Bharat Biotech’s Covid-19 Caccine ‘Covaxin’ into Phase-3 Trials
Covid-19 vaccine – Covaxin – being developed by Bharat Biotech, is now undergoing phase-3 trials, Chairman and Managing Director of the company Krishna Ella said on Monday.
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India to Get More Eyes to Monitor Chinese Presence in IOR & SCS: Navy to Get P8i Aircraft
The configuration of the aircraft expected to arrive soon will be of the same configuration as the previous eight that are in service in the Indian Navy. Also, as reported by Financial Express Online earlier, there are plans of installing encrypted communications systems which have been delivered earlier.
India Names Lonar Lake, Sur Sarovar As Wetlands Of International Importance
India has named two more wetlands of international importance– Lonar lake in Maharashtra and Sur Sarovar in Agra– under the Ramsar Convention, Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change Prakash Javadekar said on Sunday.
25 Years On, India Tops 75 Crore Internet Connections; 50% of these Came in Last 4 Years
The number of internet connections in India has breached a significant milestone of 75 crore as of August 31, 2020, twenty-five years after the service was first thrown open to the public on August 15, 1995. The number of connections more than doubled in the last four years from just 34 crore in March 2016, coinciding with the country’s Digital India programme, which was launched in 2015.
Ministry of I&B Requests Compliance of Policy on FDI in Digital Media Within A Month
Union Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has today issued a public notice to facilitate eligible entities involved in uploading/streaming of news and current affairs through digital media, to comply with the decision of Union Government on 18th September 2019, which had permitted 26% FDI under Government approval route.
Phase 2 of Exercise MALABAR 2020 in Western Indian Ocean
The second phase of Exercise Malabar 2020 will be conducted in the Northern Arabian Sea from 17 to 20 November 2020. Taking forward the synergy achieved in the recently concluded Phase 1 of Exercise Malabar 2020, which was conducted in the Bay of Bengal from 03 to 06 November 2020, this phase will involve coordinated operations of increasing complexity between the navies of Australia, India, Japan and the United States.
Tribes India Product Range to Include Products Made by Inmates of Central Jail of Jagdalpur
Continuing with its expansion drive of new products (mainly immunity boosting products and produce in the Forest Fresh and Organics range) in the recent weeks, Tribes India has taken up a new initiative to include more new products, this time those produced by the inmates of Central Jail of Jagdalpur among others .
India, U.S. Looking at Training South East Asian Nations in U.N. Peacekeeping
In 2016, India and the U.S. began a joint annual initiative “UN Peacekeeping Course for African Partners” to build and enhance the capacity of African troop and police-contributing countries to participate in the U.N. and regional peacekeeping operations. While this is going on, the U.S. is keen on a similar initiative for South East Asian nations like Vietnam and others, the source said.
India to Carry Out Multiple Launches of BrahMos Supersonic Cruise Missiles by Month-End
The BrahMos supersonic cruise missile is the world’s fastest operational system in its class and recently DRDO has extended the range of the missile system from the existing 298 km to around 450 km.
Union Labour Ministry Notifies Draft Rules under the Code on Social Security 2020
Union Ministry of Labour and Employment has notified the draft rules under the Code on Social Security, 2020 on 13.11.2020 inviting objections and suggestions, if any, from the stakeholders. Such objections and suggestions are required to be submitted within a period of 45 days from the date of notification of the draft rules.