No approval yet for Covaxin as WHO seeks more data, final evaluation likely on 3 November
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday once again postponed the approval of India’s indigenous Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin, seeking more technical details to conduct a final ‘risk-benefit assessment’. Global body – which was reviewing India’s data Covaxin covid-19. shot against In order to provide the Emergency Use List (EUL) – has sought additional information from Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech to conduct a final “risk-benefit assessment” to approve the vaccine for global use. The organization expects to receive a notification “by the end of this week” and plans to conduct a final assessment on November 3.
special | Government may get floor space like 2 presidential buildings in ongoing office cleanup
The floor area of the Rashtrapati Bhavan could be cleared in terms of space in central government offices by the end of this month, as part of a major October cleanup ordered by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, details learned by News18 show. . As of now, around 3.18 lakh sq. ft. has been freed In government offices by deleting around 7.3 lakh files in the mega drive that started on October 2. The floor area of Rashtrapati Bhavan is about 2 lakh square feet. “A total of 9,31,442 government files have been identified for sorting till the end of this month. 78 percent work has been done. The work is on a war scale,” a senior government official told News18.
With rising national ambitions, TMC and AAP are taking different paths towards the same goal
Perception plays a very important role in any sport or competition. Especially in a political matchup, perception builds public support. Therefore, perception is very important for political parties everywhere. India has a multi-party system and has many organisations, but only a few have national status. Apart from Congress, two parties rapidly gaining momentum To challenge the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the center in recent times. These two organizations are Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Trinamool Congress (TMC). AAP emerged from the anti-corruption movement led by activist Anna Hazare in 2012 with the stated objective of social cleanliness.
BCCI comes out in full support of Mohammed Shami: ‘Proud, strong, above and beyond’
The BCCI has come out in support of India pacer Mohammed Shami, who has been the target of social media trolls since the day India lost to Pakistan by ten wickets in the T20 World Cup 2021 Group 1 match on Sunday. Shami had to bear the brunt of Pakistan’s batting, he conceded 43 runs in 3.5 overs on the field. From this, he was taken to work Twitter troll account Who held him responsible for India’s defeat. Some even questioned his loyalty to the nation. After the hullabaloo, many cricketers like Virender Sehwag, Aakash Chopra came out in support of the cricketer.
Center identifies Kolkata as ‘District of Concern’ amid Covid spike after Durga Puja; order review
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Tuesday expressed concern to his West Bengal counterpart Narayan Swaroop Nigam over the rising coronavirus cases and deaths in the state in the last 30 days. Bhushan marked Kolkata as one of the primary district of concern, where the daily average caseload and weekly positivity rate have been increasing over the past few weeks. This comes a day after the corporation told News18 that there has indeed been an increase and all necessary steps are being taken to prevent the virus from spreading further. “We have set up various safe houses and declared containment zones at various places, where we have noticed that the cases are high,” he said.
Indian-origin Anita Anand is Canada’s new Defense Minister, PM Trudeau reshuffles cabinet
Indian-Canadian politician Anita Anand was on Tuesday appointed as the country’s new defense minister in a cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, more than a month after her Liberal party returned to power in mid-term elections and demanded in between major military reforms. Anand, 54, will replace Indian-origin Harjit Sajjan, long-time defense minister, who has been criticized for his handling of the military sexual misconduct crisis. Sajjan has been appointed minister of the International Development Agency, a report in the National Post newspaper said. The new cabinet maintains gender balance and has 38 members, one person ahead of the election, it said.
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