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The Centre on Thursday advised states slated to hold Assembly polls in the next few months to ramp up Covid vaccination exponentially to protect the vulnerable population given the steady rise in cases of the Omicron variant of coronavirus in India. Pockets with low vaccination coverage and those with low Covid-19 exposure may be more vulnerable to the new Omicron variant, it
A proposed legislation that would ban the use of cryptocurrencies as a method of payment in India also seeks to make those who infringe the law subject to arrest without a warrant and being held without bail, according to a source and a summary of the bill seen by Reuters. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government has previously flagged that it plans to ban most
With a number of BJP-ruled states reducing taxes on petrol and diesel on Thursday and the party trying to frame it as a “Diwali gift” by the Modi government, the Congress took a swipe at the ruling party, saying the decision to slash the excise duty was driven by fear and not by a desire to lighten the common man's burden.
The cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country surpassed the 95-crore mark on Sunday, the Union Health Ministry said. More than 44 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm, according to the data from the Co-WIN portal. The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late night.
Insisting that there was no panic about power situation in Delhi, Union Power Minister R K Singh on Sunday warned Tata Power of action for sending SMSes to power consumers counselling judicious use of electricity. Singh, who held meeting with officials of power distribution companies in the national capital, producers and the power department said sending SMSes to consumers