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New Delhi: Hyderabad-based drugmaker Hetero, which has approval to manufacture and market the generic version of the experimental COVID-19 drug Remdesivir, has sent 20,000 vials to five states including Maharashtra and Delhi - the two worst affected states in the country. Gujarat and Tamil Nadu are the other two states that will receive the first batch of the drug which is being marketed under the brand name COVIFOR in India. Telangana's capital Hyderabad, where the drugmaker is based, will also receive the first consignment. Hetero has set a target to produce one lakh vials of the drug in two-three weeks. The…

New Delhi: The private sector will now be allowed to carry out space activities like building of rockets, satellites and providing launch services, ISRO chief K Sivan said today. He said the private sector can also be part of the inter-planetary missions of the Indian Space Research Organisation. The Union Cabinet on Wednesday approved participation of the private sector in the entire range of space activities, including planetary exploration missions. Dr Sivan, however, added that ISRO's activities are not going to reduce and it will continue to carry our space-based activities including advanced research and development, inter-planetary and human space flight…

Amid ongoing border row with China following violent clashes in the Galwan Valley along the Line of Actual Control (LAC), India has deployed T-90 Bhishma tank, considered to be the world's most infallible tank in the world, in the eastern Ladakh region. Indian Army deployed T-90 Bhishma Tank earlier this month as part of its preparations to respond to any challenge posed by China. In the war-like situations, India has also given a clear message that the encroachment on the Sino-India border will no longer be tolerated.  The deployment of T-90 Bhishma also conveyed India's hidden message of gaining an…

A 52-year-old woman in south Bengal’s Howrah was killed Tuesday night after she was pushed off the stairs when she tried to stop two men from molesting her college-going daughter, police said. Police have arrested the prime accused Kush Bera. He is the husband of a local Trinamool Congress panchayat leader and was known to the girl and her family. The girl used to call him ‘uncle’. Following the incident, two Bharatiya Janata Party MPs, Locket Chatterjee and Soumitra Khan rushed to the spot. Villagers also blocked the road. According to the complaint lodged by the girl’s father, she had…

Andhra Pradesh chief minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy on Wednesday launched yet another dole scheme under which financial assistance of Rs 15,000 will be given to women of Kapu community in the age group of 45-60. The Kapu Nestham scheme is one of the pre-poll promises made by the chief minister. In a period of five years, they will be getting a total of Rs 75,000, an official statement said. About Rs 354 crore is distributed to over 2.36 lakh women having rice cards and belonging to Kapu, Balija, Telaga and Ontari communities. The amount is deposited as an unencumbered…

Deadline to link PAN and Aadhaar cards has been extended. Now you can link your PAN card and Aadhaar card till March 31, 2021. The old deadline to link PAN and Aadhaar was June 30, 2020. Now, by March 31, 2021 all Permanent Account Numbers (PAN) in India will have to be linked with respective Aadhaar numbers. If any person fails to connect his PAN number with Aadhaar, his PAN card will become inoperative within a month. Persons with inoperative PAN cards will be considered equivalent to those who do not possess a PAN card. Such persons may also be fined…