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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said there is a need to be proactive in the light of the new SARS-CoV-2 “variant of concern” Omicron and directed officials to review plans for easing of international travel restrictions in the wake of reports related to the new mutations of the virus. Modi chaired a comprehensive meeting to review the situation relating to Covid-19 and vaccination on Saturday, immediately after WHO designated Omicron a 'variant of concern'. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cX8dB8

Fear of exposure to Covid-19 virus is driving health care workers and even some vaccine trial participants (who got vaccinated in September-October last year), mainly from the vulnerable groups, to opt for the third dose privately. Private organisations are extending their vaccination drive for third doses without providing a certificate. Meanwhile, the government is likely to come out with its policy on additional dose in the coming week for people with predefined conditions. However, their primary objective will be to immunise the 10-12 crores who remain unvaccinated. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3xtXvLK

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Not a single batch of Covid vaccine has failed the safety, quality and efficacy test so far, even as India has rapidly expanded its manufacturing capacities over the last 11 months since January to cater to local and global demand for jabs. The country’s apex vaccine testing facility — Central Drug Laboratory (CDL) in Kasauli, Himachal Pradesh — has tested over 1,114 batches of Covid jabs between January till October. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/32E9efs

Amid mounting concern over cases of new 'variant of concern' Omicron, the ICMR on Saturday said there is no need to panic and urged people to not delay their second vaccine dose. “The structural changes detected in the virus may not necessarily give rise to a functional change of concern. It may not necessarily be lethal or result in severe form of disease. There is no such data, as of now,” says Samiran Panda, Head of Epidemiology & Communicable Diseases, at ICMR. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3HZvTTx

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“Governments will come and governments will go, but the idea of India, the Constitutional idea of India, resilient though it has proved to be, must be protected,” Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay high court said on Friday, adding “history will not judge us by our highways or bridges or statues, it will judge us by how well we have preserved the Constitutional idea of India and saved it from being undermined.” from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3p8A9rc

Hailing the judiciary for maintaining the highest standards of conduct and for being the most trusted institution in which people have reposed faith, President Ram Nath Kovind, however, said judges should exercise utmost discretion while passing observations in court proceedings as it could lead to dubious interpretation. Kovind also emphasised the need to bring reform in the judiciary to make justice more speedy and accessible and also to improve gender balance in the institution. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/2ZukUjH

Six years after the Supreme Court nixed Parliament’s NJAC Act that had replaced the “judges-selecting-judges” collegium system, President Ram Nath Kovind on Saturday gave fresh momentum to calls for reforming the selection method and suggested nurturing of grassroot-level judges, chosen through an all-India exam, for promotion to higher judiciary. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3cUe5es

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"It was a frustrating evening; the price was fluctuating so much. I was trying to sell some coins and buy a few to average out but was unable to do so. There was a problem with the MobiKwik wallet and it lasted till Wednesday. The prices went up the next day, and I lost out because I couldn't trade," Gopal Somani said. from Economic Times https://ift.tt/3cSadur

In the past one year, while the clamour for a population control Bill was witnessed in several states, Karnataka, Tripura, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Gujarat, Assam and Uttar Pradesh are making preparations for a law to control population through rewards and penalties. from Economic Times https://ift.tt/31a7Oc1

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Underlining that it is not ready to accept any sort of "closure" on the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, the government gave a renewed push to punish the guilty on the 13th anniversary of the terror strikes by summoning a senior Pakistani diplomat and calling for an expeditious trial in the long pending case. In a note verbale, it also asked Pakistan to abide by its commitment to not allow territories under its control to be used for terrorism against India. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3DXtExI

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A penalty of Rs 10 lakh a day will be imposed on the concessionaire building Noida international airport if it exceeds the deadline of September 29, 2024. A day after the airport project was launched by the PM, officials said when the concessionaire, Zurich AG, and the UP government had signed the final agreement, it had been decided the company would be liable to pay 0.1% of the bank guarantee it had deposited every day as liquidated damages if the project breached the deadline. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3p0xS1n

CJI NV Ramana’s at Constitution Day celebrations on Friday said, "The framers of the Constitution made accountability an integral element with respect to the legislature and executive. However, they consciously decided to keep the judiciary on a different pedestal. They trusted the competence of the men and women who would adorn the Bench, in upholding the Constitution. As an institution, the judiciary has lived up to the faith reposed in it by the Constituent Assembly." from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3r9sSu1

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday hit out at the colonial mindset of developed nations which is attempting to restrict developing nations like India from using those resources and paths which they themselves took to become developed and regretted that some in India are using western benchmarks and environment to impede the country's progress from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3lcTHcW

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At an event organised by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) and Ficci, he said the government is fast-tracking foreign direct investment (FDI) applications under Press Note 3, the commerce and industry ministry said in a statement. from Economic Times https://ift.tt/3FRr5hi

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Interacting with ambassadors of Latin American and Caribbean nations, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said India is willing to supply Covishield and Covaxin to these countries. Explaining India's strategy to curb Covid-19, he spoke on the six vaccines approved in the country, of which two are indigenously developed. from India News | Latest News Headlines & Live Updates from India - Times of India https://ift.tt/3nOM91J

Recently, the Trinamool has been successful in roping in several 'disillusioned' Congress leaders into its fold including former Congress chief minister of Goa, Luizinho Faleiro. In Meghalaya, 12 of the 18 Congress MLAs joined the Trinamool, making it the principal opposition in the state assembly. from Economic Times https://ift.tt/3CTnVb1

AITC state convenor Subal Bhowmik staged a sit-in with party workers in Agartala, accusing the state election commission of 'favouring BJP'. He alleged there was booth jamming and intimidatory tactics to prevent people from voting. from Economic Times https://ift.tt/3xlpQ6M

As is customary, the Congress committee authorised leader of opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge to reach out to leaders of other opposition parties to maximise floor coordination on common issues during the session that begins on Monday. from Economic Times https://ift.tt/3FLhSHd

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According to the IMD, orange alerts have been issued in Thiruvananthapuram, Kollam, Pathanamthitta, Kottayam and Idukki and yellow alerts in Alapuzha, Ernakulam, Thrissur, Palakkad, Malappuram and Wayanad. from Economic Times https://ift.tt/3FMqgX4

The death toll is higher than last year, but by no means unique. The International Organization of Migration estimates that 23,000 people have perished since 2014 while trying to cross the Mediterranean in rickety boats or rubber dinghies, peaking at more than 5,000 in 2016. In the same seven-year period, about 166 people have died in the English channel. from Economic Times https://ift.tt/3CM0H6w

The blaze broke out in the Kemerovo region in southwestern Siberia. Russia's state Tass news agency reported, citing an unnamed emergency official, that coal dust caught fire, and smoke quickly filled the Listvyazhnaya mine through the ventilation system. from Economic Times https://ift.tt/3HT7zCY

“Some people had caused bitterness in this sugarcane by starting a series of riots in the region. Today there are two options in front of the country- we have to decide whether to give fresh sweetness to sugarcane in this belt or will you allow the hatred of riots by supporters of Jinnah. I am present here today to know this,” the chief minister said. from Economic Times https://ift.tt/3p6I9Jw

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