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11 Jun

Here are some interesting facts about Lalu Prasad Yadav on the veteran politician’s birthday

editor0 CommentsSikkimbihar, India, Lalu Prasad Yadav, politician

Lalu Prasad Yadav is the former Chief Minister of Bihar and president of the Rashtriya Janata Dal and also a former Union Minister of Railways. Mr. Yadav became the General Secretary of Patna University Students Union at an very early age in 1970. In the coming years, he became a pioneer of the political scene of Bihar. With former Chief Minister Satyendra Narayan Sinha's support, he represented the Janata Party in the Lok Sabha. He won a seat for the Lok Sabha at the age of 29 and became the youngest member of Parliament of his time. Yadav advanced in…

11 Jun

Chinese man caught crossing India-Bangladesh border in Malda

editor0 CommentsSikkimbangladesh, BSF, China, crime, India, International

The Border Security Force (BSF) apprehended a Chinese intruder along the India-Bangladesh international border in Malda, West Bengal while he was trying to cross the border illegally. The 36-year-old man was infiltrating into the Indian territory around 7 am. He was dressed in a black sweatshirt, pants and shoes. Upon being challenged by the forces, he tried to run away from spot. The BSF personnel then chased him and brought to the Border Out Post Mohadipur for questioning. The man was identified by security officials as Junwei Han. Officials also found a Chinese passport bearing a Bangladeshi visa, a laptop and…

11 Jun

HCCB: Ration kits among Covid-19 affected villagers

editor0 CommentsSikkimCovid-19, Dry ration kits, HCCB

One of India's top FMCG companies, HCCB distributed free dry ration kits among the needy villagers of Raninagar in Jalpaiguri through a community outreach initiative. The company along with its NGO partner, Rashtriya GraminVikas Nidhi (RGVN) organised the programme in association with the Indian Red Cross Society, Jalpaiguri. The gesture is a part of HCCB’s nation-wide CoVID Care plan. HCCB has already been distributing oxygen concentrators to administrators in different parts of the country in its efforts to help the community deal with the immediate crisis of inadequate oxygen supply. HCCB is also donating ventilators, ICU beds, ICU equipment, BiPAP…

11 Jun

Vedanta rolls out 5 Vedanta Cares Field hospitals

editor0 CommentsSikkimCovid-19, ESL Steel, VEDANTA, Vedanta Cares Field Hospital

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren virtually launched Vedanta group company ESL Steel’s 100-bed COVID facility in Bokaro in the presence Vedanta Chairman Anil Agarwal. Jharkhand Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, Health Minister, Mr Banna Gupta, Member of Parliament PN Singh, SAIL Director Ic Amarendu Prakash, Dr. Ashok Pathak, Sauvick Mazumdar (CEO of Vedanta’s Iron & Steel Business) and NL Vhatte (CEO of ESL Steel) were also present. With the launch of this new medical facility, Vedanta has completed 5 Vedanta Cares field hospitals in Delhi NCR, Naya Raipur (Chhattisgarh), Barmer (Rajasthan), Chitradurga (Karnataka) and Bokaro (Jharkhand). The 100-bed Vedanta Cares Field…

10 Jun

For the second time in row Puri Rath Yatra to be held without devotees

editor0 CommentsSikkimodisha, P K JENA, puri rath yatra

This year too , on Thursday Odisha government announced that on July 12 , a month ahead of the annual Rath Yatra, Puri Rath Yatra will held without devotees .This will only be held in Puri amid strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols. Special Relief Commissioner (SRC) P K Jena said that according to the Supreme Court guidelines ,this year also Lord Jagannath's Rath Yatra will be held sans devotees in Puri. Event the administration has prohibited similar celebrations in other parts of the state and will have to be followed in letter and spirit while observing the rituals on the…

10 Jun

Study claims Delta variant of Covid-19 can infect vaccinated people

editor0 CommentsSikkimAIIMS, covid19, delta varient

The National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) in collaboration with the Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology (IGIB) have done two separate studies which have shown that the Delta variant of COVID-19 can infect people who have received one or two jabs of either Covishield or Covaxin. In the AIIMS-IGIB study no death has been reported in the 63 subjects, but the study has found out that the Delta variant is predominant in the reinfection cases. The study concluded, "Reinfections and vaccine breakthrough infections are rare occurrences and genome sequencing can provide…

10 Jun

WTO inches forward in Covid vaccine patent waiver talks

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After months of debate, WTO members on Wednesday took a first, small step towards a deal aimed at boosting production of Covid vaccines and treatments through patent waivers or compulsory licensing deals. The World Trade Organization has struggled to move forward on the hotly-debated issue, since all decisions at the global trade body must be reached by consensus of all 164 member states. But during a meeting on Wednesday, countries finally backed launching a process towards drafting an agreement, and "agreed on the urgency of this discussion", a Geneva-based trade official said. Views on the matter, meanwhile, remain far apart,…

10 Jun

Odisha logs 6,097 fresh COVID-19 Cases, 44 more deaths

editor0 CommentsSikkimCoronavirus, Covid 19, odisha

Odisha logged 6,097 new COVID-19 cases at 8.86% test positivity rate on Thursday while 44 more deaths pushed the death toll to 3,167, said officials of health and family welfare department on Thursday. The state’s cumulative caseload toll has jumped 8,37,226 cases even though the infection has declined in June after peaking in May. The daily fatalities however continue to go unabated in the current month consistently clocking more than 40 deaths on a daily average since the past ten days. On the other hand, the positivity rate which had climbed to 23% in May has slumped below 10% in…

10 Jun

New COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly in UK: Anthony Fauci

editor0 CommentsSikkimCoronavirus, Covid 19, UK

US top infectious disease expert Anthony Fauci has warned about the risks of the COVID-19 variant that was first discovered in India. According to the World Health Organisation, the variant has spread to over 60 countries. The variant known by the scientific name B.1.617.2 is highly transmissable and has been found in more than 6 percent of the sequenced Covid-19 infections in the US, Fauci said. It is now the dominant strain in the UK, accounting for an estimated 60 percent of new cases, replacing the B.1.1.7 strain, he added. Meanwhile, Fauci said that he was not ‘convinced’ that the…

10 Jun

Much of the Northern Hemisphere to experience ‘Ring of fire’ Solar eclipse

editor0 CommentsSikkimeclipse, International, solar, space

On Thursday, much of the Northern Hemisphere will get to witness a solar eclipse. This particular event is what's termed an annular eclipse, will see the Moon move across the face of our star but not completely block out the light coming from it. Instead, there will be just a thin sliver of brilliance left to shine around the Sun's disc. The eastern United States and northern Alaska, along with much of Canada, Greenland, and parts of Europe and Asia will get to experience the phenomenon. Do not to try to look at the Sun with the naked eye, this…