Author: Jagriti Rai
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Maharashtra government fixes price of Remdesivir injection at Rs. 2,360
Jagriti Rai (intern journalist), Maharashtra: The Maharashtra government on Friday fixed the price of Remdesivir injection, used for treating critical covid 19 cases, at Rs. 2,360 apiece. The government has also put together a list of 59 pharmaceutical outlets where it can be purchased, covering all the major cities, town, and districts, said Dr. Pradeep…
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Raid on ‘Parallel BDA office’ exposes massive scam
Jagriti Rai (intern journalist), In a joint operation, the Bangalore development authority’s vigilance wing and the city police raided a private office on Cunningham road on Friday morning and seized bonafide allotment letters of over 60 BDA sites worth nearly Rs. 300. crore The office – fronted as a showbiz firm called redhan – The…
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BBMP launches ‘3Ws’ campaign to stop corona –
Jagriti Rai (intern journalist), Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagar palike administrator Gaurav Gupta and commissioner N Manjunatha prasad on Friday launches’3Ws’campaign, as fears about a second covid 19 wave abound. The campaign urges citizens to follow the 3Ws. Wear your masks, wash your hands, walk-in maintaining social distancing. A series of outreach activities through new hand…
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US-based Onpassive opens India headquarters in Hyderabad
Jagriti Rai (intern journalist), Hyderabad: Us – based Onpassive, a provider of predictive intelligent business automation service, opened its first facility in India at HITEC City, Hyderabad. The campus will serve as the head office for India operations The new facility at present has 380 staff members and will soon become home for over 1000…
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Tata Power to take over Wesco and Southco
Jagriti Rai (intern journalist), New Delhi: Tata power company ltd. all set to take over two electricity distribution companies including. Western electricity supply company of Odisha Wesco and the Southco utility as it has emerged as the winner of the bid, reports said. With the financial bids for these two Odisha discoms being opened on…
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No night curfew in Karnataka assures – CM
Jagriti Rai (intern journalist), Karnataka: Chief minister B S Yediyurappa said on Friday, his government had no plans to impose a night curfew going forward as recommended by the state’s covid 19 Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) In an advisory, submitted to the government on December 30, the TAC has warned that the second wave of…
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Repo rate unchanged at 4%
Jagriti Rai (intern journalist), The repo rate unchanged at 4%. The RBI has maintained the status quo for the third time in a row. They have maintained an accommodative stance. Announcing the decision of the RBI governor, Shaktikanta Das said There will be no change in the repo rate or the reverse repo rate. The…
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Global day for persons with disabilities 2020 – covid impact
Jagriti Rai (intern journalist), Global day for persons with disabilities is on 3rd December. The day was proclaimed in 1992 for the inclusion of the disabled. It is a fact that covid 19 has exposed and deepened existing equality in the world and the only way the world can beat this virus is by taking…
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The government never spoke about vaccinating the entire nation – says Rajesh Bhushan
Jagriti Rai (intern journalist) New Delhi: The government has said that its priority will be to first vaccinate a critical mass of the population and break the chain of transmission of the virus indicating that the entire population may not be mandatorily vaccinated. “The government never spoke about vaccinating the entire nation. I just wanted…
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Sunny Deol is asymptomatic, feeling ‘ absolutely alright ‘ – says spokesperson
Jagriti Rai (intern journalist) Bollywood actor and BJP MP from Gurdaspur. Sunny Deol fans are worried as the news broke that he has been diagnosed with Coronavirus. Sunny Deol is recovering well and taking necessary precautions his spokesperson said on Wednesday. “Sunny Deol got tested himself for covid 19 yesterday in Manali, Himachal Pradesh, before…