Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], January 6 (ANI): Uttarakhand Chief Secretary Om Prakash has announced that a dry run for Covid-19 vaccination will be carried out at 10 booths in all the districts of the state on January 8.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Rashtriya Kamdhenu Aayog (RKA), the government body set up for cow welfare has announced that it will hold a countrywide online examination on 'gau vigyan' (cow science) on February 25. There will be no fee for the examination.
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], January 6 (ANI): The Odisha government has given compulsory retirement to seven officials including a DIG prison from service on grounds of corruption and inefficiency.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 6 (ANI): Calling the arrest of Bharatiya Janata Party Andhra Pradesh unit president Somu Veerraju in Vizianagaram district as "illegal", party's general secretary Vishnuvardhan Reddy has given a call for statewide protest on Wednesday (today).
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 6 (ANI): Liking the attacks on temples and idols as "political guerrilla warfare", Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday directed the police to tackle the situation. He also alleged that the opposition is indulged in vand
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 6 (ANI): The virus can be transiently air-borne but preventive measures like wearing masks can keep one safe, said a study on the air-borne nature of coronavirus.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 6 (ANI): Officers of DRI Madhya Pradesh- Chhattisgarh Unit on Monday intercepted a truck near Raipur in Chhattisgarh on the basis of specific intelligence and recovered 1534 kg ganja worth Rs 3.07 crore. Five persons were arrested.
Washington [US], January 6 (ANI/Sputnik): US President-elect Joe Biden is considering inviting additional former senior Obama administration officials with experience in foreign affairs to his cabinet, Politico reported on Tuesday.
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 6 (ANI): The Border Security Force (BSF) has seized 630 bottles of Phensedyl worth Rs 1,09,905 in two incidents and apprehended two Phensedyl smugglers, while they were trying to illegally cross the international border from India to Bangladesh.
Amaravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], January 6 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh on Tuesday said that outcome-based curriculum of conventional undergraduate programs was revised through subject expert committees under National Education Policy (NEP).
Chicago [US], January 6 (ANI/Xinhua): A study from Northwestern University and the University of Chicago found many physicians report being sexually harassed and personally attacked on social media on the basis of their religion, race or medical recommendations.
New Delhi [India], January 6 (ANI): Congress leader Manish Tewari on Tuesday said that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government has "politically misused" the COVID-19 pandemic and raised question marks on the reliability of the vaccine.