Breaking News LIVE: India Administers Over 57 Lakh Covid Vaccines Till 7 PM, Accumulative Count Crosses 76 Cr Mark
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Breaking News LIVE Updates September 15, 2021: Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla will on Wednesday chair the 81st All India Presiding Officers' Conference (AIPOC) via video-conferencing. According to an official statement, the conference will deliberate on the ‘Role of Legislature in fostering effective and meaningful democracy’. Notably, the summit comes in the backdrop of the International Day of Democracy, which is observed on September 15 every year.
The latest coronavirus wave in the United States driven by the Delta variant could soon peak, but experts warn against complacency and expect the virus will be part of everyday life for years to come, reports AFP.
The seven-day-average of daily cases as of Monday was 172,000, its highest level of this surge even as the growth rate is slowing and cases are headed down in most states, according to data compiled by the Covid Act Now tracker.
But more than 1,800 people are still dying a day, and over 100,000 remain hospitalized with severe Covid -- a grim reminder of the challenges authorities have faced in getting enough Americans vaccinated in the face of misinformation and a polarized political climate.
The Madras High Court has set aside a notification of the central government, fixing 120 kilometres/hour as the speed limit for vehicles running on highways.
A division bench of Justices N Kirubakaran (since retired) and Justice TV Thamilselvi, which quashed the notification dated April 6, 2018, recently, also directed the Centre and the State to issue fresh notifications with decreased speed limit.
Originally, while passing interim orders on an appeal on March 3 this year, the bench increased the compensation amount from ₹ 18.43 lakh to ₹ 1.50 crore to the appellant -- a dentist, who had suffered 90 per cent disability due to a road accident that occurred in April 2013 in Kancheepuram in Tamil Nadu.
India Administers Over 57 Lakh Covid Vaccines Till 7 PM, Accumulative Count Crosses 76 Cr Mark
India administered more than 57 lakh vaccine doses till 7pm today. With this, the total number of vaccinations has crossed the 76 crore mark: Government of India
Tata Sons Puts In Financial Bid For Air India Disinvestment, Says Govt Sources
Tata Sons has submitted a bid for Air India disinvestment today, government sources close to the development told news agency ANI.
Meanwhile, the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) has said that the financial bids for Air India disinvestment received by Transaction Adviser. The process now moves to the concluding stage.
Swearing-In Of Ministers In Gujarat To Take Place On Thursday At 1:30 PM
Gujarat Chief Minister's Office has informed that the swearing-in ceremony of the new cabinet of CM Bhupendra Patel will take place on September 16 (Thursday) at 1.30 pm at Raj Bhavan in Gandhinagar.
Breaking News LIVE: Sputnik Light COVID-19 Vaccine Gets Nod for Phase 3 Trials in India
India’s drugs regulator has granted permission to Dr Reddy’s Laboratories to conduct phase 3 clinical trials for Sputnik Light, the single-dose and the first component of the Russian-made Sputnik V vaccine against Coronavirus disease (Covid-19).
Breaking News LIVE: Delhi Govt to earn Rs 3000 Cr extra revenue under new excise policy, says Sisodia
Addressing a press conference, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that the Delhi govt earned 41 per cent less revenue last year due to COVID-19. He further said that the govt has earned 23 per cent less revenue in the current financial year.
Sisodia said that the Delhi govt will earn Rs 3,000 crore extra revenue in the next 12 months under the new excise policy. He also informed that the Delhi government will earn around Rs 10,000 crore from bidding of liquor stores in 32 zones.
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