock to the protest sites after Guru Gobind Singh Jayanti on Wednesday. The unions asked authorities to&nbsp;facilitate tractor rally.&nbsp;

Sanjay Jha on the challenges for institutions in India and what lies ahead for the Congress party.

Sanjay Jha on the challenges for institutions in India and what lies ahead for the Congress party.

BJP leader&nbsp;Suvendu&nbsp;Adhikari on Tuesday asked Mamata Banerjee to prepare a letterhead describing her as the &lsquo;former chief minster&rsquo;. His remarks cam

BJP leader&nbsp;Suvendu&nbsp;Adhikari on Tuesday asked Mamata Banerjee to prepare a letterhead describing her as the &lsquo;former chief minster&rsquo;. His remarks came&nbsp;a day after the Bengal CM's announcement that she will contest the upcoming assembly elections from Nandigram. Adhikari, who crossed over to the BJP recently, while addressing a rally in&nbsp;Purba&nbsp;Medinipur district&nbsp;said&nbsp;again&nbsp;vowed to remove the Banerjee's government from power.&nbsp;Banerjee had said on Monday she will contest the assembly elections from both Nandigram and&nbsp;Bhawanipur&nbsp;constituencies. Banerjee said that Nandigram is close to her heart and continues to remain special.&nbsp;&nbsp;

A special CBI court in Mumbai on Tuesday rejected the plea of Indrani Mukerjea, Last month, Mukerjea, who is lodged in Byculla&nbsp;jail,&nbsp;told the court that thoug

A special CBI court in Mumbai on Tuesday rejected the plea of Indrani Mukerjea, Last month, Mukerjea, who is lodged in Byculla&nbsp;jail,&nbsp;told the court that though she was an undertrial, jail authorities were asking her to wear a green sari, the uniform meant for convicts.&nbsp;She then through her lawyer submitted a petition&nbsp;seeking exemption from wearing this uniform.&nbsp;Sheena Bora, Mukerjea's daughter from an earlier relationship, was allegedly strangled in a car and her body was disposed of in neighbouring Raigad district in April 2012.

After Sunday&rsquo;s violent clash between two communities in Kutch during a procession to collect funds for the Ram Temple, 40 people have been arrested by police. The

After Sunday&rsquo;s violent clash between two communities in Kutch during a procession to collect funds for the Ram Temple, 40 people have been arrested by the police. The clash resulted in a death of a Jharkhand labourer with several getting injured, including policemen.
According to the police, loud religious slogans raised by a majoriy&nbsp;group provoked another community resulting in a clash with swords, sticks. Vehicles were set on fire and many injured.&nbsp;The group did not have the required permission for the procession.

The phase 3 human trials of Bharat&nbsp;Biotech's indigenously&nbsp;developed Covid-19 vaccine have begun in Kolkata. West Bengal Governor Jagdeep&nbsp;Dhankar&nbsp;and TMC minister Firhad&nbsp;Hakim have offered to volunteer for the trials.&nbsp;National Institute of Cholera and Enteric Diseases in Kolkata is conducting the trials and is looking for 1000 volunteers - 350 people have applies so far.&nbsp;
Covaxin&nbsp;is being developed in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research and third phase trials will be conducted in 25 cities across 10 states. The trial has already begun&nbsp;in some places.&nbsp;

The flood situation in Assam and the northeast continues to deteriorate with at least 16 people being reported dead, and over 14 lakh people were affected by the deluge

The flood situation in Assam and the northeast continues to deteriorate with at least 16 people being reported dead, and over 14 lakh people were affected by the deluge across 25 districts of the state. Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has briefed Home Minister Amit Shah about the latest situation and 24x7 flood control rooms have been activated across the state. The Indian Army has been brought in, to aid the National Disaster Response Force personnel in rescuing marooned people.

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