News Update Covid Vaccine availability for general public expected in April-May if targets met, says Poonawalla 20 Nov 2020 According to the CEO of Serum Institute of India, Adar Poonawalla the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the coronavirus disease might be available for the general public by April-May 2021 and is…
News Update Rajasthan to become the first state in the country to enact a law making it compulsory to wear masks 3 Nov 2020 An amendment bill was introduced in the Assembly on Saturday to make it mandatory to wear masks while using public and private transport as well as for attending political and…
News Update Election Commission challenges MP High Court order for virtual campaigning in upcoming by-elections 25 Oct 2020 The Madhya Pradesh High Court had on 20th October passed an order stating that political parties would only conduct virtual campaigning for the upcoming by-elections. Permission of the District Magistrate…
News Update Supreme Court’s concern about children in protection homes and foster homes due to the Covid-19 scare 10 Oct 2020 The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) sent a letter with a recommendation that children in the homes had to be sent back to their families due to…
News Update Delhi govt. given two weeks’ time to reply to plea concerning privacy of Covid-19 patients 1 Oct 2020 An order was passed by the Delhi High court in the case of Kush Kalra v. Government of National Capital Territory of Delhi (GNCTD). The plea seeks relief with respect…
News Update DELHI GOVT. APPEAL AGAINST STAY THE GOVERNMENT NOTIFICATION OF RESERVING 80 PERCENT OF ICU BEDS IN PRIVATE HOSPITALS FOR COVID PATIENTS 28 Sep 2020 *Facts*1. The Delhi government has appealed to the divisional bench of the Delhi High Court against a single bench order which was issued by the single bench of Justice Naveen…
News Update Coronavirus Treatment: WHO Allows Herbal Treatment Trials; Will Alternate Therapies Combat COVID-19? 22 Sep 2020 As COVID-19 cases continue to surge in an alarming manner, there is no one effective cure or treatment plan available to fight the deadly virus infection. Doctors around the world…
News Update Lok Sabha passes taxation bill extending time limit 20 Sep 2020 In the ongoing monsoon session, the lower house of the parliament has passed the Taxation reforms bill, 2020 that seeks to provide relaxations on certain provisions by extending the time…
News Update Amateur robber falls asleep during burglary in Andhra, arrested 19 Sep 2020 Suri Babu thought that he would make away with the loot after a small power nap.A 21-year-old man who attempted to rob a house in East Godavari district just couldn’t…
News Update Excellent safety of two indigenous COVID candidate vaccines revealed during Phase-I trials 16 Sep 2020 Phase-I clinical trials have revealed "excellent safety" of the two candidate vaccines indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with ICMR and Cadila Healthcare Ltd and their immunogenicity testing is…