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Jitin Prasada leaves Congress for BJP, faces ‘garbage’ jibe from MP unit
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath welcomed Prasada in the party and said his inclusion would surely make the BJP stronger in the state Our Bureau New DElhi Hours after former union minister Jitin Prasada joined the BJP, the MP...
Sam Joshi beats Mahesh Bhagia in Democratic primary for Edison election
Joshi's Council running mates Harris, Poyner and Patel also cruise to victory Our Bureau Edison, NJ Sam Joshi has won the Edison Democratic primary by defeating Mahesh Bhagia by a 2-1 margin. With most of the votes counted including Vote...
Indian Govt places orders for 440 million doses of Covishield & Covaxin vaccines
Our Bureau New Delhi The Centre on Tuesday said it has placed orders for 44 crore doses of Covishield and Covaxin, a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that the Centre would take over the state procurement quota and...
First Indian-American woman crowned Miss Wisconsin Teen USA
Our BureauMADISON, WI Shreya Gundelly, a 19-year-old from Mequon, was crowned Miss Wisconsin Teen USA in late May. “It brings tears to my eyes still, it was the best moment,” Gundelly remembered, acording to a report in Weau News. Gundelly...
Delhi sees 316 new COVID-19 cases, active cases drop below 5,000
Our BureauNew Delhi Delhi reported 316 new COVID-19 cases and 41 deaths in the last 24 hours and the number of active cases in the city came down to less than 5,000 for the first time since March 24 this...
Singapore sequencing reveals Delta variant is ‘more transmissible’ than others
Covid-19 sequencing in Singapore has revealed the emergence of the delta variant as the country’s major local virus strain, underscoring the highly infectious nature of the mutation that has proliferated globally since its first detection in India, according to a...