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Ambika Sharma Solan, December 21 Rising Covid cases in China may once again trigger a shortage of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) in India, which imports over 65 per cent of APIs from the neighbouring nation. Though there is no visible impact on API prices or supplies in the Asia’s…

Sukhmeet BhasinBathinda, December 21Farmer unions are active in the region over non-agricultural issues too. They have been staging protests over agricultural issues, but many a time can also be seen protesting on issues other than agriculture.Farmers have been protesting outside a liquor plant at Zira over alleged pollution caused by…

Aditi TandonNew Delhi, December 21Almost three years after 12 infants died and six were disabled after consuming contaminated cough syrup manufactured by Himachal Pradesh-based Digital Vision, the Udhampur police have finally filed a chargesheet against five accused, including owners of the pharma firm, finding them guilty of culpable homicide not…

New Delhi, December 21Government has no plans to reduce the age of consent for consensual relationships, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.In a written reply to a question whether the government is considering changing the age of consent for consensual relationships to 16 years from the present 18 years,…

Kathmandu, December 21 Nepal’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the release of French serial killer Charles Sobhraj, who is serving a 19-year jail term in the country since 2003 on murder charges, on health grounds. A joint bench of justices Sapana Pradhan Malla and Tilak Prasad Shrestha passed the ruling…

IANS New Delhi, December 21 As India gears up to fight a potential resurgence of the Covid virus in the country, the BF.7 Omicron sub-variant once again hogged the headlines as it is currently on the move in countries like China. Also called the Omicron Spawn, the BF.7 sub-variant, first…

New Delhi, December 21 Aviation security watchdog BCAS has recommended installation of scanners based on computer tomography technology at airports whereby passengers will not be required to take out electronic devices from their hand baggage before going through the scanner. Currently, the scanners used at airports provide a two-dimensional view…

Nagpur, December 21 Amruta Fadnavis, wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, has called Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the father of New India, adding the country has two ‘rashtra pita’ (father of the nation). “We have two ‘rashtra pita’. Narendra Modi is the father of New India and…

Buenos Aires, December 21 Argentina’s World Cup heroes had to abandon an open-top bus parade in Buenos Aires on Tuesday as millions of ecstatic fans flooded onto the streets and brought the city to a standstill, with Lionel Messi and his team mates whisked into helicopters to complete the celebrations….

ANI Mansa, December 21 The Punjab Police on Wednesday summoned former Chief Minister of Punjab, Charanjit Singh Channi asking him to appear before the CJM court on January 12, in connection with a case registered against him during the Punjab polls. This came soon after his visit to assassinated Punjabi…

New Delhi, December 21 Three cases of Omicron subvariant BF.7, apparently the strain driving China’s current surge of covid cases, have been detected in India so far, official sources said on Wednesday. The first case of BF.7 in India was detected in October by Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre. So far,…

Kurukshetra, December 21 Karamjeet Singh has been elected as the president of the ad hoc Haryana Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee. The government appointed an 11-member executive body — five office bearers and six executive body members — who were elected. Bhupinder Singh Assandh was elected as senior vice president, Gurmeet…

Mumbai, December 21 RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das on Wednesday replied to the ‘history major central bank governor’ taunt faced by him, questioning if Argentinian football legend Lionel Messi is also a post-graduate in history. An interviewer anchoring a fireside chat at a summit compared his position to an opponent facing…

IANS Jaipur, December 21 A video has gone viral on social media that shows how Rahul Gandhi pushed aside the hand of a Congress worker who was seen attempting to take a selfie with him. In the video, Gandhi reportedly shook the worker’s hand angrily. The video is reportedly from…

London, December 21 British Sikh MP Preet Kaur Gill has called on the Health Secretary to initiate an independent inquiry into the alleged bullying culture at University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB), which is seriously impacting the staff and patient care. In a letter to Steve Barclay, Gill said she has…