Day: December 7, 2020

A Mumbai court granted bail to Republic TV’s western region distribution head Ghanshyam Singh, who was arrested last month in the alleged TRP (Television Rating Points) rigging scam.

India sealed the T20 International series against Australia with a game to spare after a swashbuckling Hardik Pandya finished what Shikhar Dhawan had set out to achieve with a scintillating 36-ball 52 in the second and penultimate match here on Sunday.

With the UK and other countries approving Covid-19 vaccines, China too is placing orders for experimental, domestically made vaccines.

In what is touted to be a response to Canadian PM Justin Trudeau’s remarks on the farmers’ protest here, India has pulled out from a global meeting that will be chaired by Canada.

With farmer protests intensifying across the National capital, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited Singhu border this morning to inspect arrangements for protesting farmers.

In a dramatic rescue operation, fire personnel rescued a six-member family, after flood waters entered their home in Oothukadu village near Walajabad.

The Serum Institute of India (SII) on Sunday became the first indigenous company to apply to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) seeking emergency use authorisation for the Oxford Covid-19 vaccine in the country.

The Opposition DMK and its allies in Tamilnadu extended its support to the ‘Bharat Bandh’ called for by farmers on 8 December in protest against the three Farm laws and demanded that they should be repealed.

The cyclonic storm ‘Burevi’ has further weakened into a low pressure and lay centred over Gulf of Mannar.

Cameroon holds its first ever regional election on Sunday, which the government says hands more power to the provinces but opponents fear only maintains President Paul Biya’s long hold on power.