Breaking News LIVE: Kerala To Reopen Schools For Classes 1 To 7 Along With Std 10 & 12 From November
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Breaking News LIVE Updates September 17, 2021: Kenneth McKenzie, Commander of US Central Command, admitted on Friday that a US drone strike in late August in Kabul killed as many as 10 civilians, including 7 children.
"Having thoroughly reviewed the findings of the investigation and the supporting analysis by interagency partners, I am now convinced that as many as 10 civilians, including up to seven children, were tragically killed in that strike," McKenzie told reporters during a Pentagon press briefing, reported IANS.
The US Central Command said on August 29 that it launched a drone strike on a vehicle in Kabul, which it claimed had eliminated an "imminent" threat, posed by ISIS-K, an Afghanistan-based offshoot of the Islamic State, to the Hamid Karzai International Airport, where evacuations of US service members and personnel were underway.
India on Friday set a new world record of administering highest number of vaccines against Covid-19 in one day. The country achieved the milestones of administering over 2.50 crore vaccine doses under the "Vaccine Sewa" campaign to mark the 71th birthday of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
As per the data, India's total number of vaccination on the day climbed to 2,50,10,390 by midnight, making a world record on the occasion Prime Minister Modi's birthday.
US President Joe Biden will host a virtual summit with world leaders on the coronavirus pandemic next Wednesday, a day after he addresses the United Nations General Assembly. Biden, due to address the annual U.N. meeting on Tuesday, has pitched the United States as the global leader on the fight to get the world vaccinated, even if the claim is greeted with skepticism by some health NGOs and others.
A panel of expert advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration has recommended that the Covid-19 vaccine booster shot proposed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE should be given to a smaller group of people who are the most vulnerable to serious disease.
Ministry of Civil Aviation increases the passenger capacity from 72.5% to 85%
Ministry of Civil Aviation increases the passenger capacity from 72.5 per cent to 85 per cent
Ministry of Civil Aviation increases the passenger capacity from 72.5% to 85%. Fare band will be applicable only for 15 days, airlines are not required to stick to the fare band for the remaining 15 days of the month. pic.twitter.com/LRvU3kYGp6
— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2021
Kerala To Reopen Schools For Classes 1 To 7 Along With Std 10 & 12 From November
Kerala to reopen schools from November 1. School-based classes for standards 1 to 7 (primary section) and 10 and 12 will begin on November 1, other classes will begin on November 15. The decision was taken at a COVID-19 review committee meeting, ANI reported.
#COVID19 | Kerala to reopen schools from November 1. School-based classes for standards 1 to 7 (primary section) and 10 and 12 will begin on November 1, other classes will begin on November 15. The decision was taken at a Covid-19 review committee meeting.
— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2021
Punjab CM Amarinder Singh Reaches Raj Bhavan, To Resign Shortly
Capt Amarinder Singh's Son Says Punjab CM Will Resign
"Haha indeed indeed must go now as I am proud to accompany my father to Raj Bhawan when he submits his resignation as CM of Punjab and leads us as head of our family into a new beginning et all," Capt Amarinder Singh's son Raninder in a tweet has said.
Sunil Jakhar Frontrunner As Punjab CM Replacement
Former Punjab President Sunil Jakhar is frontrunner for the post of Chief Minister, sources said as party wants to project non Sikh face ahead of polls to counter AAP which is gaining ground in the state.
Sources say that party wants a Sikh, Navjot Singh Sidhu as state party chief and non Sikh combination in the polls. Other name doing the rounds is of Pratap Singh Bajwa.
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