The expert panel of India's drug regulator, DCGI, has permitted Bharat Biotech to give the third dose of Covaxin to a few volunteers in its clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccine, sources said. Bharat Biotech presented amendments to the subject expert committee of the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) in the approved Phase 2 clinical trial protocol for administration of booster dose six months after the second dose.
The DMK on Friday condemned the Central government for 'searches' by income tax officials in the residence of party chief MK Stalin's daughter Senthamarai in Chennai and alleged it has a 'political objective'. 
Mumbai lockdown news: Amid a surge in coronavirus cases in Mumbai, the Maharashtra government is considering imposing stringent restrictions in the city to flatten the curve. Mayor Kishori Pednekar has dropped hints about a possible lockdown in the city if situation worsens. Pednekar said that measures to tackle the surge is in full-swing and the number of beds has been increased to 25,000 . 
The total number of active cases of coronavirus in India crossed the 6 lakh mark after 81,466 new COVID-19 cases were reported across the country on Thursday. The last one-lakh cases were reported in just four days. With this, the number of active cases has reached 6,14,696, as per the daily bulletin by the Union Ministry of Health and Welfare. 
An encounter broke out between security forces and terrorists in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir on Friday morning. According to news agency ANI, two to three terrorists have been trapped by the security forces at the site of the encounter. The gunfight is underway in the Kakapora area of the district.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has convened an emergency meeting today in the wake of rising Covid-19 cases in the national capital. The meeting will be attended by Health minister Satyendar Jain and other officials. They will discuss measures to be taken to flatten the rising curve of coronavirus.
A 15-year-old boy allegedly jumped to death from an under-construction building in Noida after he was scolded by his parents, who had asked him not to play games on mobile phone, police said on Thursday. The Class 7 student had gone missing from his home in Sector 110 the under Phase 2 police station limits last night after his parents scolded him, officials said.Republic Day 2024 : As India's 75th Republic Day Parade kicked off in the national capital, a 30-member band contingent and a marching c...
