Union Home Secretary told chief secretaries of all states and UTs that there will be interim allocation and supply of the life-saving injection to the states/UTs from April 21 to April 30.
Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey was responding to a question on whether the government is aware that the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine is being sold to European Union nations at a comparatively lower price than to India.
Gold and silver prices fell on Thursday as a firmer dollar dented their appeal, while investors look forward to the passage of a massive stimulus package in the United States and the Bank of England's interest rate decision.
The government said any attempt by China to set up a hydropower station on the Brahmaputra river will also adversely affect the availability of water in its basin during the lean season.
Taiwan's government on Wednesday extended a ban on Indonesian workers coming to the island for an indefinite period citing a surge in the number of infected people arriving and lack of cooperation from Indonesia's government in verifying documents.
Nearly half of Argentina's population was dragged into poverty in the second quarter of this year by the brutal effects of the the coronavirus pandemic on the country's longstanding economic crisis, researchers estimated on Wednesday.
France set a new record of daily COVID19 infections on Thursday, the fourth in eight days, while the number of people hospitalised for the disease went above 6,000 for the first time in more than two months.
Russian governmentsupported organizations are playing a small but increasing role amplifying conspiracy theories promoted by QAnon, raising concerns of interference in the November U.S. election.
The police team from Bihar has recorded the statements of six persons- Sushant Singh Rajput's sister, who stays in Versova, former girlfriend Ankita Lokhande, a cook, his friends and colleagues.
A man who disarmed four officers at gunpoint in southwestern Germany before fleeing into the Black Forest was arrested on Friday after a five-day manhunt that involved more than 2,500 police in total.
The partnership, detailed in an 18-page proposed agreement obtained by The New York Times, would vastly expand Chinese presence in banking, telecommunications, ports, railways and dozens of other projects.
The CDC reported its tally of cases of the respiratory illness known as COVID-19, caused by a new coronavirus, as of June 3 versus its previous report released on Wednesday.
India's digital tax which went into effect on April 1 applies only non-resident companies and covers sales of online goods and services.
Rahul Gandhi said that the virus infection is increasing but we are lifting the lockdown. This means the lockdown which was implemented without thought is not giving correct results.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian made the remarks at a media briefing here while replying to questions on India-Nepal differences over the border and Indian Army chief Gen.