In focus, 4th Jan 2021, News & Stories from India

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04 Jan 2021

In focus, 04 Jan 2021

Esther Berg Embodies Her Father's Life Mission Through Philanthropy

Berg was heavily influenced by her late father, Chaim 'LOBO' Silber, who was known for his charitable contributions around the globe

04 Jan 2021 8:32 PM

Dr. Tushar Vishnoi is a designer by heart and artist of par excellence

Once he completed his BDS, he made sure that he would never let his passion for designing at bay

04 Jan 2021 8:26 PM

Trump in phone call presses Georgia's election chief to 'find' votes to reverse Biden's win: Report

The Trump campaign and several of the president's allies have launched dozens of attempts to challenge the poll results in many swing states

04 Jan 2021 12:47 PM

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi takes her oath of office as the Speaker of the 117th Congress after being re-elected at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Sunday, January. 3, 2021. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)

Nancy Pelosi re-elected as Speaker of US House of Representatives

Following the election of the House Speaker, Pelosi administered the oath to the rest of the members of the House

04 Jan 2021 11:47 AM

Bharat Biotech aims to recruit 26,000 volunteers across the country for the Phase-3 trials; it has crossed the 23,000-volunteer mark. (AFP)

Vaccine makers call approval a giant leap

SII has stockpiled around 5 crore dosages of the vaccine and aims to produce up to 10 crore per month by March next year

04 Jan 2021 11:22 AM

Rescue operation carried out by NDRF personnel after the complex roof of a crematorium collapsed due to heavy rain, at Muradnagar in Ghaziabad, Sunday, Jan. 03, 2021.(PTI)

24 dead, 17 injured in roof collapse at Ghaziabad cremation ground

Adityanath announced Rs 2 lakh as financial relief for the families of each man killed

04 Jan 2021 11:08 AM

According to Rajiv Nath, founder and forum coordinator of Association of Indian Medical Device Industry, the estimated demand in India is around 180 crore (1.8 billion) syringes every year. (AFP)

Tough task for syringe manufacturers

India, according to syringe manufacturers, is expected to require 17.76 crore of these vital pieces of equipment every day

04 Jan 2021 10:56 AM

The AIMIM chief met Siddiqui, the religious shrine's secretary who aspires to float a political outfit for Muslims, hunting for an ally to contest the Bengal polls (Photo: Twitter | ANI/file)

For Bengal polls, Owaisi chooses Mamata's rival

Owaisi dared the CM to explain the exodus of her party leaders to the BJP and the saffron party's rise in the state in absence of his party

04 Jan 2021 8:57 AM

Farmers leaders during a meeting with Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Narendra Singh Tomar (unseen) and Union Minister for Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal (unseen) over the new farm laws, at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi, Wednesday, December. 30, 2020. (PTI)

Government hopes 7th round of talks will end on positive note today

04 Jan 2021 7:02 AM

Assessing the situation in J&K and predicting anything for the period beyond has to take into consideration a number of domains. Each of these can be a spoiler, while success is only gained by the cumulative whole achieved by them (Representational Image:AP)

Syed Ata Hasnain | As politics intensifies in J&K, ensure its security

What have the DDC elections really achieved? They have created hope and an opportunity for political empowerment at the grassroots level

04 Jan 2021 4:59 AM

It was a long complicated Bill but after four-and-a-half years of bickering and three Prime Ministers, Parliament approved the Bill by 11 pm. Then the Queen, as Head of State, signed it near midnight and the UK had legally approved of Brexit (Representational Image: AFP)

Kishwar Desai | UK’s ‘freedom’ at midnight; Queen’s NY honours go to 89 Brit Indians

2020 had one last blow to deliver. Partly responsible was the super-super spreader mutation of Covid-19

04 Jan 2021 4:32 AM

JP Nadda and Hardeep Singh Puri hit out at the Congress after some of its leaders questioned the approval process for Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine (Image:PTI)

BJP says Congress is not proud of anything that is made in India

Nadda accused the Congress of trying to cause panic among people to further their failed politics and nefarious agendas

04 Jan 2021 4:27 AM

India has the highest number of Covid-19 cases after the United States and with Sunday's decision it joins the few nations that have started vaccinating its population to protect from Covid-19 (Image:PTI)

It's a turning point against Covid-19: PM Modi

WHO laudes India’s move saying the decision will help intensify and strengthen the fight against Covid-19 in the South Asian

04 Jan 2021 4:10 AM

As the data for the phase 3 trails not yet ready concerns are being raised over the efficacy of the Covaxin (Representational Image: AFP)

2 Congress leaders doubt efficacy, DCGI chief calls Covaxin 110% safe

The All India Drug Action Network (AIDAN) urged the government to withdraw permission to Covaxin

04 Jan 2021 4:10 AM

Among the target groups to receive the vaccine are those older than 50 years, and this is where the electoral rolls, with their nearly comprehensive data pertaining to individuals — names, addresses, and their age — will become all-important (Representational Image: AFP)

India to use electoral data for jab

The first phase of the vaccination will cover healthcare, frontline workers, people from the general population who are over 50

04 Jan 2021 4:03 AM

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